‘CHOP’ — In an autonomous zone that’s shrunken to 3 blocks in what used to be a part of Seattle, the self-proclaimed leader of the zone had a few choice words to say to paramedics who were responding to reports of a person shot within the zone, but weren’t taking action.
The paramedics were waiting on the outskirts, all while not being given the order to enter because the area was not secure.
In the video, you can hear one of them on the radio talking with dispatch. It’s not they they didn’t want to help, but rather it was unsafe for them to do so.
Medics refused to help even after people in the CHOP begged. They let our bro bleed out for 30 minutes till he died. Fuck politics. Fuck your currupt system. pic.twitter.com/PMwxU9yEzd
— Raz Simone (@RazSimone) June 21, 2020
People seem to agree with our assessment, chiming in the comments of the posted video.
And the top comments on the same video posted to Facebook:
Another shooting occurred last night in the same area, the sound of which was captured on at least one video.
It’s no surprise that violence would come to this area, but is it coming from within or elsewhere? We can’t say for sure, and to speculate wouldn’t provide any help. The real question: Who is going to investigate these shootings? Do residents of ‘CHOP’ really want the police to investigate, even though they want the police defunded? Should ‘CHOP’ initiate their own investigation?
It seems that this experiment isn’t working.
Shooting in #chop #chaz again tonight. pic.twitter.com/uroJ1wYKg8
— cacti (@SCCacti) June 22, 2020
After the guy above took the video, guess what: his phone was stolen. This is what the feeling of lawlessness looks like, and how it plays out.
The man who recorded this incident had his phone stolen minutes later. #chaz #chop pic.twitter.com/p2OrCFOnjK
— cacti (@SCCacti) June 22, 2020
Raz, protect this man.
