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EXCLUSIVE: Interview with the so-called 'warlord' of Seattle’s autonomous zone
When asked what the endgame of the occupation was, they said, "to keep the peace and unity, honestly, that's it. We're going to keep pushing that, there's nothing but that."
Ari HoffmanSeattle, WA
11th June 20203 Mins Reading
The Post Millennial was in downtown Seattle yesterday, and interviewed hip-hop artist and Black Lives Matter activist, Raz Simone, who has been called the "warlord" of Seattle's recently occupied Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.Simone has been involved in the occupation, and was recorded assaulting a man who was videotaping at the perimeter.
Yesterday afternoon, Simone was standing with others outside of the Seattle Police Department's East Police Precinct, where he and and another man said they were keeping watch over it to make sure that people didn't go inside.
The Post Millennial asked Simone why they were stopping people from entering the East Precinct building.
"Right now," Simone said, "everyone's having conversations with the mayor, and all that stuff. The way that she's [Mayor Jenny Durkan] talking, she's probably going to give this to the community, but right now we're just being respectful and not going in there and falling into a trap of a narrative of thugs running into the building and ransacking or something like that."
When asked what the endgame of the occupation was, the first man said, "to keep the peace and unity, honestly, that's it. We're going to keep pushing that, there's nothing but that."
The recently published
list of demands was raised, and
The Post Millennial asked if the meeting of those demands would end the occupation