The "warlord" of Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, Raz, has said he has morning meetings with the Mayor's office and Fire Department.

The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) was set up a few days ago with the aim of creating a communist utopia in the heart of Seattle. However, it has been taken over by Raz Simone, who has been dubbed the "Black George Zimmerman," and is acting like a warlord, extorting businesses for protection money.

A recent community meeting was live-streamed, where people in the CHAZ could bring up their quibbles and ask questions of Raz and others.

One resident at the meeting, although supportive of the "fantastic experiment" and "great opportunity" that is the Seattle CHAZ, he still had some "initial concerns" about the project:

I don't want to step on the greater message that is the vital importance at hand, but as the people that live in this area that is now being called the autonomous zone, there's some real day-to-day nuts and bolts things that we need answered as well.