The Commonwealth of Virginia's after action report has been made public. There are some interesting bits. Here's a link and a thread. https://pshs.virginia.gov/commissions-task-forces-and-working-groups/task-force-on-public-safety-preparedness-and-response-to-civil-unrest/ …
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This report references multiple times the presence of "serial participants" who attend rallies nationwide. This seems to indicate that investigative powers are primarily focused on this pattern of behavior.
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Specifically, this bit is noteworthy. The FBI had five "individuals of significant interest."pic.twitter.com/cgOKgQlajm
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The report specifically mentions the ProPublica piece about RAM by
@ACInvestigates:pic.twitter.com/qsOVKf4x8r
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Much of this report is basically, "hey, literally everyone but us knew who the violent offenders would be."pic.twitter.com/FWiIVttYEF
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Ultimately, the bulk of this report is more or less coincidental with the analysis from the Heaphy report: poor command and control structure, unclear or conflicting plans, no communications interop, etc.
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I'm curious to where they draw the line between "serial nationwide attendees" and "all of this fucking shit keeps happening in the southeast and Appalachia"
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This is the most troubling part of the report. What happened in 2014? BLM.pic.twitter.com/mwXpV6NzN7
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Oh, boo hoo. "Widespread criticism" of militarized police "further complicates" the militarized police's ability to further militarize their police response to us.
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