The Seattle police watchdog decided Friday that an officer who pepper-sprayed a seven-year-old child during an anti-racism protest did not violate the department's policy. The Seattle police watchdog decided Friday that an officer who pepper-sprayed a seven-year-old child during an anti-racism protest did not violate the department's policy. The office has received 19,000 complaints about police conduct since the Seattle protest began on May 30, the majority about the child being pepper-sprayed. Another investigation found inconclusive evidence to suggest an officer had pushed an elderly man to the ground on May 30. In June, protesters claimed the area around Seattle's Third Precinct naming it the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone.

Source: Daily Mail September 18, 2020 23:08 UTC