Capitol Hill is a densely populated residential district on a steep hill just east of Seattle's downtown business district, known for its prominent LGBT and counterculture communities and its vibrant nightlife. The Seattle Police Department had been protested against in the past.

Jun 28, 2023 · SEATTLE — Three years ago this week, the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, also known as CHOP, was dismantled. Yet, the scars in this five-block area remain.

Jun 7, 2021 · That started a protest zone that garnered national attention — the CHOP. After a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020, anti-police brutality demonstrations sprung up...

Jun 8, 2021 · F or all it promised, all it was not, and all it actually became, Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protests (better known as CHOP) has but one clear consensus: It existed for 23 precarious days in June.

Jul 2, 2020 · On Wednesday, dozens of officers from the Seattle Police Department arrested more than 30 people and cleared out the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), formerly known as the Capitol Hill...

May 5, 2023 · Seattle Police said officers tried to find a shooting victim but were met by a violent crowd that prevented them from safe access to the victims. They were later informed that CHOP medics took ...

Aug 31, 2023 · A lawsuit against the City of Seattle and King County for the death of a teen during the CHOP/CHAZ occupation in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in 2020 has been updated to include two more city ...

Jan 25, 2024 · The city will pay $10 million to protesters harmed during the Seattle Police Department's response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the city and the CHOP Capitol Hill protest camps, settling a sprawling lawsuit and bringing to a close one of the last major legal battles from the period of unrest and heavy…

Jun 29, 2023 · SEATTLE — If you were to walk through the East Precinct in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, you’d be hard-pressed to see any reference to its recent history. The halls are dotted with...

Feb 16, 2023 · A collection of Seattle businesses, property owners and residents sued the city over its tolerance of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone, saying officials have been complicit in depriving them of their rights to their property.