Friday, January 30, 2026

City of Seattle liable for teen’s death in CHOP zone $30M

SEATTLE " A jury has awarded the father of a teen who was shot and killed in the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone in Seattle in 2020 approximately $30-million after finding the city was negligent in how it handled the weeks-long protest zone.

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You know what words we didn't see from the left when talking about CHOP /CHAZ?

Secession or insurrection. The whole thing was glorified even by the mayor herself - it has a block party atmosphere that could leave to a summer of love.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-30 02:12 PM

You know what words we didn't see from the left when talking about CHOP /CHAZ?
Secession or insurrection. The whole thing was glorified even by the mayor herself - it has a block party atmosphere that could leave to a summer of love.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger

This is the SECOND case like this.

Would you like to know what happened to the first case where someone was shot in the CHOP zone? Appeals Court tossed it.

WHY?

The Law: To succeed on a state-created danger claim, a plaintiff must establish that (1) a state actor's affirmative actions created or exposed him to an actual, particularized danger [that he] would not otherwise have faced (2) that the injury he suffered was foreseeable, and (3) that the state actor was deliberately indifferent to the known danger.

The difference thus far is this case was filed in STATE court and the other was filed in FEDERAL COURT. Unfortunately, Washington common law mimics the Federal code and common law.

Basically it will be over in Appeals because the danger must be specific to the plaintiff, not just the public at large. And it has to be foreseeable, not just possible.

#2 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-01-30 06:06 PM

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