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8/ Billy Ray Collins, Jr., who just got out of prison in March and is on parole for the next three years. He's not supposed to be handling firearms *or* associating with other felons. And yet, he's coming out to an event with both guns and almost nothing but other felons.pic.twitter.com/irAxPOn7c2
9/ And finally, there's "William Biroski," real name Todd Biro, based out of Niagara Falls. He's currently with the White Lives Matter crew, formerly of the Aryan Renaissance Society. For what it's worth, he's a felon, too. Pull up a chair. This one's a doozy.pic.twitter.com/vvMqi5nggS
10/ See, In February 2018, a white college student in Niagara Falls took his Black girlfriend out for a drink. They wandered into Biro's bar, Rust, where Biro and his crew dragged the man outside and jumped him.https://latest.com/2018/05/neo-nazis-hold-down-and-brutally-assault-white-student-for-bringing-his-black-girlfriend-to-bar/ …
11/ One of Biro's crew, Daemon Kraft, was charged in April. After antifascists coordinated a flyer drop informing the community about Biro's ties to hate groups, the bar's liquor license was yanked.https://itsgoingdown.org/niagara-falls-antifascists-drop-fliers-against-neo-nazis-linked-to-racist-attack/ …
12/ And in October, Biro himself was charged with the assault, too. In January, he pled not guilty to the assault.https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/crime/biro-pleads-not-guilty-in-rust-assault-case/article_de67a40c-18d8-11e9-b1c1-2388a567c534.html …
13/ But in December 2018, Jeffrey Richards was arrested by the Joint Terrorism Task Force for possessing homemade explosives. And potentially chemical weapons, too: "After the raid... law enforcement officials involved reported flu-like symptoms."https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/crime/falls-man-facing-bomb-making-drug-charges/article_375190b2-7bf0-11e9-a0b5-6b270e9d20cf.html …
14/ The media's ignored this connection, but Richards is a former employee of rust, and likely a member of Biro's crew. Here's Richards posing with Biro at Rust, Richards advertising the bar on his Facebook page, and interacting with Todd Biro on Facebook.pic.twitter.com/btn84l0RdE
15/ If the cops wanted to stop a meeting of a bunch of felons, some of whom are on parole, others with open assault cases and ties to bomb-making terrorists, they absolutely could. Instead, they're facilitating it, protecting these people and reserving special parking spots.
16/ This is how police collude with white nationalists. On Saturday, note who's carrying weapons. Note if police are checking their weapons permits. Note if they're keeping track of who's on parole, who's got an open case, etc. and not supposed to associating with felons.
17/ The police, by refusing to enforce laws that apply to far-right rallies, are colluding with fascists. We've seen this before, in the warm relationship between Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson and Portland Police Lt. Jeff Niiya.https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2019/02/14/texts-between-portland-police-and-patriot-prayer-ringleader-joey-gibson-show-warm-exchange/ …
18/ Cops won't save us. This is why we organize our own community-based self-defense. Even when there are applicable laws that the police could use to shut down the far-right, they refuse to enforce them.
19/ If you're able to come out to Dayton on Saturday to protest the KKK, please show up. We don't have to be terrorized while white supremacists rally in our streets.
20/ Who protects us?
We protect us.
I'll be putting out a thread tomorrow, ID'ing all the confirmed participants in the rally, and their far-right affiliations.
Follow along if you're interested.
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