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HomeMy WebLinkAboutADL ALERT--2021-01-12--Calls for Violence postFOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 1 FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE At this time, ADL is not aware of any credible threats of acts of violence that are slated to occur between January 12, 2021 and the President-elect’s Inauguration on January 20, 2021. However, if the past is any indication, the combination of an extremist presence at rallies and events and the heated nature of online rhetoric suggests that violence is a possibility. Extremists saw the mob action on January 6 as a more concrete step towards conflict. In addition to the general extremist belief that “Revolution is coming” or that this is the arrival of the long perceived race war,” extremist chatter following the events of January 6 includes further calls for violence and both general and more specific calls to action aimed at law enforcement and elected officials. Below is a sampling of such themes and posts across a variety of platforms. Calls for Further Violence or War The mob violence at the Capitol that ultimately led to the deaths of five individuals was seen as only the start by online extremists. Some within the white supremacists and militia movements urged their followers to prepare for future conflicts and build on the chaos and momentum of the siege to advance their ideological beliefs. A post from now defunct Telegram channel “Eco-fascist central” reads: “The tyrants seek to enslave us, we must fight back while we can still! START. SHOOTING. POLITICIANS. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE RACIAL HOLY WAR GOING, DO IT NOW BEFORE THE 20TH TO STOKE THE FIRE WITHIN BURNING BRIGHTLY, THE HEAT OF REVOLUTION BURNING THE IGNORANT IS IT'S FLAMES!!!!” https://t.me/ecogang/3448 Telegram user “Catholic Nazi” wrote that this attack on the government will not go unanswered, writing: “With the events of today unfolding the way they did, you're going to see more calls for crackdowns on the right. The more the system tries to tighten its grip, the more it loses legitimacy in the eyes of the population and the more the population will resist, the more the population resists, the more the system cracks down....... you get the picture. The system will be out for blood, it cannot allow its authority to have been challenged in this way. How it goes about cracking down can only be speculated on, my guess is going after groups like the Proud Boys. Keep your head on a swivel and your rifle by your side, war is coming.” https://t.me/CatholicNazi/5669 Telegram user “Accelerationist Revival ” posted on January 10, 2021, saying that extremists cannot afford to hesitate in the coming war, writing: “Freedom for you in this age is matching their FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 2 strength. The only way to win a war is to fight fire with fire, the only way you lose is by giving up or slowing down. We can’t afford to falter or hesitate otherwise freedom will tumble into obscurity.” https://t.me/NationalRevivalist/5191 On mymilitia.com, one user wrote, “Today should serve as a wake up call to all Freedom loving Americans. It showed the thief’s [sic], I mean politicians, that there are many patriots that are willing to do what must be done to save our country…Get ready because this is only a taste of what’s to come.” A user of the Three Percenters – Original forum wrote, “We have the right as Americans to take our country back and dismantle the government that does not work for us…Yesterday I saw the pussies of the world grow a set and row [sic] the country we are sick of your shit. Now it’s time to join the proud boys cause they are the ones making moves.” The following meme posted to the white supremacist Telegram channel, Eco-Fascist gang—which was shut down by the platform on January 12, 2021, for violating Telegram’s Terms of Service—called to Rape the System” and a “Race War.” In response to Trump’s message to tamp down the violent fall-out, in the same channel a post states, “Do violence anyway.” FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 3 Accelerating Conflict/There is No Political Solution Accelerationist white supremacists are a fringe within the movement that believe in speeding up the downfall of the American system by any means necessary. They view the US government system as rotten and believe that democratic processes for change are futile and therefore the system should be destroyed. The phrase “there is no political solution” embraces political violence as the only valid response. Some online extremists and mainstream figures see the events at the Capitol as further evidence that violence is necessary and imminent. One January 6, 2021, Telegram channel “Mind Farmer” called for extremists to adopt more covert operations, writing: “The BOLD public revolt against the system days are over. This Country is Not America anymore and the smart people that want to accelerate need to switch to Grey Man Tactics, subvert ops to corporation failure and guerilla warfare architecture/thought process. America Is Fucked.” https://t.me/the_mind_farmer/35037 On January 11, 2021, “Corona Chan News,” a channel with over 7,900 subscribers that consistently posts accelerationist content, posted the following, encouraging Telegram users to radicalize Trump supporters who have moved to the platform from other spaces: Now that the gLoBaLiSts [sic] have delivered the Trumpsters [sic] into our hands here at Telegram by the millions, we can use this opportunity to accelerate When entering their chats be less combative Focus less on the wooden doors and our favorite uncle when propagandizing Instead push the most extreme talking points that they already have in their head thanks to Trump: 1. Stolen election. They rigged it 2. Total Chinese communist takeover 3. Police betrayed us and enforce tyranny of corrupt swamp 4. Our votes don't count. Voting will not remove them 5. GOP backstabbers worked with the enemy 6. They're coming for our 2A guns even before Biden is elected FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 4 7. Free speech online is over. NG [National Guard] soldiers sent to stop protests 8. Fake News Media is bashing the murdered White woman Ashli Babbitt martyr and crying about the dead tyrant cops 9. They're trying to impeach and imprison President Trump 10. They call those who want fair elections "domestic terrorists" and are arresting them despite never applying such a crackdown on BLM Antifa who burned down DC and entire cities last year On January 6, 2021, Gab CEO and founder Andrew Torba posted on Gab: “In a system with rigged elections there are no longer any viable political solutions.” Web archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20210106063805/https://gab.com/a/posts/105507299997018602 Calls to Harm Elected Officials and Law Enforcement During the siege, pro-Trump extremists were heard chanting “hang Mike Pence.” A noose was set up on the Capitol lawn. Online posts across extremist platforms called Pence a traitor and called for violence against other elected leaders. Threats towards Democratic leaders like Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer and posts threatening law enforcement also circulated. Telegram users refereed to Vice President Pence as “Judas” and a pedophile in a chat with over 17,000 members and QAnon lore in the description. On January 9, 2021, a user posted in “We the Pepe aka https://t.me/qanonofficial: “I have a hard time believing Pence didn’t betray Trump. Lin released Pence/Ryan emails showing collusion in 2016 against Trump. Does anyone have solid reason to believe Pence isn’t a pedo traitor?” January 9, 2021, in “We the Pepe I live in Indiana, my dad always tell [sic] me Mike Pence is great governor when I was in high school. So I was believe he is good partner for President FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 5 Trump…until he betray all of US that day. Hope Mike Pence get what he deserve [sic], just like Judas. At least he already got his pretty coin~” On January 7, 2021, antisemitic Telegram channel “White American National Socialist” called Pence and other Republicans “sell-outs” and “traitors” in a post that also said victory for white people is ahead: https://t.me/WhiteUnion1967/28605 I have had enough of this System and the Jewish Tricks they play on us and so does the rest of the White Race of America! The Jews are more afraid then ever seeing the reaction of the people yesterday in D.C and White Revolution can be possible right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They shot at our people and killed us yet the Media & Trump himself lies and cucks for the Jews. Pence and the other Republican sell-outs revealed there [sic] true nature and shown themselves to be weak and Traitors so they all be brought to justice! Now for certain I can say there will be more Riots and Demonstrations eventually Revolutionary shit taking place and fights in the streets that are bound to happen in the coming Weeks. The Victory for our people is ahead of us as the fight approaches and it will be fought to the bitter end and we will get a Land for our people to live and preserve the Existence of our people and a Future for White Children. The White Race shall live and we no longer live in the same Jewish Squalor & Despotism ever again this will be the last country they will be expelled from!” White supremacist with the username “PaulyFrog64” aka Paul Frogger posted a livestream video to YouTube that includes a media stream of Chuck Schumer speaking from the Senate floor, as Frogger yells on the stream: Someone take this guy out. Take him out.” He later adds: Fuck these people, they all deserve the rope.” For white supremacists, the phrase is a reference to the “Day of the Rope,” a white supremacist slogan signifying mass hangings of perceived enemies. There has been a notable shift across the right-wing extremist spectrum against law enforcement. On January 10, 2021, Telegram Channel ‘Hyperborean Skyline’ posted an image that read “On Traitors” with the added caption: “To any new users on Telegram get this through your head: Politicians, cops, and any FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 6 other system pigs are the greatest ENEMY. Jews, Blacks, and any other non-Whites pale in comparison to those who turn on their own kin.” https://t.me/hypskyline/85 Union 88 Gas Co., an antisemitic and accelerationist channel, posted a message to new Telegram users coming from platforms like Twitter, Gab or Parler. The post ends with: “You people are the problem. You believe in fairy tales like Political Solutions. Either stay a while and learn something or continue believing that anything but Dead Cops and Politicians will get you anywhere and go back to whatever “free speech” platform will take you.” https://t.me/Poweredby88/10598 Telegram channel “The Great Reset posted an image of a man holding explosives with the caption: "Hello speaker Pelosi.”https://t.me/wuhappening/4885 Now or Never The sense of urgency that right-wing extremists, pro-Trump extremists, and others must act now and seize the current momentum is evident across multiple platforms. This feeling that there will not be another opportunity to act or that other means are no longer possible may lead people to commit acts of violence or cause disturbances. One Proud Boy leader, Jeremy Bertino, aka The Immortal Noble Beard aka @Noblebeard, posted the following to a now unavailable Parler account on January 6, 2021: “The house is meeting again. We failed. NEVER FUCKING BACK DOWN,” “This is not about Trump. This is about the constitution. FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 7 Stfu [shut the f*ck up] with your go home. Either get on board or fuck off half ass patriots,” “Hold your ground!!! Keep the ground you have gained. Do not relinquish what we have,” “DO NOT GO HOME. WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SAVING THE CONSITUTION. Stay on the grounds patriots.” Source 1: https://parler.com/post/c79c18ab-50d0-40bb-8855-b3f4a152767c Source 2: https://parler.com/post/48d69f31-4cd0-44f8-9858-a0ecc8604f6a Source 3: https://parler.com/post/88eee6087cb5485f8e5ccfbdb23816f4 Source 4: https://parler.com/post/71f886be24194581bbc3dcf7a40334f5 A Telegram user posted an image of an unidentified individual in Washington DC with the added comment: “Dear American brothers and sisters, you'll never get a better shot at ending the globalist menace in your country. It’s now or never!” https://t.me/walknvt/6795 InfoWars’ Owen Shroyer shared a video with the added comment: “Forget About 2024: It’s Now Or Never! Owen Shroyer takes calls on the War Room and a passionate caller reminds us this is our last chance...During the video Shroyer states the 2020 election was fraudulent and believing that President Trump will face a fair race in 2024 is a waste of time. The unknown caller joining Shroyer on the show echoes this and states: “This is it right here.” https://t.me/Owen_Shroyer/2357 FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 8 Telegram channel “Way of the World” posted on January 6, 2021: “My dear American brothers and sisters, you'll never get a better shot at ending the globalist menace in your country. It’s now or never.” https://t.me/wayotworld/511 The “Proud Boys: Uncensored” Telegram channel posted multiple memorials to Ashli Babbitt, who was allegedly shot and killed by Capitol police. In one post they state that patriots at the Capitol “didn’t go far enough.” They write: “This is what the people you fight for think of you. The Trump family continues to condemn it's [sic] biggest supporters and call for people to be charged for acting on the justified anger that they themselves have been stoking for weeks. To think we once thought these people were going to "drain the swamp" when they're showing themselves to be disloyal cowards, no better than the people we've spent 4 years fighting. If you condemn the justified outpouring of rage that took place at the capitol by American citizens tired of having everything taken from them by the system, you are no better than the system itself. Her name was Ashli Babbit, and the mistake the patriots at the capitol made was they didn't go far enough.” FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 9 Images from Various Users on Telegram FOR INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 10 Image from Wimkin user “Vic Freeman,” one of the organizers of the Million Militia March for 1/20/2021. Except as specifically noted (with the written designation “PUBLIC”), the enclosed documents contain confidential and sensitive information, including commercial information, customer lists (such as rosters) competitively sensitive and proprietary information, and trade secrets, the disclosure of which may cause significant economic harm to the Anti-Defamation League and/or its contributors. 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