My terrifying 5-day stay inside Seattle’s ‘autonomous zone’

During five undercover days and nights in the zone, I witnessed a continuing experiment in anarchy, chaos and brute-force criminality. In order to avoid being exposed as a journalist several reporters have been barred or expelled I slept and showered outside the zone. (Those inside have no showers but they do have portable bathrooms.) I took meals, and most of my water breaks, elsewhere because I was reluctant to remove my mask and risk being recognized. Every day I entered the zone twice through its semi-porous borders once in the early afternoon, and again after sundown, staying until the wee hours.

Crime has surged inside and outside the zone. 

via nypost.com