ARE
ARE SEEING IT THAT WAY OR NOT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO
START QUESTIONING.
START QUESTIONING. >>> IT WAS JUST OVER THREE
WEEKS AGO PROTESTERS WERE
PUSHING THE POLICE LEINBACH,
TAKING OVER THE BLOCKS AROUND
THE EAST PRECINCT.
EARLY THIS MORNING IT WAS THE
POLICE PUSHING PROTESTERS OUT
OF THE AREA BETTER KNOWN AS
THE C.H.O.P.
THE C.H.O.P. NOT EVERYBODY LEFT PEACEFULLY
AND POLICE ARRESTED MORE THAN
THREE DOZEN PEOPLE.
SKY KING IS FLYING OVER
CAPITOL HILL REGENCY THE
MASSIVE CLEANUP OPERATION HAS
BEEN UNDERWAY.
BEEN UNDERWAY. TENTS, TRASH, BARRICADES AND
PLYWOOD ARE BEING MOVED OUT AS
SOME PROTESTERS REMAIN ON THE
OUTSKIRTS.
OUTSKIRTS. >> JUST AS THE SUN WAS COMING
UP POLICE MOVED INTO THAT
PROTEST AREA BY ORDER OF THE
MAYOR.
MAYOR.
MAYOR. MANY PROTESTERS WERE STILL
SLEEPING AND WERE TOLD TO GET
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> PICTURE YOUR DAUGHTERS
FACES ON MINE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: SUMMER FORCED TO
LEAVE AND OTHERS LEFT ON THEIR
OWN.
OWN.
OWN. RESIDENTS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR WEEKS TO GET THEIR
STREETS BACK.
STREETS BACK. >> DIFFERENT INSIDERS HAVE
BEEN COMING IN TRYING TO PUSH
THE MESSAGE ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE THE PROTESTERS WORK ON
THE CLEANUP BEGAN.
CHIEF CARMEN BEST AND OFFICERS
WENT BACK INTO THE EAST
PRECINCT AND THIS IS THE FIRST
AND THEY HAVE BEEN INSIDE
THERE SINCE THE EIGHTH.
NO WORD ON WHEN OFFICERS WILL
GET BACK THERE BUT THEY WERE
EXCITED TO GET BACK INTO THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. >> THE SENSE THREE WEEKS OF
PROTESTERS CONTROLLING SEVERAL
BLOCKS ON CAPITOL HILL.
THIS IS HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY.
THE CITY TRIED TO MOVE
BARRIERS OUT BUT THEY WERE
STOPPED BY A LOT OF PROTESTERS.
SOME OF THEM REMOVED YESTERDAY
BUT THE PROTESTERS MADE THEIR
OWN BARRIERS.
OWN BARRIERS. >>> RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY PEOPLE
ALLOWED INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES
OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P. ARE POLICE AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
SEBASTIAN ROBERTSON IS JOINING
US WITH THE LATEST FROM THE
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P. ZONES.
ZONES.
ZONES. >>
ZONES. >> Reporter: THE RETURN TO
NORMAL WILL NOT HAPPEN
IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS PROVING TO BE A SLOW
PROCESS THAT MAY TAKE A FEW
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. I
DAYS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW
MANY POLICE OFFICERS WERE IN
THE AREA ONCE KNOWN AS
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P. POLICE REPLACING THE PRESENCE
OF PROTESTERS.
OF PROTESTERS. SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING,
BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS
HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY FEEL
THEY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE
MIDDLE.
MIDDLE.
MIDDLE. C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P. HAS FALLEN.
HAS FALLEN. IT WAS TAKEN BY FORCE EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. >> I THINK WE HAVE LOST.
WE HAVE LOST THE MAYOR AND THE
CITY COUNCIL PERSON.
WITH LOST RESIDENTS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT.
MATTER MOVEMENT. >> Reporter: THIS BUSINESS
OWNER NEVER CLOSED, BUT HE DID
SEE HIS NEIGHBORS BOARD UP.
SOME EVEN SHUTDOWN.
THE SITUATION ESCALATED WHEN A
SECOND MAN, A TEENAGER WAS
SHOT AND KILLED.
>> THE LOSS OF LIFE FOR
CHILDREN IS THE WORST PART OF
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> Reporter: THIS AFTERNOON
THE MAYOR SAID THAT IT CANNOT
GO ON ANY LONGER.
>> THIS REQUIRES US TO
IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS PUBLIC
SAFETY CONCERNS.
SAFETY CONCERNS. >> Reporter: THESE ARE
CONDITIONS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE
BEEN DOCUMENTING SINCE DAY
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. MANY
ONE. MANY OF THEM ARE ONLY AGREEING
TO SPEAK WITH ME ON THE
CONDITION OF ANONYMITY.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO SACRIFICE OUR
PEACE OF MIND, OUR SAFETY FOR
THIS MOVEMENT.
THIS MOVEMENT. I DO NOT THINK THAT IS FAIR TO
ASK OF US.
>> Reporter: THE THREAT OF
VIOLENCE SEEMS TO BE OVER.
THE AREA IS STILL NOT OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC.
THE PUBLIC. THIS TIME IT IS UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. >> Reporter: THE FOCUS REMAINS
ON THE EAST PRECINCT.
OFFICERS ON THE GROUND SAY
THAT IT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE
OCCUPIED BY SEATTLE POLICE AND
WILL GO OPERATIONAL BUT WHEN
IS REALLY THE NEXT QUESTION.
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT
ANSWER.
ANSWER.
ANSWER. >>> IN ALL MORE THAN THREE
DOZEN PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED AS
POLICE MOVED PROTESTERS OUT OF
THE C.H.O.P.
THE C.H.O.P. THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. THE ARRESTS WERE MADE FOR
FAILURE TO DISPERSE,
OBSTRUCTION, RESISTING ARREST,
AND ASSAULT.
AND ASSAULT. ONE MAN HAD THESE WEAPONS ON
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. A
HIM. A LARGE METAL PIPE AND A
KITCHEN KNIFE.
KITCHEN KNIFE. >>> MEANWHILE, COMING UP AT
5:30 WE WERE THERE BEHIND THE
POLICE LINES AS OFFICERS WERE
MOVING PROTESTERS OUT OF THE
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P. AND WENT BACK INSIDE THE EAST
PRECINCT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. >>> WE HAVE HEARD FROM POLICE
AND ACTIVISTS AND NOW WE WILL
HEAR FROM A VOICE WHO HAS BEEN
WITH THEM SINCE THE BEGINNING.
WE HAD A ONE-ON-ONE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE THE
MOVEMENT FOR EQUALITY GOES NOW.
>> Reporter: SHE GOES BY THE
NAME OF J AND SHE HAS BEEN A
STRONG VOICE IN THE CURRENT
MOVEMENT GOING ON IN SEATTLE
RIGHT NOW EVEN BEFORE THE
CREATION OF C.H.O.P..
SHE SAYS THAT THE PROTESTERS
ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE CITY.
THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE
MAYOR.
MAYOR.
MAYOR. THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
BEING HEARD.
BEING HEARD. EVEN THOUGH THE PHYSICAL
OCCUPATION OF CAPITOL HILL IS
NO LONGER HERE, THE FIGHT IS
NOT OVER.
NOT OVER.
NOT OVER. >> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR
OPINION OF WHAT HAPPENED THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. ALL OF THAT BEHAVIOR SPEAKS TO
THE CHARACTER OF JENNY DURKAN.
IT SPEAKS TO THE CHARACTER OF
THE GOVERNING BODIES.
IT SPEAKS TO WHY YOU HAVE
INDIVIDUALS MAKING THEIR WAY
OUT OF THE HOMESTEAD AND INTO
THE STREET.
THE STREET. >> Reporter: IF SHE IS
INTERESTED IN THINGS CHANGING
REALISTICALLY ARE NOT JUST
GOING BACK TO BUSINESS AS
USUAL IT WILL REQUIRE HER
IMPLEMENTING HER SENSES,
STEPPING UP, AND DOING THE
WORK IN A REAL WAY.
>> Reporter: I SAW THAT IS SAID
IT WAS NEVER THE GOAL AND IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN
MIND.
MIND.
MIND. CAN
MIND. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT.
>> Reporter: IT WAS NEVER THE
GOAL FOR US TO ESTABLISH
CAPITOL HILL AS AN AREA WE
COULD OCCUPY FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME.
IT IS A SYMPTOM.
I THINK THAT IT CAN GENUINELY
BECOME OR HAVE BECOME A
DISTRACTION.
DISTRACTION. FROM THE ACTUAL DEMANDS THAT
HAD BEEN GIVEN TO JENNY DURKAN
AND OTHER GOVERNING BODIES.
IT'S A DISTRACTION FROM THE
REALITY THAT BROUGHT US OUT.
WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY HISTORICALLY
IS UNBELIEVABLE.
IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT IS DEVASTATING, IT IS
TRAUMATIZING IN SO MANY WAYS.
WE ARE RESILIENT PEOPLE AND WE
ARE ALSO BRILLIANT PEOPLE.
I THINK AREAS LIKE C.H.O.P.
ARE AN EXAMPLE, NOT JUST FOR
US BUT FOR ANY PLACE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THAT IS RISING UP
AND CHOOSING TO BE ACTIVE,
CHOOSING TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
VALIDITY OF BLACK LIVES.
>> Reporter: WHERE CAN WE
PHYSICALLY LOOK TO THE
MOVEMENT NEXT?
MOVEMENT NEXT? WILL WE SEE IT AROUND SEATTLE?
>> FOR BLACK PEOPLE THIS
MOVEMENT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
A LONG TIME.
FOR SOME OF US THIS IS JUST
OUR LIFE STORY.
FOR WHITE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
RECENTLY ENTERED THE CHAT, NOW
IS THE TIME TO START
ALLOCATING YOUR RESOURCES AND
USING YOUR WHITE PRIVILEGE IN
A WAY THAT IT OF ITS BLACK
REALITIES.
REALITIES. THIS IS SO FAR FROM THE END.
>> Reporter: SHE TELLS ME THAT
UNTIL THEIR DEMANDS ARE MET,
DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND
REALLOCATING THE FUNDS TO BE
PUT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO
HELP THE PROTESTERS WE CAN SEE
TESTERS DEMONSTRATE IN THE
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. WE HAD A MUCH LONGER
CONVERSATION THAN YOU SON THAT
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. I
STORY. I WILL POST THE ENTIRE
INTERVIEW IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT YOU
CAN SEE IT ON MY FACEBOOK
PAGE.
PAGE.
PAGE. VANESSA MISCIAGNA, KING 5
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>>
NEWS. >>> MAYOR JENNY DURKAN SAYS
SHE IS WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE MESSAGE IS NOT LOST.
>> WE MUST RECOMMIT TO THE
MESSAGE THAT BROUGHT TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS FROM IN
AND AROUND THE CITY TO THE
STREETS DEMANDING CHANGE.
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT IT WAS
THE UNJUST MURDER OF GEORGE
FLOYD THAT IGNITED THIS GLOBAL
MOVEMENT INCLUDING HERE IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. >> Reporter: SHE OUTLINED
SEVERAL GOALS THAT HER
ADMINISTRATION IS FOCUSING ON
INCLUDING REIMAGINING POLICING
AND WAY THAT OFFICERS CAN
HELP.
HELP.
HELP. >>
HELP. >> Reporter: STATE SENATOR
STEVE O'BANNON IS PROPOSING A
BANNER AND PROTEST SOUNDS LIKE
C.H.O.P..
C.H.O.P..
C.H.O.P.. THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SAID
HE BELIEVES IN FREE SPEECH BUT
SAYS PROTESTERS SHOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO BLOCK ACCESS TO
EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND
SERVICES.
SERVICES.
SERVICES. HE SPOKE ABOUT THE ACTIVISTS
SAYING THE ONE MAN THAT
REMAINED UNCHANGED WAS A
REFUSAL TO ALLOW LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO PERFORM THEIR
VITAL FUNCTIONS OF PROTECTING
RESIDENTS FROM VIOLENCE,
THREATS, AND PROPERTY
DESTRUCTION.
DESTRUCTION. THE BILL WITH WITHHOLD STATE