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Jan 22, 2022 15 tweets 8 min read Read on X
Am I the only one who is somewhat fascinated by the fact that anti-colonial group Black Hammer was founded by someone whose real name is Augustus Claudius Romain?

As in the first Roman Emperor (Augustus) famous for finishing off the Republic and imperial expansion?

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I mean... none of us choose what our name is at birth, but I think Gazi secretly loves his real name.

Why else wouldn't he have changed it by now? Still his legal name when he trademarked BH last year.

I think the use of "victoriously" and "commander" are also telling... ImageImageImageImage
And how old is Gazi Kodzo, anyway? We know from previous exposes that while he claims to have been born in 1990, he was actually born in 1986.

How far did he take the lie?

Well, ask yourself how he registered to vote in Georgia and Florida with different dates of birth? ImageImageImage
Note the Georgia registration was right after his 18th birthday. Or after his 14th birthday if you believe his bullshit.

And the Florida registration was after he joined the African People’s Socialist Party and moved there, working on their campaigns for local elections... ImageImageImageImage
Maybe the reason Black Hammer pushes the far right election fraud narrative is because election fraud is something Augustus Claudius Romain, Jr. is familiar with.

There is a reason for the phrase "go with what you know."

So how did we get from Augustus Claudius Romain, Jr.... ImageImageImage
to Gazi Kodzo (even though he has never really left Augustus behind)?

It was a long trip and some of it has been exposed by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson (New Afrikan Black Panther Party) and former Black Hammer members (including founding ones).

All those links will be...
provided (in a separate thread, I do have an overall idea on how to organize this) because they absolutely deserve the recognition, especially being that they are the people Augustus claims to lead.

Well, except they are "neo-colonized" people because they called him out....
So Gazi Kodzo was born June 23, 1986 (as previously stated, named Augustus Claudius Romain, Jr).

His parents were married in 1978 in Manhattan and lived in Brooklyn.

He has a sibling born the next year.

His dad has government ties....
In the early 80s he worked for the Small Business Administration.

He was the head contract negotiator for the SBA in a deal involving a company called WedTech.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedtech_s… Image
It triggered an investigation by a Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management into government procurement procedures.

I'm not claiming the elder Romain did anything wrong (you can read the report) but it highlights the govt connections...

archive.org/stream/Wedtech… ImageImageImage
starting under the Reagan/Bush years.

Later he started his own consulting company (in 1996) which was awarded lucrative federal contracts.

This one was in '96.

So when people say Gazi Kodzo grew up in an upper "middle" class family, they aren't lying.

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the details of his parent's relationship. It's none of our business.

What is important to know is that in the early to mid 90s his mother (a former model in NYC who was born in Trinidad) was in the Metro Atlanta area. And presumably Augustus Junior was as well. ImageImageImage
And she was later featured in the AJC.

That feature helps show the wealthy lifestyle Augustus Jr. grew up in.

I seriously don't know anyone who can personally relate to growing up like that...

and I don't know how he thinks (as the product of affluent immigrants)... ImageImageImage
that generations of POC who have struggled here in America can relate to him.

For one, the price he successfully brings into Black Hammer as members or donors don't understand that before Gazi Kodzo, there was Gussie Baptiste. Before which was Smiletone Cosmopolitan...
*people, not price.

Smiletone Cosmopolitan had evolved from Augustus Smiletone.

And behind those personas there is always Augustus Claudius Romain, Jr.

And Augustus Claudius Romain, Jr. is ALWAYS the most important one.

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Jul 24, 2022
Earlier, I identified an Indiana Proud Boy (Jaime Eugene Yoder) after I came across his Telegram account, which showed him at J6.

@creek_twit tied him to an incident at a library in South Bend. In the comments of @INMutualAid's original tweet, I missed @dreamboat_angie's...

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tweet where she had identified both Yoder and this dude as Kenny Fellows.

So, let me formally introduce you to Kenneth Allen Fellows of South Bend, Indiana.

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She posted a picture of herself and Kenny, kicking back on the porch, as Kenny unwinds with a beer after a hard day terrorizing a library.

It doesn't get any easier than that.

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On June 28th, in South Bend, Indiana, a bunch of Proud Boys took it upon themselves to disrupt an event at a library.

Allow me to introduce you to Jamie Eugene Yoder of Mishawaka, Indiana.

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Yoder came to my attention this morning, when I ran across him on Telegram.

The picture is obviously from J6.

@creek_twit was able to match Yoder to the South Bend event and a YT account where he posted a short video from J6.

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Pay attention to a few things in this January 11th, 2021 video by Yoder.

First and foremost, how utterly delusional Yoder is.

Second, his "I have a business to run" statement.

Third, Yoder's t-shirt which reads "Stone Specialists."

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Jul 20, 2022
The Gazi Kodzo (Augustus Claudius Romain, Jr) charges have been posted.

😳

(1) count of sodomy
(2) counts of participating in gang activity
(2) counts of aggravated assault
(2) counts of kidnapping
(2) counts of false imprisonment
(2) counts of conspiracy to commit a crime.
Going to post this thread of Black Hammer threads here, in case anyone needs context.

The best run down of what happened yesterday leading to Gazi's arrest via @DSRWnews

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Jul 11, 2022
Some extremely disturbing updates regarding the Black Hammer Organization cult in Atlanta.

Warning, it involves minors. When people started speaking out about Black Hammer, we were worried about them taking advantage of vulnerable groups of people.

We hit that, full steam.

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Manasseh Oluwasegun Oso, aka Segun (on the left) was accused of taking advantage of (sexually assaulting) an underage minor (very young 18 according to him).

Attached are screenshots from ex-BHO members, previously posted by another ex-member.

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Augustus Claudius Romain, Jr; aka Gazi Kodzo, has "adopted" a 16 year old child.

And, as predators do, showered him with gifts.

Including firearms.

Predictably, the kid just got arrested for being a minor in possession of a firearm.

Augustus is still free though...

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Jun 19, 2022
Yesterday, I saw a tweet (unrelated) that reminded me of the May 2020 police shooting death of Momodou Lamin Sisay.

So now I remind all of you.

Sisay was shot to death, May 29th, 2020, on a dark stretch of Temple Johnson Road in Snellville, Georgia.

The date is important.

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The date is after George Floyd's May 25th murder and before Rayshard Brook's June 12th murder, right down the road in Atlanta.

Floyd and Brooks suffered the indignity of having their last moments captured by public witnesses.

The video sparked rage and action.

Sisay's...

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only witnesses to his death were the police themselves.

And apparently they have video, as well, but for two years have stalled and refused to release it.

Besides the fact that ALL police video should be made public (we didn't make you wear them for no reason), the...

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#SeditionHunters, finally watched the @nytimes piece (via @capitolhunters) by @NatalieReneau, @_stella_cooper, @alanfeuer, and @itsAByrd.

I encourage everyone to watch it. It's extremely well produced. It's a good synopsis of the PB J6 actions.

But

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nytimes.com/video/us/polit…
I have a major issue with it.

And having watched it, I understand the context of @capitolhunters thread better and what they were tactfully trying to accomplish with their recognition of all of us (and Cap, much love. Thank you).

I love the @nytimes, current and archives...

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I can't tell you how often I use it for research.

I love a good bit of the previous work of those involved in the video.

I appreciate the (vastly) greater reach to the general public the @nytimes has over most of our little Twitter accounts followings.

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