Seattle residents Victoria Beach, Eli Hoshor and Jonathan Choe relay struggles with law enforcement staffing in their city after anti-police rhetoric created a devastating crime wave.
Three years later, Molly Moon’s filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington to sue the city for ignoring its constitutional rights because police chose to"abandon" the CHOP zone to rioters, per the lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that it"does not seek to undermine CHOP participants' message or present a counter message."
The lawsuit also alleges that the city of Seattle's failure to protect its residents from the protests"subjected businesses, employees, and residents of that neighborhood to extensive property damage, public safety dangers, and an inability to use and access their properties."