Breaking news confirming what many of us suspected in the aftermath of Floyd’s death:
Star Tribune
In the wake of protests following the May 25 killing of George Floyd, a member of the “Boogaloo Bois” opened fire on Minneapolis Police Third Precinct with an AK-47-style gun and screamed “Justice for Floyd” as he ran away, according to a federal complaint made public Friday.
...He also looted and helped set the building ablaze, according to the complaint, which was filed Monday under seal.
As a former longtime Minneapolis resident I did not believe for a second that the protesters, no matter how angry there were, would do such a thing. These are folks with strong organizing history and roots. Believe me, if they were into burning precincts over every wrongful death of a local person of color, Minneapolis PD would be working out of vans.
More about this Boogaloo Yahoo:
Ivan Harrison Hunter, a 26-year-old from Boerne, Texas, is charged with one count of interstate travel to incite a riot for his alleged role in ramping up violence during the protests in Minneapolis on May 27 and 28. According to charges, Hunter, wearing a skull mask and tactical gear, shot 13 rounds at the south Minneapolis police headquarters while people were inside.
So this terrorist drove all the way up from Texas to cause destruction and incite violence. He could have killed someone. Just great. I say terrorist because he didn’t act alone. There’s a bombshell in the details of this arrest:
Justice.Gov
According to the allegations in the criminal complaint and law enforcement affidavit, upon returning to Texas, HUNTER made various statements on social media describing the violence in which he engaged in Minneapolis. On June 3, 2020, officers with the Austin Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a pick-up truck for numerous traffic violations. HUNTER was one of three occupants in the vehicle[...]
Several days after the traffic stop, federal agents became aware of HUNTER’s online affiliation with Boogaloo Bois member Steven Carrillo, who has been charged in the Northern District of California with the May 29, 2020, murder of a Federal Protective Service Officer in Oakland, California.
If you don’t remember Steven Carrillo, this was the Air Force Sergeant who shot and killed a federal police office on May 29 in Northern California:
The federal indictment against Carrillo includes his Facebook posts from the morning of May 29th. He used the jargon of the Boogaloo movement, extremists who believe that civil war is coming. With protests scheduled for Oakland that night, Carrillo wrote, "It's on our coast now ... It's a great opportunity to target the specialty soup bois," meaning the alphabet soup of various law enforcement agencies. Robert Justus of San Mateo answered, "Lets boogie."
There it is folks. Evidence linking multiple attacks against law enforcement and the public by domestic terrorists as a co-ordinated effort. And we all know this is just the tip of the iceberg.