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Jul 24 • 8 tweets • 2 min read

March now congregating in front of Union Station

First graffiti I’ve seen so far:

Jun 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read

Exactly two years ago in front of the White House:

Before the Park Police arrived, the mob attempted to use ropes to take down the Jackson Statue in Lafayette Park:

May 13, 2021 • 7 tweets • 6 min read

In this piece, @RobertMackey (who I spoke to for over an hour) describes my professional background but *fails to include the fact that I worked at NBC News for LONGER than LevinTV, even though I told him this and the info is available for all to see on my LinkedIn:

https://twitter.com/theintercept/status/1392870202728230916

Furthermore, @RobertMackey implies that I deleted footage to protect Kyle Rittenhouse (a felony) despite the fact that I told him my phone was NOT recording at the time of the shooting and that I turned over ALL footage to the police and cooperated FULLY on night of the shooting

Apr 15, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read

Another big turnout here in front of the police station in Brooklyn Center north of Minneapolis

Protesters have upped their shield game big time.

Police already shooting riot munitions at these wooden barricades, stay tuned to see how this plays out...

Apr 14, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read

Just arrived on the scene at the police station in Brooklyn Center and an unlawful assembly has already been declared

Riot control munitions deployed into a crowd of at least a few hundred in front of the police station

Feb 8, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

The checkpoints are manned by a combination of Capitol Police and National Guard

Some of the streets leading up to the fence are also blocked from car traffic

Jan 18, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read

Participants of the armed protest near the State Capitol in Richmond, VA.

These guys tell me they have no affiliation with any militia, they are here to exercise their First and Second Amendment rights.

Boogaloo Bois are also out here, along with a ton of press

Jan 16, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read

Just went through a metal detector to enter the area surrounding the Capitol.

The checkpoint was manned by Secret Service, not NG

Trump Hotel appears to be open for business (you just have to go through a metal detector and have any large bags sniffed by dogs first)!

Jan 13, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read

“EXPEL ALL FASCISTS” protest happening now

Lots of media 👀

Jan 6, 2021 • 26 tweets • 7 min read

THREAD:

I accompanied protesters all the way to the Senate Gallery doors.

Here you can see one protester deploy pepper spray on Capitol Police prior to entry

Jan 5, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read

DC Traffic Thread 🚨🚦🚧⚠️🏁

I just drove across DC 🏎

From what I can see, major arteries into the city are open 🚦

BUT access to the Capitol/White House/Freedom Plaza areas are mostly restricted for unauthorized car traffic within 4-5 blocks ⚠️ For access to White House/Freedom Plaza area, K street is still open for now, although anything south of there is blocked from car traffic 🚧

Dec 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read

Black bloc protesters marching through DC with a huge “Fuck Off Proud Boys” sign

Black bloc march is now heading south towards the Proud Boys’ position 👀

Dec 12, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read

That’s a lot of Proud Boys 👀

Unclear what started this brawl but cops were on it almost immediately:

Nov 2, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read

THREAD:
I flew over 70 miles of new border wall in a Blackhawk helicopter with @USBPChief

One thing that surprised me was the sheer volume of construction crews actively working in remote and extreme terrain:

Oct 25, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read

Old border fence VS the new wall

Yuma Border Patrol Chief @USBPChiefYUM compares the older white fencing to the two new 30 foot walls:

Oct 25, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read

As @USBPChiefYUM explains, this section of fence was erected in the 90’s. It’s made of “landing matte,” a Vietnam era surplus originally manufactured as landing pads for helicopters in the wetlands of Vietnam:

Here @USBPChiefYUM describes some of the vulnerabilities of this design.

The angled top doesn’t allow anyone to shimmy down the north side, but it also makes for an easy place to hang out until border patrol leaves the area.

He also notes that it will be replaced this year:

Oct 23, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read

Get ready to tour the border wall with @CBP #YumaSector

Border Patrol calls this awesome vehicle a “sand rail,” which is used to patrol the Imperial Dunes.

I would NOT try to outrun one of these babies!

Sep 26, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read

Speaker at The Proud Boys rally in Portland:

“I’m not an African American, I am an American.”

Fight broke out at The Proud Boys rally, unclear what started it:

Sep 24, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read

. @ShelbyTalcott and @VenturaReport have been detained and are now awaiting processing before we can attempt to post bail.

I was told by corrections that they aren’t in the system yet and can’t be released until after processing.

I will be calling every hour until they are, will provide updates.

Sep 17, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

They opened up the fence to Lafayette park!

No sign of the “White House Siege” protest planned for September 17th tho 🧐