By Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews - There are "rapes, robberies, and all sorts of violent acts that have been occurring in the area that we're not able to get to," she said... "So it is not a right for us not to be able to deploy our officers here," the chief added... The Seattle Police Department's East Precinct building and an approximately six-block area was taken over by radical leftists, including Black Lives Matter activists, on Tuesday, June 9. The area is now called the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ.