The war on graffiti, ex-police chief Adrian Diaz fired for violations related to affair, and much more. The city council will take up Mayor Bruce Harrell’s proposal, sponsored by council public safety chair Bob Kettle, to repeal most of the legal restrictions on their use of “less-lethal” weapons for crowd control, in January. Cathy Moore and Alexis Mercedes Rinck were discussing amendments to the bill that would restore some guardrails, such as requiring council approval for new weapons and putting police from other departments on desk duty if they won’t agree to follow Seattle policies.