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.

The Spokesman-Review reported:

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.

Mays Sr. became emotional and hugged his lawyer as the verdict was announced.

The monthlong civil trial was the first public airing of facts around the June 29, 2020, shooting at CHOP, the protest zone that took over eight square blocks of Capitol Hill and lasted three weeks after Seattle police abandoned their East Precinct during the nationwide racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd.

You can see a video of the ruling being read below:

JUST IN — A jury has found the City of Seattle negligent and liable for the 2020 CHAZ/CHOP killing of Antonio Mays Jr.

The family has been awarded roughly $30 MILLION.

Watch as Antonio Mays Sr. breaks down in tears after hearing the verdict. pic.twitter.com/m1lZkzjjiF

— Katie Daviscourt (@KatieDaviscourt) January 29, 2026

Remember when the mayor said that it would be like a summer of love? Do you think she still stands by that statement?

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