I study mobs & group think. Writing "Culture of Confusion," riots OTG ‘20-‘22. Bylines
@LAmag
@Newsweek
🏄🏽♂️ Murrow Award Lahaina fire KITV. Center of center
This story stunned me. I documented attack after attack by Antifascists in 2020-2021. That activists/ media had cultural clout to pile-on a public figure like this was surreal. What was
@MrWinMarshall
’s crime again? Read a book ? Applauded
@MrAndyNgo
for standing up to attackers?
Former Mumford and Sons banjoist
@MrWinMarshall
tells me how he went from apologizing to the woke mob for tweeting about Andy Ngo's book exposing Antifa to speaking out against the mob: "I looked deeper and deeper into the topic, and I realized I HADN'T been wrong."
@oneunderscore__
No. TO Anderson Lee Aldrich
The name was changed FROM Nick Brink (Nicholas F. Brink). Come on, man. You're single handedly destroying what little credibility is left w us in mainstream Press.
‘Antifa around the bend’ As Press we were targeted in Portland by the Antifa Black Bloc. Indie press, like ALL journalists, must be allowed to document without retribution. Those I disagree with, who propagandize, are also covered by constitutional protections. Press must rise up
I’m not defending them. I am condemning You. Your lies, exaggerations, labeling and persecution campaigns make it hard for everybody out here to do their jobs safely.
2 of 3 Chad Loder is a self-described ‘Antifa member’ now claiming to be a ‘citizen journalist’ in a new legal filing. It’s not true: By Loder’s own admission. A colleague’s. And his history as a Black Bloc tactician.
Those abusing the title “journalist” put Real Press at risk.
Tiny of the
#ProudBoys
has been shot here in Olympia, Washington. The shooting took place .8 miles away from the state Capitol, after Proud Boys pursued
#Antifa
Black Bloc- who showed up within a square block of a Medical Freedom protest.
In San Pedro w a handful of indie journos covering what was ‘Fall Love Fest - Protest.’ The event, organized by self identifying Patriots/ Proud Boys, just ended. No counter-action from
@SocalAntifa
aligned groups. No violence. A handful of verbal confrontations w Leftist Press.
1. Subsidize down payments for home ownership nationwide to build the working middle class.
2. Teach financial literacy & non-opinion journalism in high school. Nutrition & sustainability too.
3. Expand business ownership in communities where locals are not represented
#ProgCap
@tedlieu
@mtaibbi
@bariweiss
@elonmusk
Hi Ted, Former constituent: What was your statement on the LA City Hall stabbing, August of last year? And how explicit Twitter organizing by
@socalantifa
&
@aarf_LA
encouraged violence vs. conservatives & videojournalists? Have Dems spoken out enough against Leftist violence?
Update: Nex Benedict was a survivor of child abuse- Locals contacted me early on & I connected w some family about this difficult part of the story. Part 4- Personally, I have a friend who was sexually molested by her father as a child. She has a family now. Owns her own
I used to believe this. Respectfully
@tzimmer_history
, It's a misdiagnosis. And one that will severely hurt the Left politically. Populism is not Fascism. If the right pitches a less exclusionary tent, & we the left rely on political fan-fiction that they're all racist- we lose.
I’ve NEVER hidden my identity while live-streaming events. This “journalist” actively tries to shut down VILLIAN Reports, then uses SLAPP laws to protect himself from harassment charges.
My take:
@Aaja
SHOULD keep Vishal of
@socalantifa
on the panel, to hold to account for the violence partaken in summer of 2021.
Can we call one “journalist” who commandeers a Black Bloc mob to attack another
@IATSE
member? Just because he’s politically right ?
@ndungca
@myhlee
Vishal. You’re fixated on Brow’s J6 video & deplatforming him w
@IATSE
-but NEVER give him a chance to address YOUR interpretation. A chance I’ll give you. When YOU were w the mob assaulting Chris 7/3:
1. Why aren’t you filming? 2. How many times do you give the bloc directives?
‘Ambulance’ van of Antifa aligned Leftists arrives at Proud Boys- Patriot rally which was moved 15 min+ by car from the waterfront. Paint ball fire. Driver bails on the other side after mace exchange. Antifa waits around the corner w high power fireworks & such. 1 of 8
#Portland
I wouldn't have it any other way. This story IS a 2 1/2 hour convo and not a quick sound bite or 3 minute segment on partisan cable news. Thanks to
@BretWeinstein
for having me on, our third conversation in the last months.
The fact that a journalist (
@JLeeQuinn
) who was physically present at an historic moment has time to go on an obscure podcast (
@BretWeinstein
) says something: most mainstream media has zero interest in actually finding out and sharing what happened there.
LA Antifa Stabbing: FULL
I have it in my video from the Antifa - Proud Boys militant brawl.
The blond haired Antifa assailant enters from the left.
Slow Mo: See the knife & victim bleeding thru his blue shirt. His stars & stripes attire remain in the street at sunset
#antifa
Been inundated with requests by TV networks to send my footage into the meat grinder. The answer has been: No. A bigger conversation needs to happen outside of business as usual. I am ready to talk to the first network that rises to the challenge.
@p9cker_girl
@elonmusk
@MrAndyNgo
@ramzpaul
@shanermurph
@AntifaWatch2
@Tr00peRR
TY. Twitter has been a political violence incubator over several years.
Not just incitement. But admission from “antifascists” of assault & intimidation vs. conservatives, law enforcement & journalists.
I still stress there is value keeping groups HERE, where we can see them.
Attacks on ALL Press must end. What's more, condemn all violent actions incentivized online by those taking to the streets to amplify their political passions.
#PeacePolice
#LaborDay
#LaborDay2021
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Been so busy, forgot to post. Thanks to all who sent encouraging vibes re. the
@BretWeinstein
convo. And for amplifying voices against censorship in this divisive time. Tough conversations will reveal a tenable path forward. Let's let each other be heard!
@nandoodles
@Teads
Hi Nandini. I’m curious why you label Andy Ngo a “hateful propagandist.” I am Left wing & have found a lot of the Hate directed at Ngo is starting to look like unsupported bigotry. Clearly, he is against groups like
@SoCalAntifa
responsible for the LA City Hall 8-14 stabbing...
@goonwildGG
@DionLimTV
I’ll have a go: if a society fails to condemn violence, even as protest, it leaves the floodgates open. It continues to spread whether Identitarian in nature or crimes of urban opportunity. The cyclical nature of violence is such that it only diminishes when we condemn ALL of it.
This proves exactly why censorship has an opposite effect. People rally around those suppressed & it only consolidates engagement. Which,
I’ll take it !
#newintown
Why would Twitter “deboost”
@JLeeQuinn
, an independent journalist who was at/in the Capitol during the insurrection? Is the problem that he reports honestly? Is it that he’s a liberal who isn’t interested in the blue party line? In any case, if they’re “deboosting” I’d follow.
Is this DC 4 years ago? The video from DeploraBall is also significant to know when this violence began on 1/19/17 and even before in the SF Bay Area November 2016
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Sequence of fireworks set off by
#Antifa
near gas station.
As the action begins, I establish a profile -neutral position.
I will align with other indie Press opposite the Black Bloc later after they brutally attack a female Photog.
Same street preacher marches on…
We are not alone: A handful of us citizen photojournalists have been impartial documentarians of this year’s epic unrest. And for some like
@FordFischer
it goes back even years before. You will get to hear more conversations from us all soon. The truth has been recorded !
It is stunning that the George Floyd Square autonomous zone persists since last summer in Minneapolis - with little to no coverage. A man was shot & killed there over the weekend.
The George Floyd memorial is an "autonomous zone" with several blocks controlled by activists. Police don't even go in. We tried to respectfully get video-but left after two people confronted us near the barricades.
Later learned many protestors don't even feel comfortable there.
Stabbing victim per LAPD is a Hispanic male, thought to be in his 20s- following Socal Antifa Black Bloc vs. Patriot Militants street brawl. I zoom in after on the bloodied cloths & American flag hat belonging to the victim.
#Antifa
#LosAngeles
Rally for Medical Freedom.
It started end of May for me in LA:
Blatant vid of ‘antifa’ black bloc coordination on Fairfax posted torching a PD car then businesses. Next day I witnessed coordinated tactics launching the Santa Monica destruction.
*Not my video - author plz msg me-
Any IP lawyer want to sue 3 major tabloids on my behalf that have stolen my work without permissions, 2 of which made no attempt to contact me & offer no context for their Riotsploitation ?
#SmashtheTabloids
Mass looting. Walnut Creek, CA was last ransacked on 5/31/20- same day as Santa Monica. In the last hour, a bunch of cars blocked the small throughway street to Broadway Plaza as dozens ran in and out of the Nordstroms with merchandise.
1. “Journalist” is not appropriate as Vishal also becomes combatant, & actively promotes misinformation on which he encourages persecutions & harassment.
2. Unsure which incident in WeHo he is being charged for. He was an active combatant on 7/22 at Cedars Sinai & Harlowe 7/29.
BREAKING: independent journalist
@VPS_Reports
was arrested and currently in custody at the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station on one charge of Battery, LASD confirms. Their partner tells me they were at the station to identify an assailant of them in an incident at Harlowe’s.
Vishal. You’re fixated on Brow’s J6 video & deplatforming him w
@IATSE
-but NEVER give him a chance to address YOUR interpretation. A chance I’ll give you. When YOU were w the mob assaulting Chris 7/3:
1. Why aren’t you filming? 2. How many times do you give the bloc directives?
Yes
@BillBurr
. The cancel attack on
@GinaCarano
was a fanatical frenzy based 100% on mischaracterization.
Want to see how it unfolded from the 1st Tweet?
Maybe people will listen now.
#FIXTwitter
TIMELINE LINK
@Disney
@elonmusk
#BullhornLady
on the battering ram does surprise me. But it still looks like improv riot insurrectionary "resistance tactics" w makeshift weaponry, as observed all year.
Note: My video of
#BullhornLady
was never authorized for release to any media entity & is under copyright
3/3 …Nex’s father took a plea deal. And the then-11 year old did not have to testify. Before the story was co-opted by a runaway narrative, ‘Bikers Against Child Abuse’ was named as a beneficiary for donations at Nex’s funeral. The bikers escorted the funeral procession from the
If Left, this effects us. All. of. Us. We can't let the concerns of the right be misrepresented.
#WalkAway
was a campaign 500k strong to leave the Dem party. They've been purged from FB for being among the populous at the Capitol: The very authoritarianism they were protesting
Today Facebook took down the
#WalkAway
Campaign, and with it, the hundreds of thousands of videos & written stories of real people leaving the left. They banned me, my employees & volunteers.
We are moving to
Plz sign up & join
#WalkAway
Campaign group
People are not always exactly as you have been told. From the New Years Eve discussion between a BLM organizer and a Proud Boys leader who became friends last summer: Jacarri recalls starting dialogue with Thad and his group when they attended a social justice rally in Utah.
Disagree. Strongly. Censorship is not who we are. Just limit his tweets to 7 characters so he sounds even more like a crazy person.
Time to go outside the box people!
#notbusinessasusual
Gina Carano trending under
#WeLoveGinaCarano
@Disney
had 2 years to figure out she was mischaracterized by an online hate mob- the mouse still owes a retraction.
Step by step, investigation how malicious accounts targeted her:
@dave_filoni
@RickFamuyiwa
For the space.
Malicious twitter mobs succeed as
1. Attackers may block the user they target
2. Defense / the respondent goes unseen in a silo
The campaign vs
@ginacarano
is an example, documented here:
What can be done?
@elonmusk
@robinw
@yoyoel
I used to believe this. Respectfully
@tzimmer_history
, It's a misdiagnosis. And one that will severely hurt the Left politically. Populism is not Fascism. If the right pitches a less exclusionary tent, & we the left rely on political fan-fiction that they're all racist- we lose.
.
@tzimmer_history
: "There's always been a significant faction that has just not been on board with the idea of America becoming a multi-racial, pluralistic democracy, and that has always been willing to embrace violence..."
More from
@TheReidOut
:
Chaotic moments before shooting. I'm filming here along side the Antifa Black Bloc after they retreat .8 miles, only coming within 1 block of the Capitol. PB marched across town to them. At :43 they go into an all out charge pursuing some into an alley and down by the bus depot -
The words ‘Andy Ngo’ were used on me as as slur. ‘You fuckin Andy Ngo.’
3 times. By friends. All of us Dems. One Asian.
Cuz I love this journalism thing, & can’t help but question cult-like symptoms of the politically unhinged, guess I’m buyin this book.
#DoYourOwnResearch
All I witnessed today was concocted by the media.
@latimes
ran a salacious headline. The counter protest had a 1 in 8 hit rate. Seven of the people they attacked were random bozos like this guy. There was actually one (not this guy) white supremacist. I’m tired. It’s all a lie.
Serious question for
@misstessowen
@LauraJedeed
@andybcampbell
Do you feel (excluding a noisome Alex Stein ambush) the level of tolerance the Right shows to snarky Lefty journalists, surpasses what the far left is capable of- even toward a Lefty documenting in a Leftist space?
To be clear: Antifa “press” WAS there. Do not underestimate the role cherrypicked clips can play to distort a narrative, when launched by influencer keyboard warriors in an echo chamber w MSM.
Anarchists are different & can cross pollinate.
Their TACTIS were certainly there..
@mollyhf
Molly.
@washingtonpost
Sincere question. Why lead w superficial wounds, when the dosage of Benadryl alone was fatal? And the self cutting = Key. Nex was hospitalized for that in 2019- & then disclosed sex abuse by the father, James, to Arkansas authorities (you reported he's in
Update: Nex Benedict was a survivor of child abuse- Locals contacted me early on & I connected w some family about this difficult part of the story. Part 4- Personally, I have a friend who was sexually molested by her father as a child. She has a family now. Owns her own
“Journalistically,” that’s not our call as reporters to make. We have a duty to report the news without fear or favor, and on time. Not gate-keep by our own political proclivities.
Streets are getting crazier. Man with machete in Honolulu appears to be intentionally hit by an SUV. The sequence of events has not been confirmed- I edit the video in the order of phone time stamps from an anonymous source. 🔊
We may not agree with the tweet, the post, or the parley, but I’ll join the Voltarian fight to defend to the XXXXX the right to say it.
#censorship
#TwitterCensorship
#Facebook
Haven't heard a single elected Democrat express the slightest degree of apprehension about the most extreme oligarchic censorship purge in modern history
BREAKING: Maui’s mayor did not know on August 8th 6:03 PM that Lahaina was engulfed… newscast interview from that evening shows.
Evacuees were already in the ocean by 5:30pm.
Still looking. Another day in DC trying to find out if any guns made it in the Capitol or on Capitol grounds (send pics)! MPD now says 6 gun arrests but hasn’t clarified how many were away from the Capitol area from the march. 3 other photojournalists say they didn’t see guns.
Only 1/10 of arrestees had hard right affiliations aka Proud Boys, 3 per centers or Oathkeepers.
We’re dealing with symmetrical populist uprising on both sides of the political spectrum imo.
We should start dealing in reality over asserting political bias sooner than later.
6/ “The Capitol riot revealed a new force in American politics,” Pape and Ruby write. “Preventing further violence from this movement will require a deeper understanding of its activities and participants.”
Question to
@honolulupolice
.
Officer Cho: “You got 2 seconds.” Man appears to comply & walk away. Officer then arrests him from behind, escalating the situation…
Is this protocol ?
Post 1 of 4
#HPD
I was one of the only Journalists to cast a livestream from IN the Capitol of J6 rioting. I plan to release a full doc in 2022. Disputing retransmission rights now w major media. An account which stole video from me 2x before is circulating this still to harass me. Here. Have it.
Info on Nex’s father’s initial arrest and bail release below. Apparently WaPo reported in late February that the father was convicted of abuse but perhaps did not make the connection. Their reporter has been staying on the case with this story.
@KarenFOrlando
Nex’s father pled out for rape of a minor under <14. Hughes got a 5 year plea deal & his kid did not have to testify. He was arrested on a parole violation earlier this year and is in an Arkansas prison. Wow, surprising that the Washington Post eluded to it in February. Yet also
Found. Relatives rejoice hearing the news 15 year old Mikella Debina escaped her captor in Hilo. Hawaii PD man the crime scene of the abduction -Kona side of the Big Island, as the search for the suspect is underway…
@KITV4
@RMaioris
@ucdavis
@Chancellor_May
@Renetta_Tull
Here they go after another camera person. Local CBS crew. I was a UC student once. What changed
@Chancellor_May
? “Aren’t it the fascists that shut down the Press?” I ask. No answer. How is it Leftist students have become so authoritarian?