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Activist Jailed for Facebook Posts; FBI Tracks Him as “Black Identity Extremist”

50 pointsby miekabout 7 years ago

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abrown28about 7 years ago
I suspect he got the attention of the FBI by being publicly vocal about his hatred of police but was arrested for having a gun when he was prohibited because of his conviction for domestic assault.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;foreignpolicy.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;01&#x2F;30&#x2F;is-a-court-case-in-texas-the-first-prosecution-of-a-black-identity-extremist&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;foreignpolicy.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;01&#x2F;30&#x2F;is-a-court-case-in-texas...</a>
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postingabout 7 years ago
&gt;Per their statement, Balogon was in leadership roles with Geronimo Tactical, Huey P. Newton Gun Club, and Guerrilla Mainframe. Let’s take a look at these three groups.<p>Geronimo Tactical:<p>&gt;Instagram account, which has almost four thousand followers, is much more straight forward. It simply has a quote from the Communist mass murderer Mao Zedong that says &quot;Political power grows from the barrel of a gun&quot;, a PayPal link, and LOTS of pictures of the group conducting paramilitary training.<p>Huey P. Newton Gun Club (HPNGC):<p>&gt;&quot;In essence we take responsibility for the growth and development for our community which is an element to our nationalist ideals. We understand and know we will not win every person over to our methods and practices, however we accept we must walk this difficult path towards eventual armed struggle.&quot;<p>&gt;&quot;We are servants above anything else and more than militants we employ the revolutionary ideals of nationalism. Nationalism will only organize the talents that we currently possess as a people and aid our function as a nation. The beginning of this tasks is to arm the body and minds of black people in America in which the Huey P. Newton Gun Club intends to be a part of.&quot;<p>&gt;HPNGC faced a lot of scrutiny when it was revealed that Micah Xavier Johnson, who ambushed and killed five police officers during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas in 2016, may have been affiliated with the militant black nationalist group. They have also come under fire for brandishing their weapons and confronting employees at a Dallas gas station.<p>Guerrilla Mainframe:<p>&gt;According to their website, Guerrilla Mainframe is another militia group founded in 2008 in Dallas, Texas. The organizations core foundations are Pan African with teachings from the likes of Kwame Nkrumah and Sekou Toure, both African Marxist political leaders.<p>&gt;We support the abolishment of the U.S. Constitution as a political right, and favor a government based on the needs of the people.<p>&gt;We want all freedom fighters&#x2F;prisoners of war to be freed immediately to rejoin the peoples struggle for revolution.<p>&gt;We demand the redistribution of land, power, and resources be returned to exploited people around the world. We are unified against the evils of capitalism, fascism, and imperialism in all forms.<p>&gt;We believe in Revolution, by this meaning the Total overthrow of the Capitalist System by direct struggle conflict.<p>Some of Balogun&#x27;s social media posts:<p>&gt;On July, 6th 2017, he changed his profile picture to an image of Micah Xavier Johnson in honor of the one year anniversary of the day he ambushed and murdered five Dallas police officers in cold blood. On that same day he said &quot;Comrades and Family tomorrow is #ClaimMicahXDay in memory of a great sacrifice made by a local Dallas Revolutionary! Zalute&quot;<p>&gt;On July, 7th 2017, the one year anniversary of the murders of Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Officer Michael Krol, Sgt. Michael Smith, Officer Brent Thompson, and Officer Patricio &quot;Patrick&quot; Zamarripa; he said &quot;Today one year ago one Black Man brought Dallas Pig Department to their knees. #77”. On that same day he posted pictures of himself as well as pictures of Micah’s dead body with the caption “I’m wearing brown and khaki in solidarity for Micah X #77&quot;.<p>Source for all of the above is <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;farleftwatch.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;01&#x2F;08&#x2F;far-left-militia-leader-rakem-balogun-arrested-by-fbi&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;farleftwatch.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;01&#x2F;08&#x2F;far-left-militia-leader-...</a> which itself provides proper sourcing for these claims.
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ghba66about 7 years ago
&gt;Keighley made no mention of Balogun’s specific actions at the rally, but noted the marchers’ anti-police statements, such as “oink oink bang bang” and “the only good pig is a pig that’s dead”. The agent also mentioned Balogun’s Facebook posts calling a murder suspect in a police officer’s death a “hero” and expressing “solidarity” with the man who killed officers in Texas when he posted: “They deserve what they got.”<p>Yeah he obviously does not know why they were paying attention to him!
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java_scriptabout 7 years ago
He’s misunderstanding what tyranny is. Tyranny isn’t when the police state arrests you for criticizing them. Tyranny is when Peter Sweden or whoever is suspended from Twitter for being racist. (Said in a 2018 Libertarian voice).
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assblasterabout 7 years ago
What is the line between exercise of free speech and incitement of violence?<p>If a white supremacist openly advocates for the murder of Jews and helps organise armed militias, should that person be tracked by the FBI and prosecuted?<p>If a high school student openly advocates for the murder of teachers and flaunts his access to firearms and knives, should that person be tracked by the FBI and prosecuted?
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cruftyoldabout 7 years ago
If you would like to see what the United States will look like in 2024, look at Türkiye in 2018. Watching it all unfold is terrifying. All major countries right now are switching from Republics to single-man rule populists.
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