Episode 1138
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Sun, 2020-Jun-14 01:49 UTC
Length - 2:43
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With 201,581 views on Saturday, 13 June 2020 our article of the day is Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.
The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), referred to simply as the Zone and formerly known as Free Capitol Hill, is a self-declared autonomous zone in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The Zone, covering approximately six city blocks, was established on June 8, 2020, during the George Floyd protests, after Capitol Hill's East Precinct building was abandoned by the Seattle Police Department (SPD). Local governance in the Zone is decentralized, with the goal of creating a neighborhood without police. Purported demands associated with the Zone include rent control, the reversal of gentrification, the abolition or defunding of police, funding of community health, and the dropping of charges against those arrested for involvement in the protests.
Reactions to the Zone have varied through the political spectrum. President Donald Trump referred to the occupants as "ugly Anarchists" and called for the governor of Washington and the mayor of Seattle to "take back" the Zone, while Mayor Jenny Durkan on June 11 described the Zone as "four blocks in Seattle that is more like a block party atmosphere. It's not an armed takeover. It's not a military junta. We will make sure that we will restore this but we have block parties and the like in this part of Seattle all the time ... there is no threat right now to the public."On June 12, Black Lives Matter protesters were reportedly negotiating with local officials to leave the Zone. SPD Chief Carmen Best said that officials were working to return police officers to the precinct. She stressed the "need to have officers responding to calls in a timely fashion. And with the occupation that's taking place, we're not able to do so in a timely way".
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:49 UTC on Sunday, 14 June 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone on Wikipedia.
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