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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

14 Jan

https://twitter.com/alanhenney/status/1349764365294182401

Suspicious package found at firehouse in Northwest DC.

I am heading there now to film / monitor the situation.

On a personal note, this is somewhat near my home and I’ve become friendly with workers there; This is where I’ve gotten COVID tests about monthly this year.

https://twitter.com/alanhenney/status/1349764365294182401

I’m at Van Ness where a “suspicious package” was apparently found near the fire station.

I can’t get especially close but I’ll standby here with updates.

https://twitter.com/fordfischer/status/1340055584826142720

For context, this is the same firehouse I filmed (and got my COVID test) at.

https://twitter.com/fordfischer/status/1340055584826142720

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

13 Jan

Today I filmed the interior of the Capitol, which is now under the 24/7 protection of hundreds of National Guard soldiers, inside and out.

Inside, several are camping out and sleeping, while others could be seen prepping weapons and standing in formation.

During the time I was inside the Capitol today, soldiers could be seen marching in the Capitol Visitor's Center.

Outside the Capitol was also packed with soldiers.

Some could be seen unloading a truck of rifles and handguns.

Upwards of 20,000 troops are expected to protect Washington DC through Inauguration Day until as late as January 24.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

13 Jan

@ShutDown_DC

THREAD: The anti-Trump @ShutDown_DC alliance attempted to hang banners reading "Expel all fascists" with the names of every congressperson who opposed the presidential election certification on the Capitol fence this afternoon.

Police prepped zip-ties and threatened arrest.

After getting three warnings, activists began marching back away from Capitol grounds, with a police line pushing forward toward them.

"1, 2, 3, 4! Slavery, genocide and war! 5, 6, 7, 8, America was never great!" they chanted.

National Guardsmen tailed the officers as backup.

Things got briefly tense as the group arrived at the line leaving Capitol grounds.

Officers pulled back one officer engaging with a protester with a megaphone.

"Where were you?" activists demanded to know, referencing the Capitol insurgency a week ago.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

13 Jan

THREAD: I have obtained previously unreleased footage from two bodycams of a July 7, 2020 incident in which ATF Agent James Burk was arrested at gunpoint and tased by two Columbus, Ohio police officers after a community member called 911 unclear if he was truly law enforcement.

This footage thread is compiled by me synchronizing bodycams of Columbus Officers Joseph Fihe and Kevin Winchell.

Officer Fihe arrived first, and pulled his handgun on ATF Agent Burk when he didn't comply with commands to show ID or "get on the ground."

Officer Winchell arrived and immediately drew on Agent Burk.

"I'm not resisting!" he said while being cuffed. "I've got a medical condition!"

"I'm hyperventilating!"

He begged for officers to check his fed ID as he was cuffed.

"I'm begging you!" he said. "My wife's pregnant!"

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

13 Jan

Armed affiliates of the "Southern Patriot Council" militia group rallied in front of the Texas state capitol this afternoon to protest proposed restrictions to the Castile Doctrine.

They say they'd be ok with getting rid of it if the Texas state house wasn't protected with guns.

Eric Braden - who leads the Texas-based militia and prefers to be called "General E" - says DC effectively used the "Castle Doctrine" during the insurgency Wednesday.

He says they used it to kill "five unarmed, innocent Americans."

"This is a nation controlled by Marxism," said militiaman Michael Paris. "Both by the demon-rat party, I will not call them Democrats, they are demon-rats, and the GOP has also joined them."

He says he now actually blames the GOP more for the country "falling."

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

10 Jan

@RefuseFascism

Activists with @RefuseFascism / @RefuseFascismDC held a press conference to condemn Wednesday's MAGA insurgency this afternoon at Black Lives Matter Plaza in DC.

@JamNoPeanut said it was "unleashed by Donald Trump" who he calls a "wanna-be second president of the confederacy."

@Carl_Dix

"This was a fascist coup attempt," said Revolutionary Communist Party activist @Carl_Dix.

"Fascism is vicious, unrestrained white supremacy, police terror, male supremacy."

@WilliamHLamarIV

"The president and all of his enablers must be prosecuted," said @WilliamHLamarIV, Pastor of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church which had its BLM banner taken and burned by Proud Boys in December.

"We will not be deterred. We will not be intimidated."