Who was harassing an anti-racism event in Lacombe yesterday? For the sake of typos and consolidation, let me tell you again!

Steven Lane, Al Bitz, Carmelita Agdomar, Jordan Justein, and Elayne Waldrum (1/10)

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It was members of the Calgary-based far-right, Islamophobic street gang known as Urban Infidels Canada. It was formed by Steven "Heathen Steven" Lane after he left the Soldiers of Odin in mid-2019. He has been working on spreading the gang in Ontario and Sweden. (2/10)
Members of UIC attended a hate rally in Edmonton in March 2019. It was being put on by the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam and the Canadian Combat Coalition and it was planned to be 72-hours at the #ableg. (3/10)
The initial rally was stopped by 200 anti-racist activists, but the hate groups that came to Edmonton continued to have smaller rallies the following day, meeting up with yellow vesters. (4/10)
Steven Lane and Al Bitz, then members of SOO, and Carmelita Agdomar (then unaffiliated) were present. (Circled left to right.) (5/10)
After this rally, Lane and Bitz were also involved in swarming and assaulting an anti-racist counter-protester. Lane was briefly detained while EPS surrounded anti-racist protesters and let the attackers walk away. (6/10)
Elayne Waldrum entered the scene more recently when she became the partner of Al Bitz. She has been hosting UIC's pig roasts at her house and she recently appeared wearing a UIC Lady patched vest. (7/10)
Jordan Justein is the on again, off again president of the Toronto chapter of UIC. He is the guy who was asking where the Black people were at the Lacombe rally. He is extremely aggressive and violent and he has attacked a number of people in Toronto in recent months. (8/10)
For more on Justein, search @VestsCanada's account for his name. (9/10)
Lane, Bitz, and Justein have all shown that they are violent, but Lane and Justein are especially unhinged.

Lane, Bitz, and Carmelita were in Red Deer for the last incident. If you are going to #reddeer today, please stay safe. (10/10)

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