The chop part is what was taken over. It was the Capital Hill Occupied Protest.
A self-declared autonomous zone established in June 2020. It was a six-block area in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, stretching from the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct to Cal Anderson Park, where police were not allowed to enter. The zone was created as a response to the police brutality and systemic racism protests following the death of George Floyd.
Initially, the zone was referred to as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), but its name was later changed to Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) to reflect its organized and protest-oriented nature. The zone was a self-organized space without official leadership, and protesters demanded significant changes, including:
A 50% decrease in the Seattle Police Department’s budget
Funding shifted to community programs and services in historically black communities
No charges for protesters involved in the occupation
During its existence, CHOP became a symbol of resistance against systemic racism and police brutality, and it attracted international attention. However, the zone was eventually dismantled on July 1, 2020, after a fatal shooting and ongoing concerns about public safety.
If those six blocks were not a big part of seattle, then I'd like to see a group take over six blocks with the seattle times in the middle and see how that affects them.
Funding shifted to community programs and services in historically black communities
Seattle has no historically black communities. It is one of the whitest major cities in the US, and most of the non-white citizens are Hispanic or Asian.
The chop part is what was taken over. It was the Capital Hill Occupied Protest.
A self-declared autonomous zone established in June 2020. It was a six-block area in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, stretching from the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct to Cal Anderson Park, where police were not allowed to enter. The zone was created as a response to the police brutality and systemic racism protests following the death of George Floyd.
Initially, the zone was referred to as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), but its name was later changed to Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) to reflect its organized and protest-oriented nature. The zone was a self-organized space without official leadership, and protesters demanded significant changes, including:
If those six blocks were not a big part of seattle, then I'd like to see a group take over six blocks with the seattle times in the middle and see how that affects them.
Seattle has no historically black communities. It is one of the whitest major cities in the US, and most of the non-white citizens are Hispanic or Asian.
It was cut and paste from a search for "seattle chop". I haven't even been to the western half of USA.