A pro-cop activist tried to drive through the crowd, prompting an anti-cop activist to block the car.
Police escorted the car and later motorcycle traffic through.
Another fight broke out. Before police intervened, a pro-cop participant in the fight clearly threw a swing at a journalist's camera (19 seconds in). An officer pulled him away but did not arrest.
"Go home racists, go home!" chanted Black Lives Matter. Police arrived in larger numbers, now wielding batons.
As the crowd moved, another brawl broke out. Police pushed in and surrounded two cop supporters but again hesitated to make arrests.
After watching a cellphone video of the incident, police arrest one of the pro-police activists involved in the fight and push through the crowd to get him into a van.
"Na na na nah, goodbye!" sang the anti-cop activists.
I don't have footage of whatever precipitated this, but an activist wearing a "Yang Gang" (presumably on the anti-cop side) was also arrested.
Police forcibly pushed the crowd out of the way of their van, threatening arrest.
As the sun set, protesters set a mock KKK hood on fire. Police pushed forward to get protesters away from the fire and extinguish it.
A pro-cop guy ended up in the middle of the other side, and another fight precipitated.
"What are you guys doing? He's old!" As he was hit several times, some of the anti-police folks tried to de-escalate. "Get off him, man!"
Police threatened to arrest for "disorderly conduct" but didn't do so as activists set a trash can on fire.
Activists cleared, and police extinguished the garbage fire.
Before dispersing, anti-police activists wrapped up by burning American flags and dancing.
It's unusual that a summary video of an incident would be 25 minutes long, but @JonFarinaPhoto filmed a lot of action last night.
As always, all footage available for license.
I believe defendants should be entitled to raw video of their arrests.
Police bodycam footage can be notoriously inaccessible/non-existent.
Anyone arrested's attorneys can reach out and I'll be happy to provide raw files.
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THREAD: I was one of only two media I'm aware of in the courtroom today for a lengthy hearing where the federal government fought to hold Russell "Duke" Vane IV pre-trial.
This thread will be based on my notes and court documents.
BREAKING THREAD: On April 11, Russell Vane IV - the subject of my reporting who allegedly attempted to provoke a Virginia militia group into producing explosives - was arrested.
He is charged with "Attempted production of a biological agent or toxin."
3) The feds cite my reporting, where I show unclassified government documents that the Virginia Kekoas militia members were allegedly handed by Duke, and he later appears to acknowledge giving them.
INVESTIGATIVE VIDEO THREAD: The Virginia Kekoas, a pro-gun prepper militia based in Eastern Virginia and formerly affiliated with the Boogaloo movement, tells News2Share that they recently kicked out a member they believe may have been plotting an explosives-related entrapment attempt against the group, or worse.
Russell Richardson Vane IV first made contact with the Virginia Kekoas in April 2022, according to the group's leader Eddie Ray, who goes by "ICE" and member Cody Beckner, who goes by "Sasquatch." Vane allegedly adopted the call sign "Duke."
The pair provided extensive screenshots and documents showing that since joining, Vane - as "Duke" - engaged in an escalating sequence of unusual behavior that included apparent provocations for the group to develop homemade explosives. Homemade explosives lacking an ATF registration are generally a federal felony.
"Sasquatch" and "ICE" spoke exclusively to News2Share to provide a thorough timeline of the events that led up to "Duke" being removed from their organization.
2) ICE and Sasquatch say that upon reaching out to the Kekoas in 2022, Duke identified himself as working for the CIA, but was allowed to remain a prospective member rather than being ejected because they believed he may have advanced knowledge of world-altering events.
3) Within two weeks of joining, the pair say Duke asked about a "group fund." They say no fund exists and members pay their own way, but such a fund could "fall under certain federal laws" like RICO.
ICE says Duke also asked about forming his own chapter and was denied.
VIDEO THREAD: Bodycamera footage has been released showing a Chicago Police Officer last month blindly firing his gun toward a child who had been playing with fireworks, missing every shot.
The shooter was one of three cops responding to a faulty "ShotSpotter" alert of gunfire.
2) A Ring camera shows the child playing with a ball and fireworks.
About 15 seconds in, the fireworks ignite, followed immediately by police gunfire.
"No, it's just fireworks!" the child says about 28 seconds in.
3) A second bodycam from the January 25 incident was also released.
This officer erroneously reports "shots fired at police" but unlike his fellow officer, he does not shoot in the direction of the unarmed child.
VIDEO THREAD: Pro-Palestine activists burned an Israeli Flag outside the Israeli Embassy tonight while playing the audio of U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation here from just one day ago.
"This is in solidarity with Aaron, who burned his body. At the very least, we can burn the Zionist flag," one said.
"If we burn, you burn with us!" the group chanted.
"Quit your jobs!" they chanted at police guarding the building.
2) "You killed that man!" an activist yelled at Secret Service guarding the Israeli Embassy. "You pulled your guns out instead of a fire extinguisher!"
Ashes from U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation remained on the sidewalk beside the officers' feet.
3) "In a selfless and devastating act of immolation, this service member laid down their life to spotlight the struggles, the injustices, and the relentless pain endured by countless individuals every day in Palestine. His last, true, words were 'Free Palestine.'"