June 16, 2020 Seattle business owner near protest zone detains robbery suspect, police never show up despite 911 calls Seattle business owners said a man occupying the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, broke into their auto repair shop and set a fire, but despite more than a dozen 911 calls, police never arrived.
June 16, 2020 Street preacher tells Seattle protester: Elect Biden 'to see black men get killed' A Christian evangelist is going viral for comments she made to Seattle protesters denouncing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Black Lives Matter.
June 16, 2020 CHOP Legal: Human rights lawyer sets up shop in Seattle's autonomous zone ӣƵ spoke to Michael Withey, a human rights lawyer and longtime Seattle activist, about CHOP’s purpose and how it has developed over the past week.
June 16, 2020 Seattle reaches deal with 'CHOP' to remove temporary roadblocks, replace with concrete barriers The city of Seattle and protesters occupying the “Capitol Hill Organized Protest” have reached an agreement that will remove temporary roadblocks put in place by protesters and replace them with concrete barriers, ӣƵ understands.
June 16, 2020 Seattle City Council bans police use of chokeholds, crowd control devices amid protests The Seattle City Council on Monday voted unanimously to ban police from using chokeholds and crowd control devices like tear gas and pepper spray amid protests against police brutality.
June 16, 2020 Journalist Andy Ngo says Seattle's occupied zone is like 'Jekyll and Hyde' There is a stark contrast between how protesters staying at Seattle's "Capitol Hill Organized Protest" zone behave during the day and during the night, according to journalist and author Andy Ngo.
June 15, 2020 Greg Gutfeld: 'Infantile' Seattle occupiers realizing 'that having no structure is leading to fascism' "The Five" co-host Greg Gutfeld said Monday that the denizens of Seattle's quasi-anarchist "Capitol Hill Organized Protest" zone (CHOP) are engaging in an "experiment in infantile behavior."
June 15, 2020 Seattle police chief gets support for reform from black clergy members Black clergy members gathered at a Seattle church to support Police Chief Carmen Best.
June 15, 2020 MSNBC reporter blasted on-air by protesters for describing CHOP as 'street festival' In a stunning on-air moment, an MSNBC reporter was chastised by demonstrators who have occupied the downtown area of Seattle for describing their protest as a "street festival."
June 15, 2020 Seattle radio host on protest zone: Cops have been 'completely abandoned' by mayor Seattle-area radio show host Jason Rantz told “Fox & Friends” that officers with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) “feel like they are being completely abandoned” by the city’s mayor, adding that “they are.”