Photos: Scenes from CHOP, Tuesday, June 30

Originally published June 30, 2020 at 12:24 pmUpdated June 30, 2020 at 9:18 pm

Protesters tear down and carry away the “park closed” signs put up by the city at Cal Anderson Park on Tuesday morning at the CHOP, or Capitol Hill Organized Protest. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

Devon Espy packs up his belongings and tent at the CHOP. Espy said he was returning to his home. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

People drag items to 10th Avenue and East Pine Street, where Seattle city employees worked Tuesday to remove some barriers at Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, or CHOP. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Mundi Smith and her fiancee Gary pack up their belongings at Cal Anderson Park and the Capitol Hill Organized Protest Tuesday. Smith, who recently found housing, says CHOP “is a part of history,” but didn’t want to stay because “it doesn’t feel safe.” (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Orian Grant, an outdoor educator, talks at the Cal Anderson community garden inside CHOP on Tuesday afternoon. Grant has been working at the garden for more than two weeks. The city posted notices that the park would be closing at noon Tuesday for cleanup but Grant said the notices indicate the garden will be left alone. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

A bird flies over a mural dedicated to George Floyd at Cal Anderson Park. A former Minneapolis police officer killed Floyd by kneeling on his neck, sparking demands for racial justice across the country. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Dan West helps pack up a tent he had been staying in, on and off, for about two weeks on Tuesday afternoon. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

A worker with Seattle’s Navigation Team talks with a person in Cal Anderson Park at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest Tuesday. The Navigation Team talked with people about shelter and other referral services. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

A camera crew reports from just outside the CHOP on Tuesday afternoon. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Protesters have sawed away the rebar on some of the barricades directly in front of the East Precinct on Capitol Hill, so they can’t be lifted and moved by city workers inside the CHOP, Tuesday. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Aaron “Relentless” Hill packs up his tent and belongings at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest Tuesday afternoon. Hill doesn’t identify being with CHOP or CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone), but said being part of the protests were deeply purposeful for him after a difficult time in his life. Hill decided to seek shelter after connecting with a member of the city Navigation Team, which helps people find services. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

City workers left leaflets near the tents of protesters camping at Cal Anderson Park, announcing the closure of the park on Tuesday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Organizer David Lewis talks Tuesday about the city’s removal of some of the concrete barricades at 10th Avenue and East Pine Street, and his desire to preserve the Black Lives Matter street mural. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

People move a couch at 10th Avenue and East Pine Street, where Seattle city employees removed barriers around the protest zone on Tuesday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

A memorial for the 16-year-old killed near the CHOP zone on Capitol Hill Monday has been set up near the scene of the shooting, along 12th Avenue between East Pine Street and East Pike Street. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

Protesters in the CHOP zone on Capitol Hill have moved farther off the street and closer to the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

A greenhouse and garden area in Cal Anderson Park on Tuesday afternoon. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Two EMTs said they were taking a look around the CHOP and Cal Anderson Park after seeing news reports and wanting to experience it in person for themselves on Tuesday afternoon. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Protesters in the CHOP zone have a difference of opinion as the group replaces the concrete barricades taken away by the city with couches and plywood along East Pine Street at 10th Avenue on Tuesday morning. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

A union electrician on his day off who lives in an apartment close by, said he is an active protester and volunteers to clean up around the CHOP, Tuesday. He didn’t want to be identified, but said he had just bought the cart at Home Depot and was hauling garbage and recyclables he bagged to dumpsters. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Protesters in the CHOP zone have a put up a new street sign that reads “E Black Lives Matter St” along East Pine Street at 11th Avenue. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

People take a selfie Tuesday at Cal Anderson Park, which has been part of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

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