What I Witnessed in Seattle’s CHAZ / CHOP Zone

A former Seattleite comes home to see what activists have done with the place.

Barricades are set up to prevent cars from entering the area (pedestrians may enter freely)

UPDATE 6/20: A protester was shot and killed this morning in the CHOP. For realtime updates, I recommend following Omari Salisbury on Twitter.

It was almost midnight when we arrived in the Zone. Exhausted from the day’s journey—it’s a 12-hour drive from our apartment in Berkeley to…