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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]
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 ...
Two memorials to Foster were built in downtown Austin within 24 hours of his death. On July 28, one of the memorials was defaced by an unidentified person. [131] August 29: In Portland, Oregon, Aaron J. Danielson was shot in the chest and killed on the night of August 29, amidst protests and riots in the city.
Hours later, McHale Rose was shot and killed by four IMPD officers just three miles away. In a third incident that same night, an IMPD officer hit and killed a pregnant woman with his police cruiser. Hundreds of people gathered at the site of Reed's killing the next day. [20] In November, a grand jury decided not to indict the officer who ...
Total US Gun Violence Deaths in 2020 pie chart. Total: 43,551. Homicide: 19, 395. Suicide: 24,156. Mass murders: 21. Mass shootings: 611.
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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.
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.