Hello friends - going to recreate a thread of militia icons and actors sighted at J6 this week, feel free to tag @MilitiaWatch in any others you come across to get it added to the thread for documentation, slightly adapting from this given the breaks:
~10:00 AM near the Washington Monument, man with Gadsden flag popular with militias and '2A' activists encourages those to "come back with their rifles" if unsuccessful. Documented by @ZTPetrizzo:
Just before 10:30 AM on the National Mall, Nick Fuentes' Groyper Army / America First organization gathers, chants "Christ is King". Documented by @BGOnTheScene:
~10:30 AM at the Ellipse, a man in an Oath Keepers shirt was spotted (walking underneath a QAnon flag, with other III% flags also reportedly spotted). Documented by @RyanW_Miller:
~1:00 PM, the first phase of the "Storming of the Capitol", as widely reported. Documentation by @rebtanhs provides an example of the first barricades being passed:
~1:15 PM at the US Capitol Building, brawls break out and one individual wearing a skull half-mask popular with many far-right violent terrorists is spotted. Documented by @AntiFashGordon:
Just before 1:30 PM at the west side of the Capitol Building, barricades at the steps collapse as pro-Trump demonstrators advance. Widely documented, including in thread here:
Some time after 1:30 PM outside the US Capitol Building, a member of the neo-Nazi group NSC-131 posts a photo of himself holding a business card for the group. Documented by @Crash_Barry
~1:45 PM at the Capitol Building and surrounding government office and residential areas, an evacuation order is put in effect. Widely reported, including by NBC's Washington affiliate: nbcwashington.com/news/at-least-…
Just before 2:00 PM at the Capitol Building, police lines are squarely broken and pro-Trump demonstrators move to occupy the scaffolding alongside the building. Documented by @AntiFashGordon:
Just after 2:00 PM up the steps at the US Capitol Building, pro-Trump protesters advance to the doors of the building, carrying Gadsden flag popular with militias. Documented by @dburghart:
Just before 2:15 PM outside the US Capitol Building door (after above), Oath Keepers advance to the frontline of the struggle to open the doors. Documented by @N2Sreports:
~2:15 PM in the US Capitol Building, Senate is gaveled out, VP Pence is ushered out, and the House is locked down. Widely reported, including by @MEPFuller in real-time:
~2:15 PM inside the US Capitol Building but outside the Senate Chamber, pro-Trump protesters make their way in. Confederate flags and the Q Shaman are spotted. Documented by @igorbobic:
This (late) weekly update gathers some of the content shared on this account in the last week and adds a bit more from last week's news that's sending ripples through the militia sphere: militia.watch/updates/202101…
So the above weekly gives a summary just by some of the groups included in the DC thread from last week, and wanted to add some additional notes:
We now all know that Oath Keepers, III%ers, Proud Boys, America First/Groypers, Sons of Liberty, etc were all present at the DC protest. There were likely more who were unpatched, more incognito, or not a focal point, though. militia.watch/updates/202101…