No far right activity at the JC currently. There are perhaps 20 people doing a flag wave on the Gibbs St Pedestrian Bridge. They seem to be a family event at this time: mostly women, a few kids. No weapons. I think best to leave this one alone pending further developments
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Within a few minutes of the man getting on the phone, armed far right activists showed up. I am receiving reports that they have removed BLM signs from the Cottonwood school next to the ICE building. When I drove by, I saw them having a conversation with a DHS officer
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I will now attempt to walk up to the protest. Not excited. Wish me luck
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Between 15 and 20 activists kitty-corner from the ICE building. They were on federal property when I drove by the first time; perhaps they were asked to move away At least 2 AR-15s and a few sidearms in this crowd A woman thinks I took a picture of her car. I didntpic.twitter.com/T8QdsMdqHE
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Having a bit of trouble uploading video, moving to better wifi now. Meanwhile, here's what just happened The fellow who called me a fucking cunt and threatened me last week came over to accuse me of doxxing him
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Then, all the armed protesters came over with a few others to explain that I'm not intimidated by them. Apparently if you don't break down crying, you're not intimidated. It's real interesting They told me for about ten minutes how pro free speech they are
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I ended up leaving when I realized that a) I was relieving their boredom and that b) I was dangerously close to losing my cool. And if we don't have our cool, what do we have? Videos incoming
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