Protesters block Seattle construction crew from removing CHOP barriers

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Protesters at Seattle’s “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” or CHOP, blocked city transportation workers, preventing them from removing the protest zone’s barricades.

A crew of workers showed up to the CHOP zone Friday but was stopped by a protester who laid on the ground in front of their equipment. Others joined in, laying on the ground as well as on top of concrete barriers, according to KOMO News.

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