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The protest area had several names; the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) was most common at the outset, along with "Free Capitol Hill". By its second week, the area was more often referred to as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). [158] On June 13, a group of several dozen protest leaders agreed to change the name from CHAZ to CHOP. [158]
CHOP/CHAZ was not centrally organized, but included a temporary stage and sound system where community members shared with the participants about their experiences with law enforcement in Seattle. Members of the Seattle Police Department were observed to be present in plain clothes.
The CHAZ or CHOP in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle on June 10 (top); East Precinct sign after police retreat (bottom) Early in the afternoon on June 8, police began removing all items of value from the East Precinct on Capitol Hill, preparing for the possibility that the East Precinct may need to be abandoned, as happened on May 28 in ...
A demonstrator critically wounded in a shooting just outside Seattle’s cop-free CHOP zone has alleged he was attacked by a group of racist men hurling hateful slurs. DeJuan Young, in an ...
Total US Gun Violence Deaths in 2020 pie chart. Total: 43,551. Homicide: 19, 395. Suicide: 24,156. Mass murders: 21. Mass shootings: 611.
Established on June 8 in Seattle, CHAZ/CHOP was a self-declared autonomous zone established to protest the murder of George Floyd after police abandoned the East Precinct building. Groups like the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club provided security while the protesters themselves provided either resources or assisted the PSJBGC in security.
Cleveland television legend “Big Chuck” Schodowski, a beloved personality on WJW (Channel 8) for more than 60 years, has died.He was 90. Fox 8 News made the announcement Monday morning.. The ...
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.