New Visual Investigation @NatalieReneau, @alanfeuer, @malachybrowne and I take you inside the Proud Boys tactics on #Jan6. We spent 5 months analyzing court records and footage to reveal how they instigated critical breakthroughs around the Capitol. tinyurl.com/5xxyu82c (1/X) @NatalieReneau @alanfeuer @malachybrowne Before we dig in, I want to thank the crowd sourcing community who continue to archive and catalog footage from Jan. 6. The collective effort to build visual tools & resources made this journalism possible. (2/X)

Three Oath Keepers face conspiracy charges for planning to breach the Capitol in advance. The @nytimes Visual Investigations team tracked 10 members of the far-right paramilitary group that operated in sync with the alleged conspirators on Jan. 6. THREAD nytimes.com/interactive/20… The charges against Jessica Watkins, Donovan Crowl and Thomas Caldwell are not typical for Capitol rioters. According to messages seen by the F.B.I. they coordinated with Oath Keepers from other states and debated having someone staged nearby with weapons justice.gov/file/1361066/d…

Armed groups confronted scores of BLM protesters this year. Our new Visual Investigation examined video and social media from over a hundred of these interactions and found that these groups often get a pass from the police. Watch nytimes.com/video/us/10000…. There were over 7,000 Black Lives Matters protests this summer and according to data from @ACLEDINFO, the majority were peaceful.

Beirut was devastated by a massive explosion in Lebanon’s largest port, killing at least 135 people and displacing over 300,000. We @nytimes examined videos, photos and satellite imagery to understand what happened. THREAD The explosion's exact cause is still unclear, but this video shows how the incident unfolded. At 5:54pm, an explosion and fire was reported at a port warehouse. Over the next 14 min, the fire crept towards 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, setting off a huge blast around 6:08pm.