Actually the CHAZ people colonized that area. They are Imperialists.
This is a great point that has been missed by many. It is not the residents, property owners, and businesses in the controlled district that have made these declarations. It is a group of outsiders with no skin in the game who have appropriated their neighborhood and streets for their own purposes.
They are “Chazians” according to Tucker Carlson.
I had to watch his hilarious interview twice with the radio host who was “reporting from the DMZ.”