Judge approves petition to recall Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan

By Dominick Mastrangelo

Published July 13, 2020 2:09pm ET

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Judge approves petition to recall Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan — U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan talks to reporters Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in Seattle, after Algerian terrorist Ahmed Ressam was sentenced to 37 years in prison for plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport around the turn of the new millennium. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) | Ted S. Warren

The push to recall Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan can proceed, a King County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.

The recall, dubbed “Fire the Mayor” by organizers, comes after weeks of violence in the city following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Critics are upset with Durkan’s handling of an armed occupation of a six-block radius of the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, which was disbanded earlier this month.

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