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Live from the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

caption: "You are now entering Free Cap Hill," proclaims a sign outside of the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.
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"You are now entering Free Cap Hill," proclaims a sign outside of the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.
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Word on the street (12th and Pine, to be precise). Cops out of schools. And a search for answers in Tacoma.

Individual segments are available in our podcast stream or at www.kuow.org/record.

Omari Salisbury, CHAZ

After nightly clashes with protesters, SPD abandoned the East Precinct building. Into the void, the CHAZ was born. Omari Salisbury of Converge Media took us behind the barricades.

Dahlia Bazzaz, police officers out of schools

Following a school board resolution, student will be back in schools this fall, but police officers will not. The Seattle Times’ Dahlia Bazzaz explains.

Esmy Jimenez, Manuel Ellis' death

KUOW’s Esmy Jimenez explains the multiple recusals and conflicting facts that surround the death of Manuel Ellis at the hands of police in Tacoma earlier this year.

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