Tagged: Militia

• THE COPS PRIVATE ENFORCERS

  December 3, 2020 | JJ MAZZUCOTELLI & CHRIS TORRES

  On August 10th Mass Liberation published a press release which claimed that Douglas County Sheriff was working with Local far-right militias to respond to a planned local Black Lives Matter (BLM) rally. In an article published the same day reporters working for the RW noted that “militia members were spotted throughout the grounds providing unofficial […]

• ONLINE FASCISTS THOUGHT THIS BOOGALOO MARTYR WAS THEIR GUY–THEY MAY BE RIGHT

  October 27, 2020 | HARVEY EISNER | ABNER HÄUGE

  Facts surrounding the March 12th killing of Duncan Socrates Lemp by Montgomery County Police Department’s SWAT team are scarce. The police have their version of events. They claim Lemp was plotting violence, had illegal weapons, had a booby-trapped shotgun shell outside his room waiting for the cops and met them with a rifle in his […]

• MINDEN, NEVADA: MILITIAS PLAN ARMED INTIMIDATION AT BLACK LIVES MATTER RALLY

  August 8, 2020 | ABNER HÄUGE

  It started with the Douglas County Public Library’s relatively benign proposed statement against bigotry. “The Douglas County Public Library denounces all acts of racism, violence and disregard for human rights. We support #BlackLivesMatter,” the statement reads in part. “Due to your support of Black Lives Matter and the obvious lack of support or trust with […]

• LA MESA, CA: COPS LET RIGHT WING MOB ASSAULT CHILD, BRANDISH WEAPONS AT PROTESTERS

  August 5, 2020 | TOM MANN

  The intimidation planned for the August 1st “Justice for Womxn of Color” march in La Mesa wasn’t exactly covert. Then again, neither were the knives, bear spray cannisters, and clubs carried by the coalition of white supremacists, border militias, and assorted “patriots” who came together under the banner of Defend East County (DEC). The racists, […]

• EYEWITNESSES: ALLEGED SHOOTER AND MILITIAMEN ATTACKED PROTESTERS BEFORE INCIDENT WHILE COPS WATCHED

  June 19, 2020 | ABNER HÄUGE

  Kate Kane tells me that “on the surface it sounded like they were just going to have a prayer meeting and hopefully put pressure on the city to take down the statue of Oñate.” Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a conquistador and governed New Mexico for the Spanish Empire. “He raped and pillaged native […]