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#SeditionHunters

1/ Thread on the West Plaza #MediaTower

FLIR Thermal Imaging Monocular: these aren't cheap.

Was someone planning on staying the night?

#CapitolFLIR

Video h/t @TweedleRiot
At 21:56, left edge:
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⬇️ Temp hashtag #TowerGlower (at 23:48).

Better view of his finger tattoos.

Anyone know of other sightings of #CapitolFLIR at the insurrection?

The #MediaTower was an excellent vantage point.
Thermal monoculars can also be used in daylight.
Video:
flir.com/products/scout… ImageImage
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TL: #TowerGlower at the front of the #MediaTower a few mins later in the video, watching the police line battle.
Monocular's strap is hanging down.
Note coat sleeve & cuff, dark hood, blue hat, black bag & camera with lens hanging by hip

TR, BL: Green stripe of #CapitolFLIR
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Brief appearance by 268-AFO #LittleManSprayer climbing up to the #MediaTower middle level from the front

He carries a #Sedition3P 1776 flag w/ a George Washington quote

Appears to be encouraged:
Hey, you made it up here. C'mon up.
What happened?
15:50
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5/
#BlackHatStripedBuff on the #MediaTower

Left photo: at 29:25
Others: around 31, watching the police retreat into the Lower Western Terrace Tunnel Entrance
His black hood is up for part of the time at the front rail
He films the police retreat at 30:24

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6/
4 mins earlier #BlackGlove805 climbs down the ladder onto the front platform of the #MediaTower, wedges himself in at the railing, & leans over to look down at the West Plaza action.

ID'd on Tower in a 1:27 pm Parler video by @Nabert94366848

At 25:01
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#Sedition3P
7/
A.K.A. #101AFO, #BlackGlove805 was also ID'd on the #MediaTower in the Full Footage: Patriots Storm video by @letsnotmakeitp1 & by @KingCalle3:

Screenshot: #BlackGlove805 with a young man who later ends up on the Western Terrace as well.


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8/ Best known for his Tunnel attack role, #BlackGlove805 is also seen #Inciting at the West Plaza police line, declaring war on the police:

"You want war? We got war! 1776!"

h/t @CoryCullington


He also appears Fire-Extinguisher-Curious
h/t @h_Sanatorium ImageImage
@capitolhunters @DianthaSol @AbigaelAndi @FixThisNow2021 @PotrzebieSystem @remlooker
@NielsenVibeke @MalagaBridget @BarrenCreek

#CapitolAF

9/
The far-right white nationalist/
white supremacist America First flag
being flown from the #MediaTower
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10/ Corrected: Appearance by > 286-AFO
#LittleManSprayer climbing to the #MediaTower
middle level from front

He carries a #Sedition3P 1776 flag
with a G. Washington quote

Appears to be encouraged:
Hey, you made it up here. C'mon up.
What happened?
15:50
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12/
#BlackGlove805 talking to #NWScaffoldCommander, top of #MediaTower

Police are spraying rioters during south end push back

Behind the woman filming at 24:13

#NineLineBlue gets pulled over police line

25:02 #BlackGlove805 climbs down
into tweet 6 ⬆️

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13/
Update on #FBI286

#LittleManSprayer is now the sole hashtag:
#GreenFlagNGate retired for the same insurrectionist detailed in tweets 10/11

Who greeted him on the #MediaTower?⬆️

Does he know fellow #Sedition3P #BlackGlove805?

Spraying; similar flag

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Groups on #MediaTower:
#Sedition3P
#CapitolAF America First
Proud Boys
Others?

Who else significant is there & do thy interact?
Many are "tourists" on Tower

~12:59 pm: 2nd person to climb up has an orange Proud Boy hat, huge pack

Gadsden flag 3rd up
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#SeditionBullhorn #Inciting #NWScaffoldCommander & #TowermanMale19 (whose speech begins ~1:04 pm) are among the 1st to climb the #MediaTower

Were either part of a group? ⬆️

#TowermanMale19 leaves early
Where do they go?

Thread on their interaction:

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#SeditionHunters
16/
#TowerCamoComms is on the #MediaTower for a long time

He has intense focus, coordinating on his phone or filming throughout

When does he arrive & leave & where does he go?

Does he interact w/ others from ID'd groups? ⬆️

Here he is by #NWScaffoldCommander ImageImageImage
17/
#TowerCamoComms uses a #SeditionBullhorn on the #MediaTower at one point; it looks like the one used by #NWScaffoldCommander & possibly by #TowermanMale19 for his speech: see 15 ⬆️

3rd photo: #TowerCamoComms standing on the railing & #BlackHatStripedBuff, lower left corner
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18/
Great #TowerCamoComms photos from @AlHunt08657198.
Links, more photos in thread

He's always on his phone

Who is he with on his way to the Capitol?

@erica1933 points out "Always wear your gloves" on his bag reminds linemen to avoid electric shock


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Proud Boys:
#BruhPB standing on the lowest #MediaTower platform, w/ the 2nd & 3rd to climb up, sitting;
see 14 ⬆️
ID h/t @twittntweets

#SleepyPB spends time on the higher platforms.
Here he is w/ live streamer #BlackHatStripedBuff (5&6 ⬆️) who films in tunnel & is extracted ImageImage
20/
Wide variety on #MediaTower
From left:
#VIPUncleSam
#NWScaffoldCommander
#CapitolAF America First flag
#SleepyPB
Tan coat guy may be the one who greets
#LittleManSprayer when he climbs up (10⬆️)
"Truth with Es" woman who films (1-12)
#TowerGlower (1-3)
gettyimages.com/detail/news-ph… Image
21/ Outstanding video of #TowerCamoComms from a source of @elspethreeve, flagged by @jocejocejoe

"It's now or never....If they don't hear our voices today, they'll hear our muskets tomorrow"

#NWScaffoldCommander heard in the background: "Move forward!"

22/ See ⬆️ 16-18 on #TowerCamoComms
More from @elspethreeve's source
h/t @jocejocejoe

"Fireworks! Nothing like 4th of July. Our house"

NWSC: "Push forward, we need help!"
#BlackGlove805 with some choice language;
his gloves seen gesturing (⬆️ 6-8, 12)

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23/
#TowerCamoComms on a smoke break at the end of a long day of insurrectioning from the #MediaTower

He shares a lighter with a man, maybe a stranger.

Still intensely looking around.

Most appear to be tourists late in the day

Video h/t @jocejocejoe


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#TowerCamoComms: one of the 1st up #MediaTower (top left)
#NWScaffoldCommander
#TowermanMale19 in the back (tan coat, ball cap) before his speech
& the friend of #LittleManSprayer (earflap hat on right; see⬆️10, 20)
Bearded guy mostly waves a Betsy Ross flag throughout siege
25/
#TowerGlower's mask is down for a moment.
#TowerCamoComms films while standing on the railing of the #MediaTower.
The friend of #LittlemanSprayer is directly below #TowerCamoComms.
⬆️ Source: the title of the RMG News video is on the 1st screenshot⬇️
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26/
#TowerCamoComms appears to have body armor under his shirt. H/t @zlueth1

Last photo: the guy next to TCC in the #SeditionBullhorn photo, with his hood up; he's also early up the #MediaTower and holds a blue flag
(tweet 24 ⬆️ middle of top level).
He leaves earlier than TCC
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27/
The friend of #TowerCamoComms happens to have a tattoo on his left hand, which is odd because #TowerGlower has finger tattoos (tweets 1 & 2 above). Such a weird insurrection. In the first screenshot the friend also has sunglasses. Last: his right hand does not have a tattoo ImageImageImageImage
28/
12:59 pm
SW Scaffold climber tackled
1st Tower climber already on top & several have climbed front
Friend of #LittleManSprayer reaches top, greets #1.
#TowerCamoComms climbs up over the front
#TowermanMale19
TCC's friend with flag
#NWScaffoldCommander

29/
Once the Betsy Ross flag waver guy climbs to the top level (top left), it's the group of 7 people seen in the clip in tweet 24⬆️
Top right: 1st to person to climb the Tower successfully (3:51)
A min earlier #TowerPup tries to climb but gets chased down
facebook.com/wysiwygtvDOTco… ImageImageImageImage
@TwittsnTweets @erica1933
30/
@SansaStark525 figured out that
#SleepyPB is also #BlueJacketTunnelRescue,
who is seen on the #MediaTower with #BlackHatStripedBuff ⬇️
(More on BHSB: tweets 5, 17 above)

BHSB and BJTR are later extracted from the Tunnel, along w/ #WhiteDeathHoodie ImageImageImageImage
31/
⬆️Police bodycam footage
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

Questions
Did Proud Boy #SleepyPB know fringe live streamer #BlackHatStripedBuff before 1/6?
If so, did they have a plan to go to the Lower Western Terrace?
Either way, did they go up there together?
flickr.com/photos/perspec… ImageImageImage
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Did the Villain Report guy(s) go up to the Lower Western Terrace with #BlackHatStripedBuff?

Seen in photo: the guy with the beard & GoPro stick on the left edge; #SleepyPB is also seen.
H/t @Zendition6 and @AlHunt08657198

data.emergent.news/wp-content/upl…

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How much did they interact or plan?

Early up the #MediaTower:
#TowerCamoComms
#Inciter #NWScaffoldCommander
#TowermanMale19
& several Proud Boys

Both Tower & Tunnel:
#Sedition3P #BlackGlove805
#SleepyPB
#BlackHatStripedBuff/Villain Report

Flags:
Gadsden
3P
Trump
#CapitolAF
34/
#HonkyTonkTraitor is #TowerCamoComms' tattooed friend (⬆️ 26 & 27).

He is both on the #MediaTower and around the Tunnel on the Lower Western Terrace.

He raises a blue Trump flag after he's the 5th person up to the top Tower level.

Tattoo: last photo
jan6attack.com/individuals/ho… ImageImageImageImage
35/
1 & 1:01 pm Parler videos show interactions:

#TowerCamoComms scales the front of the tower structure & joins the 1st 2 up on the top.
#TowermanMale19 climbs w/ his bullhorn, greets #LittleManSprayer's friend & they raise fists.
#HonkyTonkTraitor w/ flag.
#NWScaffoldCommander

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May 31, 2021
1/
@CMominator has spotted Arizona State Rep. Mark Finchem on the Capitol East Plaza during the insurrection.

Finchem is running for Secretary of State of AZ, which would put him in charge of elections.

He has been affiliated with the Oath Keepers, acc. to the Phoenix New Times Image
2/
In Feb the CFA filed a complaint "over Finchem’s failure to disclose a $6,000 payment the Trump campaign made to his company...for consulting in support of [Trump's] election fraud lie" & requesting contributions from supporters
campaignforaccountability.org/watchdog-reque…

⬇️ at 1/6 Ellipse rally Image
3/
"Mark Finchem told a QAnon talk show that he hopes the results of Arizona's election audit will lead to the state's 11 presidential electors being reassigned to former President Donald Trump."

The 2-hour interview discussed conspiracy theories as well.
tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/0…
Read 11 tweets
May 22, 2021
#SeditionHunters @seditionhunters
@capitolhunters @K2theSky @OSINTyeti
1/
PA State Sen #IAmDougMastriano arriving on the Capitol's West side for the insurrection with his wife & his fellow VIP from Trump's Ellipse rally.

YouTube channel: My Eye On You
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2/
⬆️31:23 #VIPUncleSam guides the crowd towards the West Lawn

Insurrection tour continues:
#IAmDougMastriano on the NW Lawn: a great find by @K2theSky

Her thread continues their tour to the East side of the Capitol for a little barricade action as well

3/
His Jan. 6th statement: "When it was apparent that this was no longer a peaceful protest, my wife and I left the area and made our way out of the area. At no point did we enter the Capitol building, walk on the Capitol steps or go beyond police lines."

pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/sen…
Read 7 tweets
May 20, 2021
1/
#IAmVernonJones declared to his fellow insurrectionists:

"We're taking our country back!"
"Hold the line!"--a phrased echoed by rioters attacking the police.

Flashbangs barely distract him from encouraging the people to revolt against the government.

2/
#IAmVernonJones' insurrection:

"Vernon!"
"Hey, you still call yourself a Democrat, man?"

Things got a little dicey there, but the mob was distracted by the cheers as someone climbed the NW scaffolding, and he was welcomed after all.

"Vernon Jones!"

3/
As a politician and a former representative of the people, it is important to see both sides of things

So #IAmVernonJones also visited the East side of the Capitol to get the full insurrection experience

⬇️ #IAmVernonJones standing by security vehicles topped with rioters Image
Read 4 tweets
Apr 16, 2021
@phoenixonwheels
#SeditionHunters

@OSINTyeti flagged this #SeditionCommsUse as the East Capitol barricades are breached

1/ #EastComms hashtag: who is in this group and where are their meeting points?

More videos & group members further in this thread

2/
Filmer Ken Oberkrom seems familiar w/ the #EastComms group. He's not part of the #SeditionComms at 5:00 when he speaks to the camera

See esp. 3:15-end: comms coordinating

Militia-type members move out into plaza with flags, apparently to await others

3/
An earlier Oberkrom video: arrival of the Proud Boys parade, East Capitol

@ukrmed points out "Multiple radios, packs and at least one extra vest," woman in red hat may be the babysitter

Note Florida flag
#SeditionBullhorn w #Sedition3P Punisher skull

Read 9 tweets
Apr 7, 2021
@EJWulfhorst @TheFinancialDi2 @dilloncollier @Alex__Briseno @omaseddiq @amandalitman
#SeditionVIP

#IAmKyleBiedermann lending a hand at the insurrection

Note the red smoke on the West Plaza

More photos: Jan6attack com

⬇️ Greenpeace on Flickr

@cjcmichel
thedailybeast.com/gay-hitler-tex… Image
@EJWulfhorst @dilloncollier @Alex__Briseno @omaseddiq @amandalitman @cjcmichel @cjcmichel @KoltenParker
2/
~12:53 pm
#IAmKyleBiedermann waiting at the 1st barricade: Penn. Walkway, Capitol West side

Trump's speech at the Ellipse does not finish for another 18 minutes: ~1:11 pm

Biedermann doesn't initially advance with the attackers
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@EJWulfhorst @dilloncollier @Alex__Briseno @omaseddiq @amandalitman @cjcmichel @KoltenParker 3/
The 2nd barricades at the police line are quickly breached as well

#IAmKyleBiedermann soon follows past both barricade lines because by ~1:01 pm* (8 minutes later) he is seen standing on a wall along the Penn. Walkway and recording the oncoming crowd

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Read 13 tweets
Mar 28, 2021
#SeditionHunters

1/ Before 1/6 “The House Sergeant at Arms warned Members of Congress...to arrive early...and use underground tunnels to travel" between office bldgs &
"the Capitol, instead of walking.... Such precautions are not common during protests"

nbcwashington.com/news/local/dem…
2/ Beyond guarding the Capitol & congressional office bldgs, Capitol Police “patrols take them as far as the area around Union Station.”

USCP controls the "movement of all vehicular and other traffic, including demonstration activity," on Capitol Grounds

wusa9.com/article/news/n… ImageImage
3/ From 12/31 DC road closures for 1/5 & 1/6 focused around the WH/Mall (unclear when it was known that Trump would speak at rally)

The road closures stopped at 3rd St NW, west of the Reflecting Pool & West Lawn, near the edge of the Capitol Grounds map

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