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Posted on 01/08/2022 9:54:30 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
A man in black bloc behaving suspiciously near a right-wing rally outside the Pinellas County Courthouse in Florida on Jan. 6 was apprehended by deputies after he tried fleeing on foot. Garrett James Smith, 22, was arrested and found carrying an active pipe bomb, Antifa propaganda and a written document on what to bring for his direct action. He had recently returned from Portland, Ore.
"He was running fast, he was running away from something," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said at a press conference on Friday.
Smith was purportedly targeting dozens of the attendees of a rally protesting the treatment of Jan. 6 suspects on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot.
A search of Smith's home he shares with his parents in Oldsmar, Fla. revealed more explosives, tape and nails for use in grenades. Smith’s “direct action” checklist included a drawing of an umbrella, a symbol adopted by Antifa militants for their frequent use of black umbrellas to shield one another from cameras while they commit acts of violence or vandalism. The helmet found in his backpack during his arrest had the Antifa “iron front” symbol painted on it.
Sheriff Gualtieri said that Smith is refusing to cooperate in the investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at thepostmillennial.com ...
I’m sure the FBI will get right on this....as soon as they figure out where Portland Oregon is on the planet.
Kamela Harris and the other Dems will be talking about this all day after they send agents to investigate Antifa.
And I will be given free groceries at the supermarket and free fill up of gas today.
More likely: crickets.
There’s an earlier story on this in Newsweek with no mention of the Antifa connection. Which one is true?
Does he live in a ranch and drive a golf cart? 🤪
He is Antifa . . . so he’ll probably be released by now.
You realize we’re running out of people to arrest? Not enough jail cells so they get released. Then what? We shut down the whole country for 2 weeks to avoid a run on emergency rooms-covid. Can’t do it when these whackos have no fear.
These scumbags don’t read the papers or watch anything by CNN so they don’t know we still enforce laws here in Florida and still send ash holes like him to prison.
But...but... Antifa is a reactionary conspiracy theory. Everybody at MSNBC says so.
btt
There is a FR posting at 3:29 am today from Newsweek about this arrest. It’s a very enlightening read and good example of Newsweek’s incredible bias.
Andy Ngo is one of the few reliable reporters left in the country these days
btt
Here’s the link to that account:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4027745/posts
“I’m sure the FBI will get right on this....”
Hahahahahahaha
And remind me again just whom it is, Conservatives/Patriotic
Americans or progressive communist democrats whom believe
violence is a legitimate tool against ones political enemies?
If only the FBI and DoJ could figure this out.
Yeah but they probably had some of those deadly flags at that rally.
Its not like it was as bad as Pearl Harbor or 911 or anything
I’ll search,
Thanks.
But, but, but Antifa is just an idea. How does an idea store explosives at its house?
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