![]() “I feel marginally more dread than the early parts of the protests,” local Capitol Hill resident John McCartney told Vox. While Durkan and the Seattle Police Department used the recent violence as justification to move in and retake the area from protesters, some people who live in the area worried about the SPD’s return. Those previous incidents were not subject to a national media microscope. It also highlights the pervasiveness of certain forms of violence - like violence against women, which some residents told Vox was a problem in the neighborhood (a nightlife hot spot in the city) even before CHOP was established. The violence at CHOP shows the difficulty in trying to create a police-free neighborhood, especially without investments in community anti-poverty efforts, out of what was primarily a protest space. ![]() #SeattleProtests #CHOP /vFfHA1P71W- Converge Media July 1, 2020 Drone footage of the Police clearing Cal Anderson Park this morning.
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