How The CHAZ Failed So Spectacularly
How The CHAZ Failed So Spectacularly

Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) is gone.

It was created in the wake of nation wide protests against police brutality.

Business Insider says CHAZ was set up along several blocks.

It created a space for tents, free food, art-making, and rallies around the city’s abandoned East Precinct.

"CHAZ has symbolic meaning that once the police withdraw, it’s not that communities descend into chaos, but that we can create safe, democratic, autonomous spaces.