Raz Simone, a hip hop artist who has been dubbed a "warlord", is reportedly controlling the area with his armed private police force and is demanding protection money from businesses. Raz said that he had daily phone calls with the Mayor's assistant and the Fire Department.
Hundreds of Antifa-led revolutionaries stormed Seattle's City Hall to demand the resignation of Mayor Jenny Durkan, just days after seizing a six-block downtown zone that includes a shuttered police precinct. They are calling the cop-free zone the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ).
