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On June 13, a group of several dozen protest leaders agreed to change the name from CHAZ to CHOP. [158] The name change was the result of a consensus to de-emphasize occupation and improve accuracy. [ 22 ] [ 159 ] According to TechCrunch , participants decided to change the name to "the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest—then, noting the fact that ...
[33] [34] As of June 8, there were at least 19 deaths related to the protests. [35] The George Floyd protests are generally regarded as marking the start of the 2020 United States unrest. In Minneapolis–Saint Paul alone, the immediate aftermath of Floyd's murder was the second-most destructive period of local unrest in United States history ...
Established on June 8 in Seattle, CHAZ/CHOP was a self-declared autonomous zone established protesting 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.
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 ...
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.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
The CHOP zone was reclaimed by police on July 1 after two fatal shootings. It was followed by a fatal vehicle collision with protesters on Interstate 5 over the July 4 holiday. [7] Major protests reemerged in opposition to the deployment of federal law enforcement in the city by the Trump administration. [8]
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 ...