Seattle agreed to a $3.65 million settlement with residents and business owners over the city's handling of a so-called autonomous zone known as CHOP during the 2020 riots.
Seattle settled Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by business owners over the city's failure to put an end to the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone.
Seattle settled in a lawsuit over the city’s failure to put an end to the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone for three weeks during the summer of 2020, agreeing to pay a total of $3.65 million to more than a dozen local businesses and citizens who filed the suit, according to the Seattle Times.