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Inside Seattle’s ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ that has drawn Trump’s ire

By Associated Press

June 11, 2020

America in Turmoil

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Mark Henry Jr., center, a Black Lives Matter leader, speaks into a megaphone today in a doorway of the Seattle Police Department East Precinct building, which has been boarded up and abandoned except for a few officers inside.
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A protester, right, who did not give his name talks with Seattle Police assistant chiefs Adrian Diaz, left, and Deanna Nollette, center, today inside what is being called the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" in Seattle. The officers were attempting to walk to the police department's East Precinct building, which has been boarded up and abandoned except for a few officers inside, but the protester, in a move that angered some other protesters, said he would walk with the officers to a side entrance of the precinct rather than have them walk directly through a crowd of angry protesters.
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An artist paints one of the large letters that read "Black Lives Matter" on a street near Cal Anderson Park today inside what is being called the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" in Seattle.
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Protesters listen to a speaker as they sit in front of the Seattle Police Department East Precinct building, which has been boarded up and abandoned except for a few officers inside today.
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Protesters display a flag that they said flew over a protest camp during Seattle's World Trade Organization protests in 1999 as they speak at a rally in front of the Seattle Police Department East Precinct building, which has been boarded up and abandoned except for a few officers inside today, inside what is being called the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" in Seattle.
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An artist paints one of the large letters that read "Black Lives Matter" on a street near Cal Anderson Park today inside what is being called the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" in Seattle.
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People walk past barricades on a street near Cal Anderson Park today inside what is being called the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" in Seattle.
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A protester who did not give his name walks with Seattle Police assistant chiefs Adrian Diaz, left, and Deanna Nollette, right, today inside what is being called the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" in Seattle. The officers were attempting to walk to the department's East Precinct building, which has been boarded up and abandoned except for a few officers inside, but the protester, in a move that angered some other protesters, said he would walk with the officers to a side entrance of the precinct rather than have them walk directly through a crowd of angry protesters.
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Artists paint large letters that read "Black Lives Matter" painted on a street near Cal Anderson Park, today, inside what is being called the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" in Seattle.

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