The Secret to Seattle’s CHOP Protest Zone? Community Gardens

Seattle police began making arrests Wednesday morning as they moved to enforce Mayor Jenny Durkan’s emergency order to vacate the autonomous zone demonstrators had set up to protest police brutality and racial injustice. “This order, and our police response, comes after weeks of violence in and around the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone,” Police Chief Carmen Best said in a statement. “I support peaceful demonstrations. Black Lives Matter, and I too want to help propel this movement toward meaningful change in our community. But enough is enough.”

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