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Photos: Police, City Workers Dismantle Seattle’s CHOP, Clear Out Protesters

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Photos: Police, City Workers Dismantle Seattle’s CHOP, Clear Out Protesters
Workers remove items left behind after police cleared the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) and retook the department's East Precinct in Seattle, Washington, on July 1, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
7/2/2020|Updated: 7/2/2020

The City of Seattle on Wednesday cleared the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHOP)—set up last month by Black Lives Matter demonstrators, anarchists, and self-described Marxists—as police arrested some remaining protesters on Thursday morning.

The police department wrote that individuals in a crowd of demonstrators were throwing bottles at officers.

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Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter who covers a range of topics, including politics, U.S., and health news. A father of two, Jack grew up in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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