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>>> WELCOME BACK, PROTESTERS ON SEATTLE'S CAPITOL HILL ARE
FIGHTING FOR CHANGE FROM THE
POLICE AND CITY, RESIDENCE
NEARBY SAY THEY ARE BEING
HARMED IN THE PROCESS.
SOME EVEN DESCRIBING THEMSELVES
AS HOSTAGES.
AS HOSTAGES. >> THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY ARE HOPING
FOR SOME NORMALCY AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. SEBASTIAN ROBERTSON TALKED TO
RESIDENTS AND PROTESTERS ABOUT
HOW CHOP IS BEING RECEIVED BY
ITS NEW NEIGHBORS.
>> Reporter: THESE COMPLAINTS
COMING FROM THE RESIDENTS
THEMSELVES FROM TEARGAS POURING
INTO THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT
THE BEGINNING OF THIS, TO LOUD
MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT,
THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF THE
CHOP IS GOING TO COEXIST, TO
PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN SOME CHANGES
NEED TO BE MADE.
TO THE REST OF THIS WORLD, THIS
AREA IS THE CHOP, OR CHAZ.
>> WE ARE NOT EVEN HERE MOST OF
THE TIME AND IT'S TERRIBLE TO
LIVE HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: IT'S HIS BACKYARD,
HE LIVES IN ONE OF THE
APARTMENT BUILDINGS BORDERING
CAL ANDERSON PARK AND HERE IS A
SHOT OF WHAT HIS BLOCK LOOKS
LIKE RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU WANT HOME TO BE A STRESS-
FREE ENVIRONMENT, YOU WANT TO
FEEL COMFORTABLE.
FEEL COMFORTABLE. >> Reporter: HE AND HIS FIANCIE
ARE LEAVING, THEY WILL STAY
WITH FAMILY FOR THE NEXT WEEK,
THEIR COMPLAINTS ARE UNIQUE, WE
HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS FROM MANY
WHO SAY THEY HAVE RECEIVED
CONCERNS ABOUT LIVING AT OR NEAR
THE PROTEST ZONE.
THE MAYOR AND POLICE HAVE SAID
THEY WILL NOT RESPOND UNLESS
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT
TO LIFE.
TO LIFE.
TO LIFE. >> TOP LEADERS ARE CURRENTLY IN
NEGOTIATION WITH THE CITY ABOUT
WHAT THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY HAVE
ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS OF THE
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. >> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS
WHO HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOUD
MUSIC, ABOUT BEING
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH BEING HOME,
WALKING IN AND OUT AT NIGHT,
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THEM?
>> IF THAT DISCOMFORTS THEM, I
CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THEY FEEL
ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE BEING
MURDERED BY POLICE.
>> Reporter: PROTESTERS HAVE
MADE CHANGES, THIS COMES FROM
ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS BY THE
CITY, THEY DID ALLOW FOR THE
BARRICADE TO SPLIT THE MAIN
ROAD, THAT WAS TO ALLOW BETTER
ACCESS TO GARBAGE SERVICES AND
EMERGENCY SERVICES.
EMERGENCY SERVICES. SEBASTIAN ROBERTSON, KING 5
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>>
NEWS. >>> SEATTLE POLICE HAVE BEEN
UNDER SCRUTINY FOR THEIR
HANDLING OF PROTESTS IN RECENT
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. WE
WEEKS. WE HAVE UNCOVERED THE
CRITICISMS AND I'VE ALSO HEARD
FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY
SUPPORT SPD'S ACTIONS.
WE WANTED TO KNOW, WHAT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD TO SAY
ABOUT THEIR OWN INTERACTIONS
WITH POLICE.
WITH POLICE. NATALIE BRINGS US THE RESULTS
OF A NEW SURVEY.
>> Reporter: 700 SEATTLE ADULTS
RESPONDED TO EXCLUSIVE QUESTIONS
SUCH AS, HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN
INTERACTION WITH A SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICER?
POLICE OFFICER? MORE THAN HALF SAID YES, AND
THEY ANSWERED A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
WAS YOUR MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE
ENTIRELY POSITIVE, POSITIVE,
NEUTRAL, NEGATIVE OR ENTIRELY
NEGATIVE?
NEGATIVE?
NEGATIVE? MORE THAN HALF SAID ENTIRELY
POSITIVE OR POSITIVE.
WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
RESULTS WITH OUR POLITICAL
ANALYST.
ANALYST.
ANALYST. HOW CONCERNING IS IT THAT 11%
SAID NEGATIVE AND 7% SAID
ENTIRELY NEGATIVE?
ENTIRELY NEGATIVE? >> I THINK THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT STILL HAS A JOB TO
DO, THEY ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON
THOSE POSITIVE MEMBERS.
>> Reporter: BUT, THE NEGATIVE
NUMBERS CANNOT BE IGNORED,
RESULTS SHOW AN OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY SAID THEY DID NOT FEEL
SINGLED OUT AND MOST RESPONDED
THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU DIG INTO THE
DEMOGRAPHICS AND LOOK AT THE
SAME NUMBERS, A FIFTH OF THE
BLACK MEN AND WOMEN SURVEYED
SAID YES, THEY HAVE FELT THIS,
NEEDED AGAINST DURING
INTERACTIONS WITH SPD.
IT'S SOMETHING HE UNDERSTANDS,
THE FORMER KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE WHO ALSO WORKED FOR
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TELLS
ME HE HAS BEEN PULLED OVER
EIGHT TIMES IN SEATTLE AND EACH
TIME, HE DID NOT RECEIVE A
TICKET.
TICKET.
TICKET. >> THE ONLY REASON WAS BECAUSE
I WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
IT MADE ME ANGRY.
IT'S NOT AN EXPERIENCE THAT I
WOULD WANT, AND I HAVEN'T
RELIVED IT IN YEARS, SO MY
ASSUMPTIONS ARE, THE TRAINING
PROGRAMS THEY HAVE, THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS THEY
HAVE ARE DOING MUCH BETTER
TODAY THAN IN THE PAST.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS CONTINUED
TRAINING IS WHAT IS NEEDED.
CHIEF BEST DECLINED OUR
INTERVIEW REQUEST TODAY BUT
JUST RELEASED THIS VIDEO.
>> I DO BELIEVE THAT MOST
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE SUPPORT THE
POLICE