> If CHAZ was so clearly wrong, then why was the democratic city council of Seattle so reluctant to do something about it for so long?
It wasn't "clearly" wrong initially; just weird and novel. It was a nice break from SPD's regular violence against protesters.
Why didn't the city's electeds attempt to move back in sooner? Because something about gassing their own citizens was politically unpopular for some reason. Note that this was summer, most Seattlites don't have air conditioning, and teargas spreads in the air. People I knew on Cap hill were coughing despite having all their windows closed (and sweltering).
It wasn't "clearly" wrong initially; just weird and novel. It was a nice break from SPD's regular violence against protesters.
Why didn't the city's electeds attempt to move back in sooner? Because something about gassing their own citizens was politically unpopular for some reason. Note that this was summer, most Seattlites don't have air conditioning, and teargas spreads in the air. People I knew on Cap hill were coughing despite having all their windows closed (and sweltering).