If you lean right, you might see CHAZ mocked as a failed experiment run by radical anarchists. If you lean left, you might see posts praising it as a new sort of utopia.
While there were no guards when I visited, there were people stationed at each barricade, handing out masks and directing cars through to provide supplies or access their homes. I also saw volunteers at one barricade radioing to the rest to ask whether any others needed supplies and to seek a mental health expert to help manage a man sitting on a corner throwing trash at passersby.
After all, there is no official word on CHOP or CHAZ. Though there are several prominent figures in the Seattle protest scene who are heavily involved with CHOP, there is no central leadership. And it’s worth noting that the people don’t always agree. For instance, some activists say that the, suggesting some are still thinking of this area as a permanent zone. Other activists have voiced hopes that the SPD will eventually turn the now-empty precinct building into a community center.
People also had different reasons and motives for being in the CHOP. While some were clearly residents or heavily involved volunteers, others seemed to be cultural tourists and documentarians. As soon as I arrived at CHOP’s northwest corner, a man asked me to take a photo of him with his partner and dog. “This is history!” he said.
While many were clearly connected to or moved by the memorials and art, others had the opposite takeaway. I saw a man recording the heavily graffitied walls of the precinct with a somber voice-over: “Oh, yeah, they completely destroyed the place.” Others seemed less focused on protesters’ main demands—defunding the police and protecting Black lives—and were more invested in CHAZ as a socialist experiment. I watched as one white man held his phone up to record another white guy.
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