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The Capitol Hill Organized Protest, [7][8][9][10] (CHOP), [11][12] originally Free Capitol Hill, [13][14] later the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), and occasionally the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP), [15] was an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone [1] in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.
On June 8, 2020, the police-free Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone was established in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. On June 10, thousands of academics, universities, scientific institutions, professional bodies and publishing houses around the world shut down to give researchers time to reflect and act upon anti-Black racism in academia ...
The city of Seattle experienced protests over the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and 2021. Beginning on May 29, 2020, demonstrators took to the streets throughout the city for marches and sit-ins, often of a peaceful nature but which also devolved into riots. Participants expressed opposition to systemic racism, police brutality and violence ...
Law enforcement in Seattle swept into the protester-controlled Capitol Hill Occupied Protest Zone Wednesday, reportedly arresting at least 31 people. Known as CHOP, the zone several blocks long ...
Seattle police on Union Street, during the protests. That morning, the King County Sheriff's Office and Seattle Police Department fired pepper spray, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades [18] at protesters at several intersections in an attempt to reopen the blocked streets and allow as many WTO delegates as possible through the blockade. [19]
FBI agents interviewed eyewitnesses in Portland, Seattle and Reno, and developed a series of composite sketches. [85] Local police and FBI agents immediately began questioning possible suspects. [86] In a rush to meet a deadline, reporter James Long recorded the name "Dan Cooper" as "D. B. Cooper".
September 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM. SEATTLE - Seattle's notorious Aurora Avenue has become a focal point in the city's ongoing debate over public safety. City leaders are considering reinstating a ...
Coinciding with other 1960s and 1970s indigenous activist movements, the Hawaiian sovereignty movement was spearheaded by Native Hawaiian activist organizations and individuals who were critical of issues affecting modern Hawaii, including the islands' urbanization and commercial development, corruption in the Hawaiian Homelands program, and appropriation of native burial grounds and other ...