Mayor Durkan Launches Offensive Against Sawant and CHOP After Protest Outside Her Home
This morning, as police swept the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) of tents, barricades, protesters, and journalists, it become clear Mayor Jenny Durkan was...
Seattle Council Studies Other Cities Defunding Police Departments
Against the backdrop of national discussion around how to reimagine public safety in the United States, Seattle's local government leaders have been moving forward...
Mayor Durkan Pledges to Close the CHOP and Reopen East Precinct, Chastising ‘Agitators’
Mayor Jenny Durkan promised to disperse the Capitol Hill Organized Protest and reinstall police inside East Precinct "in the near future" at a press...
CHOP’s Juneteenth ‘Black Out’ Disrupted by Shooting, One Black Man Dead
Black organizers planned a Black takeover or "Black Out" of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) during Juneteenth. However that celebration of Blackness was...
MLK County Labor Council Expels Seattle Police Guild as Contract Showdown Looms
The Martin Luther King County Labor Council voted Wednesday to remove the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) from its ranks, citing a need for...
Seattle Council Bans Chemical Weapons and Other Brutal Crowd Control Tactics
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) repeatedly tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed crowds during the first two weeks of protests, but the Seattle City Council sought to close...
What Autonomy Can Mean for the Capitol Hill Organized Protest
The power in urban design lies its ability to provide a lens into the future. It allows communities to project themselves, their families, their...
SPD Hopes to Reclaim East Precinct from CHAZ, but Protesters Say Finders Keepers
Like a phoenix rising from an ashy war zone, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone ("CHAZ") emerged after the Seattle Police Department (SPD) abandoned the East...