Happening now: Two So Cal Antifa members are on trial in San Diego County for their alleged roles in a violent 2021 conspiracy at Pacific Beach where people, including a woman and child, were beaten. Nine out of the 11 Antifa defendants have already pleaded guilty to various violent felonies. Pictured below, @SDDistAtty prosecutor Makenzie Harvey presents evidence in opening statements about the Antifa aliases defendants Jeremy J. "The Antifa Soldier" White and Brian "Antifa Boy ACAB 5" Lightfoot used while communicating plans on Signal. Both are represented pro bono by far-left San Francisco attorneys.
At the beginning of trial, defendant White suddenly pleaded he's "not guilty by reason of insanity." Court photos today by Ken Stone/Times of San Diego. thepostmillennial.com/andy-ngo-repor…
.@EvaKnott and I have been reporting on the So Cal Antifa case for years. It remains the first time any district attorney was willing to charge violent Antifa members with felony conspiracy, signaling that they're an organized movement with cells that plan and carry out violent crimes. Nine out of the 11 indicted have been convicted already. Read our reporting: thepostmillennial.com/author/eva?utm…
Antifa attorney John Hamasaki, who is representing Antifa "ringleader" Brian Lightfoot pro bono, tried to get my colleague @EvaKnott banned from reporting on the trial. He filed a frivolous motion and was laughed out of court thanks to the robust response from free speech lawyer @GillSperlein and the support of @Liberty_Ctr.
Leftist Oakland attorney Curtis Briggs, who represents violent felony Antifa suspect Jeremy Jonathan White pro bono, previously filed a motion to disqualify the San Diego County District Attorney's Office from prosecuting the felony conspiracy case. He was hoping it would go to the California Attorney General, a Democrat, where it would be dropped. The request was denied by San Diego Judge Daniel Goldstein. Read:
@EvaKnott San Diego reporter @ZaraBarkertv reports on the two So Cal Antifa members who are on trial for a brutal attack at Pacific Beach in 2021. Their pro bono leftist attorneys argue they were peacefully protesting despite videos showing the violent attacks.
So Cal Antifa member Erich Louis "Nikki" Yach was the first of the 11 Antifa defendants to plead guilty and be sent to prison. He was arrested at a border crossing between California and Mexico. He was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2022, a sentence enhanced by the fact that he was out on bail for a previous violent felony when he carried out attacks at the January 2021 Antifa riot. During sentencing, Yach's partner asked the court to house him in a women's facility and to refer to his name as "Nikki." Yach was given early release from prison this week as his comrades were in trial. Read: thepostmillennial.com/violent-san-di…
As the So Cal Antifa criminal trial continued in San Diego County on April 4, one of Antifa's victims testified about being beaten by the mob in 2021 when he was a minor boy. He was at a pro-Trump gathering with friends from school when they were jumped by Antifa. Leftist defense attorney Curtis Briggs for Antifa member Jeremy J. White suggested the boy was asking for it by standing around with his friends as Antifa surrounded them.
According to a source with knowledge, Texas Antifa gunman fugitive Benjamin Song has just been apprehended by the FBI. Officials have not yet publicly confirmed this, and I do not have details on where and how the arrest happened.
Song had been on the run since allegedly being part of the Antifa cell that shot up an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas on the Fourth of July. 13 other members and associates of the cell have been charged so far. fbi.gov/wanted/additio…
CAPTURED: It is officially confirmed that Texas Antifa fugitive gunman Benjamin Hanil Song has been captured.
Most wanted Texas Antifa gunman fugitive Benjamin Song has been apprehended! Additionally, two of his comrades have been federally charged with allegedly helping him escape the area. Read my report: ngocomment.com/p/breaking-tex…
Breaking: A major FBI manhunt is underway for the Antifa gunman accused of being part of the shooting ambush on the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas by a North Texas Antifa cell.
Videographer @TaylerUSA recorded FBI-wanted Antifa gunman Benjamin Song in January 2023 in Dallas when Song was part of an Antifa direct action at a "family-friendly" drag event. Song is the masked armed militant on the right:
10 heavily armed Antifa associated far-left extremists have been federally charged for the attempted murder of federal officers after they allegedly carried out an attack on an ICE facility on the Fourth of July in Alvarado, Texas to lure police and shoot them dead. An Alvarado Police officer was shot in the neck but survived.
Cameron Arnold (trans name "Autumn Hill"), of Dallas
Nathan Baumann, of College Station
Savanna Batten, of Fort Worth
Joy Gibson, of Dallas
Zachary Evetts, of Waxahachie
Bradford Morris (trans name "Meagan Morris"), of Dallas
Maricela Rueda, of Fort Worth
Seth Sikes, of Kennedale
Elizabeth Soto, of Fort Worth
Ines Soto, of Fort Worth
Daniel Rolando Sanchez (charged separately)
The Antifa militants allegedly involved in the Fourth of July terrorist attack shooting at the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas came extremely armed. They had multiple AR rifles, pistols, ammunition, radios, body armor, leftist anarchist political propaganda material, electromagnetic blocking devices and more.
In their rush to escape the shooting, in which a police officer was shot in the neck, the shooters discarded or dropped some firearms near the scene.
A search at one of the suspects' homes recovered nine additional firearms and more body armor vests.
At the home of another militant suspect, federal investigators also found a stash of Antifa anarchist propaganda texts about how to carry out violent insurrections.
The 10 members of the Antifa cell have been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. An 11th militant was charged separately for hiding evidence.
These are some of the most serious felony federal charges against any alleged Antifa associates in American history so far.
Far-left extremists are praising the shooting terrorist attack on the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas and are encouraging others to carry out similar attacks.
Elias Rodriguez, the Chicago far-left activist accused of shooting dead two Israelis outside the Capital Jewish Museum, has a long history of support for BLM, Palestine, communist and anti-white causes.
Those groups have been trying to scrub his associations with them by deleting articles and pages where he is mentioned.
While being arrested after the killings, Rodriguez shouted, "Free, free Palestine!"
Suspect Elias Rodriguez allegedly posted his manifesto on X shortly before the deadly shooting. “Escalate for Gaza, bring the war home.”
Double m—rder suspect Elias Rodriguez previously fundraised on GoFundMe to attend an anti-Trump “resister” conference aimed at helping politically mobilize illegal migrants, BLM activists, Muslims and communists.
The man who died bombing the fertility clinic in Palm Springs, Calif. allegedly did it as an act of war against the pro-life and pro-natalist movement. A manifesto allegedly written by the man was posted online before the bombing.
It has some similarities to the rantings of the far-left, who also hate Christianity and view being pro-life as fascist.
More details about the Palm Springs, Calif. terror attack:
Happening now: Antifa, armed with riot gear and masks, have forced police to retreat from a violent direct action and occupation at the @UW campus in Seattle. Video by @camhigby:
The same Antifa network that was involved in the violent and deadly CHAZ occupation in Seattle in 2020 are now utilizing the same tactics to try to take over part of the @UW campus. They're blocking off buses on the street and are shutting down the road.