![]() “This is not a celebration,” Grayson told the crowd through a megaphone Monday afternoon. Jaiden Grayson, one of the organizers who has emerged as a leader on-site, made sure the crowd was focused on the mission of CHOP and none of the noise. The scene in CHOP (the zone was originally known as CHAZ, or Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, but was changed to CHOP, Capitol Hill Organized Protest, over the weekend by the Black Lives Matter organizers involved) is far from violent anarchy (though gun-toting citizens were reported in the initial days, no displayed weapons were visible come Monday), nor is it a music festival with a slight civil rights bent. President Trump has labeled those demonstrating in the zone as “domestic terrorists,” while some have likened the scene to Burning Man or Coachella, saying it had become overrun with white hippies looking to drink La Croix in the sun. ![]() ![]() Over the weekend, photos run by Fox News of anarchy in the roughly six-block area of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood now known as CHOP, which has been police-free since mid last week, were revealed to be doctored images, falsely projecting an image of violence and aggression. ![]()
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