Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) have introduced a proposal that would enable individuals victimized by violent crime in a so-called autonomous zone to sue state and local authorities for compensatory damages.
The measure, called the “Justice for Victims of Lawless Cities Act” (JVLCA), refers to areas such as Seattle’s “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” in which Antifa-led rioters took over a six-block square of the city’s downtown last month after police abandoned a local precinct station. Authorities retook the area by force on July 1.
