The atmosphere at the 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,' where hundreds have gathered, has been part protest, part commune.
"THIS SPACE IS NOW PROPERTY OF THE SEATTLE PEOPLE" reads a giant black banner with red lettering at the"Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone," an area around the abandoned police precinct that demonstrators moved into, setting up tents with plans to stay.
The Seattle Police Department vacated the East Precinct on Monday night, and protesters against the killing of George Floyd and police brutality established the zone, known as CHAZ, and changed the boarded-up building's sign to read"Seattle People Department.
"This is a highly progressive and resilient neighborhood, and they were the protesters," he said."Outside people come along during the protests, but people who live across the street from the precinct were the people who were at the barricade. People who own businesses over here were at the barricade because of the use of the high level of tear gas," he said.
People stand in front of the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct sign in the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" while continuing to demonstrate against racial inequality and call for the defunding of Seattle police in Seattle on Tuesday, June 9, 2020."These are the people in the neighborhood protesting against the police precinct. That's what led to all of this," he said.
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