Organizers of Seattle’s “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest,” or CHOP, are urging demonstrators to leave a tent encampment in the area to focus on an abandoned police precinct.

They reportedly have found it difficult to maintain the Cal Anderson Park tent encampment and restore political morale, and are redirecting their focus to the East Precinct of the Seattle Police Department after occupying the downtown area for three weeks.

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