Proud Boys, Boogaloos Fret About Proposed Terror Designation

[wvit1001]

Far-right groups on social media are lamenting a push by Democratic lawmakers to begin designating domestic terrorism groups as President Joe Biden's administration considers how to combat the rising threat of right-wing extremism in America.

Domestic terrorism is not a designated crime in the U.S., though there is an extensive framework through which law enforcement can prosecute those suspected of involvement in foreign terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State.

But the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol—by a mob including self-professed members of right-wing extremist and militia groups—has sparked fresh debate over whether America needs a framework to protect against homegrown militants.

"U.S.-based extremists export their abhorrent ideology abroad, and international white supremacist groups seek to coordinate action here in the United States," Gottheimer wrote. "I believe that a terrorist designation for qualifying entities would help provide additional tools to law enforcement and the intelligence community to prosecute, financially counter and defeat these groups."




https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-boogaloos-fret-about-proposed-terror-designation-capitol-backlash-grows-1571647

[Truman62]

Just wait for Garland to get in there.  He'll set things to right.

He will put the fear of Garland in them.

[sine-qua-non]

Ex-Capitol Police Chief: Intel Indicated Antifa, Proud Boys, Other Groups Would Join on Jan. 6


Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said that a pre-Jan. 6 intelligence assessment suggested that Antifa, Proud Boys, and extremist groups would partake in the Jan. 6 event in Washington.

“The assessment indicated that members of the Proud Boys, white supremacist groups, Antifa, and other extremist groups were expected to participate in the January 6th event and that they may be inclined to become violent,” Sund said in a written statement (pdf) to the Senate.


It added that an “intelligence assessment indicated that the January 6th protests/rallies were ‘expected to be similar to the previous Million MAGA March rallies in November and December 2020, which drew tens of thousands of participants,” adding that faulty intelligence was to blame for the outmanned Capitol defenders’ failure to anticipate the riots.
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“The fact that the group that attacked our west front [did so] approximately 20 minutes before [former President Trump’s rally] ended, which means that they were planning on our agency not being at what they call ‘full strength,'” Sund added. He noted that alleged pipe bombs found near the Republican and Democratic party headquarters in the District of Columbia were likely used to distract officers from being deployed at the Capitol building.

[Truman62]

And yet a Trumper who was there says Antifa was NEVER there and does NOT want them to get ANY credit for HIS work!


A Donald Trump fan caught on camera brawling with police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was charged by the feds this week after he bragged about his conduct on a Trump fan site and pushed back on the online conspiracy theory that undercover “antifa” members were behind the violence.

Jose Padilla faces several charges, including felony counts of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Federal officials say he pushed up against the police line while wearing a scuba mask and shoved officers trying to stop the pro-Trump mob from storming the Capitol. He also helped rioters use a giant metal-framed Trump sign as a battering ram against officers on the police line, and threw a flagpole at officers trying to keep the mob out of the building.

The feds said Padilla used the website TheDonald.win, which was created after the subreddit r/The_Donald was placed on restricted mode last year. He also posted about his support for Trump on Facebook.

“There’s a lot of memes and posts flying around saying that the people who were fighting last night were all Antifa provacateurs etc. I just want to say that as a first hand observer of every point of last night, that it was not Antifa. They were Patriots who were trying to Restore the Republic after being attacked by the cops, who struck first,” Padilla wrote on Facebook, according to the feds. “Even those who broke the windows next to the doorway to the Capitol were Patriots trying to find a way to turn the Flanks of the cops.”

On the online forum TheDonald.win, Padilla wrote about his involvement in the attack, saying that he “pushed the rails,” “pushed the stairs,” and “pushed the doorway.”

“I was beaten unconscious twice, sprayed more times than I care to count, received strikes from batons that should have been lethal (Multiple temple and carotid strikes) except that God was on my side,” Padilla wrote, the feds say.

Padilla also worked to correct the record about online rumors that “Antifa” was somehow responsible for the pro-Trump mob’s efforts.

“Honestly, the guy breaking the windows weren’t Antifa,” he wrote. “They were Patriots trying to find a new way in so we could flank the cops who were holding the doorway.”

Padilla joins a list of Capitol insurrectionists who pushed back on online rumors about antifa because they were upset about anti-fascists getting credit for their work.

The case against Padilla was unsealed at about the same time that Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) used his time at a hearing on the Capitol attack to float a conspiracy theory that “agents provocateurs” and “fake Trump protesters” were responsible for the attack.

Criminal complaint included at website.

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[sine-qua-non]

Of course you don’t believe the police and other intel agencies duuuuuhhhmbvik

You are of the morons who want to defund the police

[Truman62]

It was a REPORT of possibilities from a few days before.

BTW - If the Capitol Police believed it, the Insurrection would NOT have gotten into the US Capitol.


WHY don't you believe your own Trumper eye witness?

[sine-qua-non]

AntiFa frets as well zippy !

Antifa Could Be Branded as Domestic Terrorists Under Bill Being Discussed in Montana


Lawmakers in Montana are in discussions regarding a bill that would classify the anarcho-communist group Antifa as a domestic terror organization.

Antifa networks and ideologically affiliated groups have conducted violent street protests and riots in a number of cities over the past several years, including in Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Olympia, and elsewhere.
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Antifa is short for “anti-fascist,” but Ngo noted that “fascist” doesn’t necessarily refer to the Nazis or white supremacists, adding that the group often calls people fascists that are “in opposition to the far-left political agenda.” The United States itself, according to Ngo, is defined as “fascist” by most Antifa adherents, Ngo added.


And black bloc attacks in Portland appeared to be indiscriminate and didn’t target alleged white supremacists, Ngo added.

[wvit1001]

good luck with that goofy.    who is running Antifa?   Is there a national organization with leadership?

[gwboolean]

Interesting how the Republican Terrorists continue to bring up their bullshit and lies about BLM/AntiFa as proof that they have been wrongly accused for their failed insurrection!!

Do these looters/shooters/Insurrectionists look like BLM/AntiFa?

[Truman62]

Montana wastes time with a group that COULD be a problem and IGNORES their far-right militia
and Proud Boy partners that have PROVEN that they ARE problems!

What a world when the GOP embraces their enemies and fears an idea.

[sine-qua-non]

The left locks down capital when PROVEN violent anarchist Antifa/BLM terrorist burns looted and murdered for months unabated and uncondemmed by leftist hate Americans first Marxist DemoncRats!

 N O proof the Proud Boys did any of that  !

What a world where Democrats embrace violence and fear ANY mostly peaceful constitutional protests !

[darkflower]

There is no need for new laws. You authoritarian fascist bazi assholes just want to shit all over basic human rights, expanding the evil war on terrorism to cover citizens.

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.