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As this administration attempts to create the specter of #Antifa as an extremist threat, we should take a moment to go through some of the actual violence caused by right wing extremist. (1/6)
10.22.18-11.1.18: Cesar Sayoc Jr., a fervent Trump supporter, mailed 16 bombs to people he considered to be Trump’s enemies. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty. (2/6) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/nyregion/cesar-sayoc-sentencing-pipe-bombing.html
5/30/20-Stephen Parshall, Andrew Lynam, and William Loomis, three Boogaloo Bois, we’re indicted on conspiracy, terrorism and possession of explosives in Las Vegas. (3/6) https://news3lv.com/news/local/arrest-report-3-accused-of-terror-charges-in-las-vegas-had-weapons-booby-traps
6/15/20-Scott Williams, a Trump Supporter, was arrested for shooting one protestor and assaulting two others. Williams. Along with several armed right wing militia counter-protestors, aggressively engaged with protestors. (4/6) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/16/albuquerque-militia-shooting-protest/
6.16.20-Steven Carillio, a Boogaloo Boi, charged with murdering three law enforcement agents. (5/6) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/boogaloo-steven-carrillo/
8.25.20-Counter-protestors Kyle Rittenhouse arrested on charge of first-degree intentional homicide for shootings that left two people dead during protests. (6/6) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/us/kyle-rittenhouse-kenosha-shooting-video.html
9.3.20-Blue Lives Matter supporters Michael Karmo & Cody Smith arrested outside Kenosha w/ AR-15, shotgun, handguns, magazines, homemade silencer, body armor & drone. Karmo told tipster "he was going to Kenosha w/ intention of using firearms on people.”(+1) https://www.yahoo.com/gma/blue-lives-matter-supporters-arrested-031650651.html
9.5.20-Michael Solomon & Benjamin Teeter, members of the Boogaloo Bois, authorities say, charged w/ conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, for building & seeping firearms suppressors. (+2) https://news.yahoo.com/alleged-boogaloo-members-face-terrorism-224139220.html
9.30.20-Alan Swinney, a member of the Proud Boys, arrested on assault & gun charges hours after Trump refuses to denounce white supremacy. Swinney pointed a gun at demonstrators in Portland on 8.22.20.(+3) https://news.yahoo.com/police-arrest-proud-boy-member-213416448.html
10.8.20-Six men charged in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Alleged plot included plans to overthrow several state governments(+4) https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/fbi-plot-michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer/index.html
10.6.20-Eric Allport, a Boogaloo Boi, was killed by federal agents during a shootout in Texas after Allport opened fire while agents were executing an arrest warrant for a federal weapons offense, leaving one person dead and an FBI agent injured.(+5) https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/10/06/a-man-killed-near-detroit-has-become-a-martyr-for-the-far-right-boogaloo-boi-movement
10.16.20-Meredith Dowty arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple over frustrations with the city’s mask ordinance.(+6) https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article246513655.html#storylink=cpy
10.17.20-Carlos Gavidia, prominent Trump boat parade organizer, charged with sending a written, anti-Semitic threat to kill or do bodily injury in Florida.(+7) https://www.newsweek.com/florida-boat-parade-trump-carlos-gavidia-1529086
