chaz

name

1. A diminutive of the male given name Charles.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte.
3. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical)Acronym of Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in Seattle, Washington in 2020.

   “Among demonstrators, "most people seem cautiously optimistic," one woman in the CHAZ told Insider. "I haven't seen any cops since they all left."”

   “US president Donald Trump has threatened to crush what he calls “ugly Anarchists”, who recently declared the inner Seattle suburb of Capitol Hill an “autonomous zone”, now known as CHAZ.”

   “Insider's Isaac Scher reported the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ, was set up along several blocks, where it created a space for tents, free food, art-making, and rallies around the city's abandoned East Precinct.”

   “First known as Free Capitol Hill, then the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), and finally the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest or Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), the six-block area began to take shape on June 9, 2020, the day after police boarded up and abandoned the East Precinct.”

   “The demonstrators tried to create an autonomous zone around the precincts, like CHAZ in Seattle. Police responded by declaring an “unlawful session,” KOIN reported.”