Thread by @ninaandtito

Tallahassee Man Arrested For Inciting Violence At The Florida Capitol Building
“Daniel Baker of Tallahassee for transmission, in interstate commerce, of a communication containing a threat to kidnap or to injure...
justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/t…

... Baker issued a call to arms for like-minded individuals to violently confront protestors gathered at the Florida Capitol this Sunday.”

“Baker, a former U.S. Army Airborne infrantryman who was kicked out of the service, has a history of expressing his belief in violent tactics. In recent days his social media posts had escalated significantly. He specifically expressed an intent to violently disrupt protests...

... occurring between now and Inauguration Day next Wednesday, January 20, and was actively recruiting others to join him. Baker, who actively participated in multiple protests throughout the United States last summer, has used social media as a way to promote, encourage, and...

... educate his followers on how to incapacitate and debilitate law enforcement officers.”

“After approximately one year in the Army, Baker received an other-than-honorable discharge in 2007 after he went AWOL before his unit was to deploy to Iraq. In 2017, he joined the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a group fighting in Syria against ISIS and the Turkish government.

....He claimed on social media that he was a trained sniper for the YPG, & he can be seen in a documentary film fighting ISIS and Turkish militants. YPG is a sub-affiliate of the Kurdistan’s Working Party (PKK), which is designated by the US as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.”

Here’s the complaint.
Daniel Baker identified himself as a “hardcore leftist.”
I don’t care if they are on the left or the right. All these violence inciting extremists need to go to prison.
justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pres…