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Oct 13, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
FBI internal records:
-"sizeable percentage" of bureau employees were "sympathetic" to J6 rioters
-Agents & analysts equated J6 to 2020 BLM protests -Black agents wouldn't volunteer for SWAT for fear of other agents not backing them in lethal situations vault.fbi.gov/@@dvpdffiles/f… ImageImage For context: Paul Abbate (recipient of this email) is now the deputy director of the FBI and has been since February 2021. The Bureau's leadership fully understands how deep this radicalization runs in their rank & file fbi.gov/about/leadersh…
Oct 25, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
A decade ago, OPD raided Occupy Oakland before dawn, leading to violent clashes w/OO as demonstrators attempted to retake the plaza. USMC vet Scott Olsen was wounded by a "less-lethal" round. The raid had massive consequences. My look back @Oaklandside oaklandside.org/2021/10/25/10-… The raid led to 105 arrests, as documented in this retrospective thread by @leftinthebay. Most were made in the AM & an afternoon march that clashed w/OPD riot cops on Washington Street. Less lethals & tear gas were fired indiscriminately that night
Aug 21, 2021 7 tweets 4 min read
Remarkable filing in the case of high-level Atomwaffen member Kaleb Cole outs Joshua Caleb Sutter, the publisher of Martinet Press (Iron Gates, Liber 333, Bluebird), AWD member & a key figure in the O9A Tempel ov Blood, as an FBI informant. Since '03 documentcloud.org/documents/2104… This is a motion to suppress evidence from a search warrant served at the Texas house where Cole (known as "Khimaere" in AWD) moved to with John Cameron Denton & other AWD after he came under too much law enforcement pressure in the PNW. For background: thedailybeast.com/neo-nazi-group…
Nov 16, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
This whiffs entirely on domestic dissatisfaction with Macron's Presidency, manifested in intense crackdowns on protesters & the press (see recent attempts to outlaw publishing photos of police)

Macron ironically is using Erdogan's distraction tactic to good effect here Yes Laicite. Yes France discriminates against Muslims. But by externalizing the critique - and by playing into it - the NYT & WaPo harden pre-existing French perceptions of the US. And why, frankly, would they care what Americans think of them after the past 4 years+2 terms of W?
Oct 15, 2020 11 tweets 5 min read
Since May 28, NYPD's Strategic Response Group - an anti-terrorism, anti-protest unit created by Bill Bratton in 2015 during the 1st BLM cycle - has been front & center at the worst instances of violence & mass arrests against protesters. Me for @theappeal theappeal.org/nypd-srg-misco… The past 5 months in New York City have stood out for the sheer number of people arrested by NYPD, the imposition of a citywide curfew, mass arrests of people gathered for First Amendment activity, kettles and complete impunity for NYPD's actions
Nov 14, 2019 7 tweets 2 min read
New development in the FBI's Atomwaffen Division investigation: Aiden Bruce-Umbaugh, a WA cell member who recently traveled to Eastern Europe with Kaleb Cole, is charged w/fed firearms violations after being pulled over on 11/4 in North Texas by local cops documentcloud.org/documents/6549… Bruce-Umbaugh & Cole were in possession of 2 AR-15s, an AK-47 & a 9mm pistol when pulled over by Garza Cty Sheriffs deputies. Both were dressed in "combat/tactical attire," & a large knife was visible in the center console of a 2000 Ford Focus with WA plates