City of Seattle Loses Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over CHOP – Must Now Pay Millions in Damages

As you may recall, back in 2020 in the midst of the George Floyd riots, radical leftists in Seattle took over part of the city and named it the CHOP Zone.

It was an island of lawlessness in the city and the mayor at the time allowed it to go on unchecked for weeks.

At one point in the chaos, a young man was killed in the zone and emergency officials had trouble reaching the victim. His family sued the city and they just won their case. The city is now on the hook for millions.

Seattle CHOP verdict: City must pay $30.5 million to family of slain teen

After deliberating for 12 days, a King County jury has found that the city of Seattle was negligent in its emergency response to the fatal shooting of a teenager at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, in 2020.

Jurors decided to answer “yes” to two questions the court posed to them: whether the city was negligent in its response to the shooting and, if so, whether this negligence caused Antonio Mays Jr.’s death. The city of Seattle will have to pay Antonio Mays Sr., the teen’s father, more than $30.5 million in damages.

The jury awarded about $4 million to the estate of Antonio Mays Jr. and about $26 million to Antonio Mays Sr.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/city-seattle-loses-wrongful-death-lawsuit-chop-must/