Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan speaks to the press at a mass Covid-19 vaccination site set to open on Saturday on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, inside the Lumen Field Events Center in Seattle. The site will be the largest civilian-led vaccination site in the country. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
We asked for Mayor Jenny Durkan s text messages, and this is what we got By
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It was June 2020, and Seattle Policeâs East Precinct was a flashpoint as protestors called for police reform.
Then, without warning, Seattle police packed up and left the precinct.
We wanted to find out what led to this decision, and who exactly made the call to vacate the East Precinct. So we submitted a records request for six days of Mayor Jenny Durkanâs text messages, incoming and outgoing, from June 5 to June 10.