NEWS: Intelligence analysts warned law enforcement this week that far-right extremist “boogaloo” members live in—and may be setting sights on—D.C. And a separate DHS memo sent to LE today is focused entirely on threat of boogaloo violence. My latest: politico.com/news/2020/06/1…
The NTIC assessment is first known government confirmation that suspected “adherents of the boogaloo ideology” reside in DC, where they "have an increased number of targets given the concentration of law enforcement agencies in the region,” the memo reads. politico.com/news/2020/06/1…
The assessment is striking given public emphasis Trump and Barr have placed on alleged violence carried out by antifa, while refusing to specifically identify far-right groups like boogaloo that have been charged in recent weeks for acts ranging from felony murder to terrorism.
