CHAZ

CHAZ

1. (historical) Initialism of Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in Seattle, Washington in 2020.
   • 2020 June 10, Isaac Scher, “'It's reminiscent of Occupy': Protesters in Seattle have established a communal 'autonomous zone' to prove they don't need police”, in Insider:

     Among demonstrators, "most people seem cautiously optimistic," one woman in the CHAZ told Insider. "I haven't seen any cops since they all left."

   • 2020 June 12, Tom Coburg, “Trump and his far-right allies attack Seattle’s Capitol Hill autonomous zone”, in The Canary:

     US president Donald Trump has threatened to crush what he calls “ugly Anarchists”, who recently declared the inner Seattle suburb of Capitol Hill an “autonomous zone”, now known as CHAZ.

   • 2020 July 2, Ellen Cranley, “How the 2-week occupation of Seattle's CHOP 'autonomous zone' saw demonstrators take over several city blocks before it descended into chaos”, in Insider:

     Insider's Isaac Scher reported the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ, was set up along several blocks, where it created a space for tents, free food, art-making, and rallies around the city's abandoned East Precinct.

   • 2021 June 8, Lucas Combos, “A Year After Seattle's CHOP Formed, Some Questions Linger”, in Patch‎:

     First known as Free Capitol Hill, then the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), and finally the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest or Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), the six-block area began to take shape on June 9, 2020, the day after police boarded up and abandoned the East Precinct.

   • 2021 June 22, Isabella Khademhosseini, “Portland’s tourist boss takes a full page of the New York Times admitting that a rioted city has an ‘edge’”, in Texas News Today‎, archived from the original on 28 June 2021:

     The demonstrators tried to create an autonomous zone around the precincts, like CHAZ in Seattle. Police responded by declaring an “unlawful session,” KOIN reported.

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