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 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 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.”
June 15, 2020 Seattle police chief has 'epiphany' while still locked out of precinct Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best on Sunday announced she had an "epiphany" that "policing will never be the same" following national outcry over the death of George Floyd, as her department remains locked out of the East Precinct.
June 14, 2020 Confusion reigns as Seattle's seized six blocks known as CHAZ purportedly changes name to CHOP: 'We're not trying to secede' Confusion erupted over the weekend in the six blocks of downtown Seattle seized by protesters as some seek to change the name of the self-proclaimed Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (or CHAZ) to the Capitol Hill Organized (or Occupied) Protest (CHOP).
June 14, 2020 Black organizers in Seattle autonomous zone doubt sincerity of white protesters Inside Seattle’s self-proclaimed autonomous zone, black organizers have expressed doubt over the sincerity of white protesters, as the commandeered six blocks have transformed into a festival-like scene with many snapping selfies in front of murals of men and women killed by police.