Police do nothing

As people express disbelief in how hundreds of police officers stood by doing nothing in Uvalde, TX, it is mindful of Seattle in 2020 when the entire police department stood by while a group of violent protesters took over part of the down town area. Hundreds of protesters have taken over several blocks of Seattle and transformed it into the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or “Chaz” For three days these protesters were allowed to control this area while the police abandoned their precinct. A 16 year old boy was shot and killed and five others were shot and critically injured while 50 businesses were destroyed. For three days, protesters have filled several blocks and at least part of a park in the artsy Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, after police abandoned their east precinct, following dangerous clashes between protesters and law enforcement.