Seattle Autonomous Zone

Organizers are now asking that people call it the chop the capitol hill occupied protest and signs at the barricades welcome visitors to chop.

Seattle autonomous zone. Seattle police moved wednesday to eject demonstrators from the capitol hill occupied protest formerly known as the capitol hill autonomous zone in accordance with an executive order signed by. Seattle police turned out in force early wednesday at the city s occupied protest zone tore down. Police clear seattle s protest autonomous zone the so called capitol hill organized protest area was taken over by protesters after the death of george floyd in minneapolis. They named their new territory the capitol hill autonomous zone or chaz.

No laws or rules applied here except for one. A shooting in seattle s capitol hill occupation protest chop area monday morning left one man dead and a 14 year old boy critically injured bringing more scrutiny to the autonomous protest zone. Seattle seattle s autonomous zone is dead but its amazon tax has come roaring back to life the city has passed a new payroll tax on large employers that is expected to raise over 200 million a. But one thing is clear in a blocks large swath of capitol hill.

The capitol hill autonomous zone chaz also known as free capitol hill the capitol hill occupied protest or the capitol hill organized protest chop was an occupation protest and self declared autonomous zone in the capitol hill neighborhood of seattle washington united states. Seattle s autonomous zone is not what you ve been told some call it chop some call it chaz and no one knows quite what it is. While chaz s original claim to autonomous zone may. It was the site of at.