Category: Autonomous Zone

Family Suing Seattle Over Son’s Death in Autonomous Zone

The city of Seattle is facing a fresh lawsuit over city officials’ treatment of the autonomous zone that sprang up there in the summer of 2020. Multiple people were killed in or near the zone, which police officers fled after barricades were erected by radical activists following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. Lorenzo…


Seattle Will Pay $500,000 to Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Autonomous Zone Shooting

Seattle authorities have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit that pinned the 2020 shooting death of a man at the autonomous zone on city officials. The case concerned Lorenzo Anderson, a 19-year-old who was shot near the edge of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, also known as CHOP or CHAZ. Authorities had allowed…


Seattle to Pay $500,000 to Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Autonomous Zone Shooting

Seattle authorities have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit that pinned the 2020 shooting death of a man at the autonomous zone on city officials. The case concerned Lorenzo Anderson, a 19-year-old who was shot near the edge of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, also known as CHOP or CHAZ. Authorities had allowed…


Minneapolis ‘Autonomous Zone’ a Danger to Residents and Businesses: National Police Association

A police association spokesperson said that the so-called “autonomous zone” around the site where George Floyd died in Minneapolis has become a threat to public safety and a danger to residents and businesses. Retired Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith, spokeswoman for the National Police Association (NPA), told Fox News in an interview Thursday about recent incidents…


Minneapolis ‘Autonomous Zone’ a Danger to Residents, Businesses, Police Group Says

The so-called “autonomous zone” around the site in Minneapolis where George Floyd died last year has become a threat to public safety and a danger to residents and businesses, a police association says. Retired Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith, spokeswoman for the National Police Association (NPA), told Fox News in an interview on March 11 about recent…