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4 Jan, 5 tweets, 3 min read
This could be a stunt on the Proud Boys’ end, but it appears possible that PB chairman Enrique Tarrio was just arrested.
Matt Couch, a relatively prominent right-wing figure (although not a member of the Proud Boys), claims that Enrique Tarrio was arrests on arrival in DC. Image
This is the incident he was reportedly arrested for (but I’d wait for confirmation to be sure of this.)

Tarrio was present when it happened (drinking a cup of coffee) but didn’t personally burn it.

However, he leads the PB’s and took responsibility in a statement on Parler.
NY Times is stating Enrique Tarrio's arrest as fact, but they only cite one unnamed "person familiar with the matter" and later also say that the police didn't respond to request for comment, which means law enforcement is not their unnamed source. ImageImage
Ok, @ktbenner of NYT says that "A spokesman for the DC Police Dept" confirmed Tarrio was arrested for "destruction of property" and he'll be charged for possession of two magazines he had on him at the time of arrest.

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5 Jan
Earlier today, pro-@wikileaks activists who had been protesting against the prosecution of #JulianAssange held a party outside the Department of Justice including cake and balloons to celebrate a British court's decision not to extradite.

The United States is expected to appeal.
During the party, a DOJ cop came over to ask about the demonstration, but there were no issues and the group had a permit.

The organizers attempted to get the cops to eat some of the cake, but they didn't bite (literally.)
Here is my video from the event. As always, all footage available to license.

I did film some speeches afterwards, which I didn't stream or post. Anyone looking for footage of those feel free to PM.

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5 Jan
VIDEO: Activists organized by @SmashTheFashNVA held a protest this evening outside the Alexandria, VA Holiday Inn hotel demanding they not provide rooms for attendees of Wednesday's "Stop the Steal" rally in DC.

Activist tells me hotel has discount code for rally participants.
"They're hosting the Proud Boys, so they're renting rooms to fascists, and we don't like that" said @JonathanKrallVA.

"We think that these businesses should identify these groups and refuse to rent rooms to them because fascism should be taken seriously."
"The day that Biden won, we had hundreds of thousands of people at Black Lives Matter Plaza," said an activist who asked to be ID'ed as "Bug."

"We need those numbers again. We need those people to be out now, fighting against fascism."
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3 Jan
Pro-@wikileaks activists gathered this afternoon in front of the British Embassy in Washington DC to protest extradition hearings being held in the case of #JulianAssange.

"Free, free, Julian Assange!" they chanted. "There's only one decision, no extradition!"
"What do we want? Free Assange! When do we want it? Now!"

@LeeCamp led chants outside the British embassy before telling the crowd Julian Assange "set an amazing example of courage" and is dangerous to those in power.
A lot of left activists spent their time criticizing the Democrats on the issue of Julian Assange, especially those framed as progressive.

@AOC was criticized for saying she'd have to "think" about whether or not Assange should be freed.

"We need him free now more than ever."
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2 Jan
THREAD: Yesterday following a pro-Trump/anti-lockdown protest in Salem, OR, riot police fired sting balls at conservatives and Proud Boys who refused to step back while trying to confront counter-protesters.

Filmed by @MaranieRae for @N2Sreports. Contact me for licensing.
In the moments before the sting-ball incident, portions of the right-wing crowd including Proud Boys came across a group of counter-protesters they identified as "antifa" and began chanting "Fuck antifa!" before police stepped in between.
Folks on the right got particularly agitated as two of the BLM counter-protesters made their way around the police line, one with a paintball gun and one with a firearm.

"What the fuck is going on?" asked one.

"Remove this man right now!" he ordered cops, who didn't listen.
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1 Jan
THREAD: Portland's Antifa movement held a New Years Eve demonstration Thursday night that became the first declared riot of 2021.

Police confronted the crowd with riot munitions as activists shot fireworks at them.

Filmed by @MaranieRae for @N2Sreports. Contact me for licensing
Activists set fire to a "Blue Lives Matter" flag outside the Justice Center shortly before Portland Police declared the event a riot.
In some instances, the Black-bloc clad activists were able to get riot police to retreat.

Toward the end of this clips, police continue to disperse pepper spray while walking backwards.
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28 Dec 20
“A Chinese court handed a four-year jail term on Monday to a citizen-journalist who reported from the central city of Wuhan at the peak of last year's coronavirus outbreak, on grounds of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble,’ her lawyer said.” reuters.com/article/us-hea…
“On March 7, when Wuhan’s top Communist Party official said residents should undergo ‘gratitude education’ to thank the government for its anti-epidemic efforts, Ms. Zhang walked through the streets, asking passers-by if they felt grateful.”

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“‘But as someone who cares about the truth in this country, we have to say that if we just wallow in our sadness and don’t do something to change this reality, then our emotions are cheap,’ Ms. Zhang said.

Not long afterward, Mr. Fang disappeared.”

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