For many it provides real-life proof that humans do not need a repressive force to be able to live together and get along peacefully.
I also … Within hours, they boarded … As it becomes part of a national conversation, speakers at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest re … Fox News has been so hell-bent on covering the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle as a sort of existential threat to America that they’ve run altered photos of the scene and (unwittingly) regurgitated Monty Python jokes as evidence of a mutiny in the commune.Since protesters took over the six-block zone that includes the abandoned Seattle East Precinct police station on June 8, Washington state and city officials have largely allowed the overwhelmingly peaceful protest to continue. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the western district of Washington identified the attempted arsonist as Isaiah Thomas Willoughby, age thirty-five . “An anarcho-syndicalist commune at the least, we should take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.”What MacCallum didn’t realize is that the post was a joke referencing a scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," the rollicking 1975 cult classic that skewers King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.John Cleese, the legendary actor who co-founded and starred in the wildly popular Monty Python movie series, had a laugh at the network’s expense in a Monday tweet.And then there's the problematic images: On Saturday, Fox News was forced to run an editor’s note on a story titled “Black Lives Matter protesters say Seattle’s autonomous zone has hijacked message,” after the network Additionally, Fox News also mislabeled another photo that ran on the site’s front page as being from last week in Seattle when it actually was taken during the first weekend of protests in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to the Seattle Times.Photojournalism ethics expert Kenny Irby “I think it’s disgraceful propaganda and terribly misrepresentative of documentary journalism in times like this, when truth-telling and accountability is so important,” Irby said.By signing up to the VICE newsletter you agree to receive electronic communications from VICE that may sometimes include advertisements or sponsored content.Two of the Congress people voted against a bill that would have required disclosure from some companies receiving loans.New data backs up a report by VICE News in June that found that Black and brown people were being punished more severely than white people for joining the demonstrations.Besides explosives and arson charges, the government tacked on another charge that Rahman’s lawyer said is usually seen in cases of gang violence or terrorism. Organizers refocus message after Seattle's CHAZ becomes CHOP. The 19-year-old man died and the other person was in critical condition in intensive care.Sgt Lauren Truscott of Seattle police told the Investigators were reviewing public-source video and body-camera video for clues and authorities planned to disclose more information about the shooting later, Truscott said.Protesters have cordoned off several blocks near a police station in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, in the wake of demonstrations against police violence since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis several weeks ago.Police have largely retreated from the zone after clashes with protesters ended with people throwing things at police and police teargassing people and using other crowd control munitions.City officials have said they are still communicating with protest leaders, who had pledged to keep the peace in the zone.The situation has drawn the continued ire of Donald Trump.
The CHAZ is a unique development in Seattle because of the withdrawal of the police from the area.