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Seattle Fire Assistant Chief Willie Barrington, left, and Chief Harold Scoggins, second from left, walk with protest organizers, Friday, June 26, 2020 inside the CHOP (Capitol Hill Occupied Protest) zone in Seattle. The officials were on hand to try and negotiate with protesters after workers and trucks from the Seattle Department of Transportation who had arrived with the intention of removing barricades were met with resistance. The area has been occupied by protesters since Seattle Police pulled back from their East Precinct building following violent clashes with demonstrators earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Demonstrators resist as crews arrive at Seattle protest zone
June 26, 2020 4:32 p.m.

Demonstrators resist as crews arrive at Seattle protest zone

Crews arrived with heavy equipment at an occupied protest zone in Seattle, ready to dismantle barriers set up by demonstrators, but the work was halted when some protesters resisted Friday by climbing atop the makeshift structures