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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

18 Nov

This guy, apparently a former Ferguson cop (many people said this and he seemed to verbally confirm it), has been walking around outside #Kenosha courthouse with a Colt rifle bag, after yesterday showing up at the courthouse with a rifle that he was asked to put away.

After the man who showed up with a rifle bag outside the #Kenosha courthouse was confronted about the bag, he finally opened it.

Rather than his rifle from yesterday, he pulled out a black rubber sex toy.

He apparently was trying to appear armed to plan that gag.

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1461037453196898308

To be clear, this is what he looked like yesterday before police made him put away his actual gun.

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1461037453196898308

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

10 Nov

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1418566524604977152

BREAKING: It is with a heavy heart that I release the following thread.

Tonight, I received video from the Colorado First Judicial District Attorney’s Office that shows the death of Arvada hero Johnny Hurley.

This thread shows death/violence. Viewer discretion advised.

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1418566524604977152

The released version of this previously abridged angle shows Ronald Troyke murder officer Gordon Beesley from behind at 25 seconds in.

Johnny Hurley engages Ronald Troyke at 1 minute 25 seconds in, killing him.

Johnny goes to Troyke's body, and then off screen.

(CW: Violence)

The Colorado First Judicial District Attorney’s Office also provided a video showing Johnny's response to the mass shooter all the way from his time inside the Army Surplus store to him shooting the mass shooter through multiple angles.

(Warning: Violence/death)

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

30 Oct

Quick thread: As a videojournalist, I'm around guns a lot.

Following a high profile negligent Hollywood discharge, here's my two cents:

If you're ever around guns (especially you, journalists) - even if you don't carry - take a gun safety class.

This is from a livestream in February.

You'll hear me ask someone off-camera if he knows his rifle's safety is off (it was strapped on his back with one in the chamber).

He thought safety was on, and said "Jesus" when he looked and turned it on.

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1287155367152058369

The possibility of negligent discharge is not an abstraction.

Last year as the NFAC militia performed their *safety check* ahead of a march, a single ND caused three injuries.

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1287155367152058369

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

26 Oct

THREAD: Today, three activist chained themselves to construction equipment at the historic McMillan Reservoir site in Washington DC to prevent construction crews from developing on it.

Police attempted to negotiate them down while saying they had no authority on the subject.

@RosinaPhoto

I interviewed @RosinaPhoto from through a hole in a fence while her hands were chained together in a lockbox connecting her to a piece of equipment.

She expressed doubt that the stunt will cause Mayor @MurielBowser to reconsider the development at McMillan Park, but had to try.

@aeidinger

Activist @aeidinger talked to me about the history at McMillan Park.

It used to provide all the water to the city, and then became DC's first integrated park, before being fenced off in the 60s.

The city now plans to develop it into retail/apartments/parking.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

20 Oct

Right now: Activists dressed as apes have erected a monolith in front of the DEA and are dancing around it a la “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

I will be providing updates on this act of… wait for it… wait for it… guerrilla activism throughout the day.

Some very confused federal security officers are keeping watch.

The apes have adorned the DEA entrance sign with bananas.

Perhaps a suggestion that the drug war is “bananas” but who knows?

🤷‍♂️ 🎥

The First Amendment is really something, huh?

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

15 Oct

@KarlaCotePhoto

Today at the Capitol, as police arrested enviro demonstrators refusing to leave an intersection, an officer put an arrest wristband on credentialed video-journalist @KarlaCotePhoto and arrested her as they would a protester.

Other press - like myself - were not treated this way.

@KarlaCotePhoto

Like most of the activists, arrested journalist @KarlaCotePhoto was let go by USCP with a citation on site, with an order to appear and pay a fine tomorrow.

She was wearing 2 press passes (NYPD and @NPPA) and carried two cameras when arrested.

CC: @pressfreedom @uspresstracker

@KarlaCotePhoto

Four minutes *after* arresting journalist @KarlaCotePhoto, @CapitolPolice warned that they would consider press to be part of the protest and arrest them if they didn't leave the activist-occupied intersection.