But protesters very quickly seized on the idea of creating a sustained occupation-style protest in the area, working with city personnel to block off street traffic in a six-block radius around the precinct. The “autonomous zone” idea for the protest area began as a meme after SPD vacated the nearby East Precinct building on June 8 following eight straight days of police clashes with protesters in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. “People here seem angrier, but there also seem to be fewer protesters.” What we know about the violence during - and before - CHOP’s existence “I feel marginally more dread than the early parts of the protests,” local Capitol Hill resident John McCartney told Vox. While Durkan and the Seattle Police Department used the recent violence as justification to move in and retake the area from protesters, some people who live in the area worried about the SPD’s return. Those previous incidents were not subject to a national media microscope. It also highlights the pervasiveness of certain forms of violence - like violence against women, which some residents told Vox was a problem in the neighborhood (a nightlife hot spot in the city) even before CHOP was established. The violence at CHOP shows the difficulty in trying to create a police-free neighborhood, especially without investments in community anti-poverty efforts, out of what was primarily a protest space. #SeattleProtests #CHOP /vFfHA1P71W- Converge Media July 1, 2020 Drone footage of the Police clearing Cal Anderson Park this morning.
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