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Four Local Members of White Supremacy Group Face Federal Charges in Attacks at Political Rallies across California
members of the Southern California-based “Rise Above Movement” (RAM) and that they used the internet...

justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/f…

“with the intent to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on riots.”
The three men taken into custody are:
Robert Rundo, 28, of Huntington Beach, allegedly a founding member of RAM and the man behind RAM’s Twitter account, who made his first court appearance

on Monday, and at a hearing this morning in United States District Court was ordered detained pending trial;

Robert Boman, 25, of Torrance, who was arrested this morning by special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is expected to appear in federal court this...

afternoon; and

Tyler Laube, 22, of Redondo Beach, who also was arrested this morning by the FBI and is expected to appear in court this afternoon.

The fourth defendant named in the complaint – Aaron Eason, 38, who resides in the Riverside County community of Anza – is currently being sought by federal authorities.

“Every American has a right to peacefully organize, march and protest in support of their beliefs – but no one has the right to violently assault their political opponents,” said United States Attorney Nick Hanna. “The allegations describe an orchestrated effort to squelch...

free speech as members of the conspiracy travelled to multiple locations to attack those who hold different views. This case demonstrates our commitment to preserve and protect the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.”

“The safeguarding of...

Constitutionally-protected activity is at the heart of the FBI’s mission,” said Paul Delacourt, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “There is no place in our democracy, however, for lawbreaking by individuals who cross the line from...

protected free speech to violence in the name of extremist ideology.”

Bye bye fuckbirds!

Sweet, sweet justice.
“This case is being investigated by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.”
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“This matter is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David T. Ryan of the Terrorism and Export Crimes Section in the National Security Division of the United States Attorney’s Office.”
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#GoodJournalism on these RAM shitbags from @ProPublica

https://twitter.com/ProPublica/status/921445680065011712

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File under *things that give Lou a justice boner*

"Azov Battalion is a paramilitary unit of the Ukrainian National Guard which is known for its association with neo-Nazi ideology and use of Nazi symbolism, and which is BELIEVED TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING AND RADICALIZING UNITED STATES-BASED WHITE SUPREMACY ORGANIZATIONS."

weev, dat you?

hey "weird" there's that CARAVAN word popping up all of the sudden. "weird"

This is the FBI doing wheelies in RAM's parking lot:

Let's learn more about the Above Battalion, which is "BELIEVED TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING AND RADICALIZING UNITED STATES-BASED WHITE SUPREMACY ORGANIZATIONS."
March 2018:
theguardian.com/world/2018/mar…

Of course, Russian State- owned Russian propaganda outlet, Russia Today, which is a registered AGENT OF A FOREIGN POWER, wrote about Azov Battalion (p.s. fuck you autocorrect for changing Azov to Above, above)
in September 2018

Lots of propaganda & disinformation outlets seem to like writing about Azov Battalion.
I sense a trend.

Of note here: "at various times Azov has had a number of foreign citizens within its ranks, serving as fighters or instructors, from Russia, Georgia, Britain, Sweden, Belarus, Canada, France, Italy, and Slovenia, some of whom are self-admitted neo-Nazis."
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi…