The Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, CHOP, is shown on Monday, June 29, 2020, in Seattle. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
Seattle mayoral primary will test progressive movement By
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A year after racial justice and anti-police demonstrators took over part of Seattleâs Capitol Hill neighborhood, there are lines outside the restaurants in and around the former protest zone.
Pickup soccer games and dog owners playing fetch dominate a park formerly occupied by a tent encampment. Corn, kale and zucchini flourish in a community garden dug by the protesters, next to the letters âBLMâ fashioned from lengths of hose.
But issues crystallized by the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest â policing, equity, disorder and homelessness â are animating Seattleâs Tuesday mayoral primary, a contest that highlights a political divide between activist-left voters and more moderate progressives.
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