A lawsuit filed against the city of Seattle will be heard in the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals on Monday. Donnitta Sinclair is suing the city after her special needs son was shot and killed inside Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, also known as CHOP, on June 20, 2020. Horace Lorenzo Anderson was killed near Cal Anderson Park after the city abruptly abandoned the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) East Precinct. The protests followed the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Former Washington State Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge will argue the case for Sinclair, who is represented by attorney Mark Lindquist. Sinclair's lawsuit, filed by Lindquist in 2021, alleges the city’s unprecedented decision to abandon the East Precinct "cutting off essential services and creating a 'no-cop zone' in an urban area" invited lawlessness and created a foreseeable danger. The suit also accuses the city of failing to assist Anderson with needed medical aid after he was shot. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/protests/donnitta-sinclair-vs-city-of-seattle-chop-lawsuit/281-49c2c622-48e3-4cb5-ba87-87a0518d4ae8