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Florida Man Found With Explosive Device Near Rally for 1/6 Riot Suspect, Police Say
Newsweek ^ | 07 January 2022 | JAKE THOMAS

Posted on 01/08/2022 3:29:42 AM PST by blueplum

Authorities in Florida arrested 22-year-old Garrett Smith Thursday morning after finding him with a homemade explosive device at a rally in support of a suspect in the January 6 Capitol riot, police said.

Describing Smith as a "sleeper," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said the incident is particularly worrisome. Detectives said they don't know what Smith intended to do with the explosives. He has no criminal history, there is no intelligence from other agencies and he has no social media...

...He was wearing "all black clothing, a face covering, and carrying a black backpack," according to the sheriff's office...

..Gualtieri said Smith was carrying a handwritten document labeled "direct action checklist" that included black clothing, armor, pepper spray, smoke rockets, flammable rags and other items....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antifa; blackbloc; bombplots; bombs; checklist; directaction; fl; flammablerags; florida; floridaman; garrettjamessmith; garrettsmith; iylm; lawenforcement; nailbombs; nails; pepperspray; pinellascounty; rags; rockets; smokerockets; woodscews; woodscrews
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'direct action checklist' is signature wording for antifa. Marry that with his recent trip to Portland and his black getup and the circumstantial is there.
1 posted on 01/08/2022 3:29:42 AM PST by blueplum
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some how he will be turned into a white supremacist trump supporter to legitimize their jan 6 lie


2 posted on 01/08/2022 3:31:41 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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Florida Man !!

Local news source has pics.

Explosive device found on man arrested during Jan. 6 jailhouse rally against the detention of Jeremy Brown

Does his Mom know he left the basement ? Perhaps the FBI couldn’t find another Ray Epps ?

3 posted on 01/08/2022 3:44:30 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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His handwriting is like that of a second grader.


4 posted on 01/08/2022 3:56:18 AM PST by lilypad
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His “explosives” are of the safe and sane variety or pure crap.

His list included snacks , lol.

5 posted on 01/08/2022 4:03:34 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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Black umbrella. Remember the umbrellas antifa uses? He was inspired by antifa and probably crazy. Any gathering, protest or rally we have is going to be threatened by this kind of crap.


6 posted on 01/08/2022 4:12:48 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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I was going to say fourth grader, but close enough :P


7 posted on 01/08/2022 4:14:32 AM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: blueplum

Antifa, so this news story will disappear fast.


8 posted on 01/08/2022 4:17:32 AM PST by Paperpusher
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An antifa wannabe.


9 posted on 01/08/2022 4:18:33 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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The umbrella in the upper left corner is a dead give away. antifa


10 posted on 01/08/2022 4:29:48 AM PST by Ymani Cricket ( "Pressure Makes Diamonds" ~General Patton)
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Pantifa, no doubt.

His explosives are packed in douche devices, which he had probably, already, used in his man made vagina.

11 posted on 01/08/2022 4:57:28 AM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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An antifa wannabe.

I think he's already pinki sworn in and was one his first mission as a pantifa leftenent. Wish I knew somebody in the jail he's at, I'd have them put the word out that he and his buds watch kiddie porn in mom's basement.

12 posted on 01/08/2022 4:59:20 AM PST by DaBroasta
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He was wearing "all black clothing, a face covering, and carrying a black backpack,"

Haha, no criminal history, no intelligence, no social media, but he dressed like an Antifa undercover operator, lol, oops.

13 posted on 01/08/2022 5:03:08 AM PST by LibWhacker
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You people are missing something. Those people are out there, waiting for the right opportunity. No criminal record but angry. Throw in a muslim terrorist here and there and no one knows what to think.


14 posted on 01/08/2022 5:33:48 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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The one thing that is certain is that Newsweek wouldn’t have printed this story if this guy was aligned with Antifa, or if they could have spun it to hide the fact. These stories are worthless because of lies and distortions that are typical for the media. My first thought is always “I wonder what they’re leaving out?”. The media goal is to persuade, not inform.


15 posted on 01/08/2022 5:38:43 AM PST by Spok
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'direct action checklist' is signature wording for antifa. Marry that with his recent trip to Portland and his black getup and the circumstantial is there.

We have a POTUS who constantly can not control his bowel moments and he is so feelble, weak and disoriented that he is already has Alzheimer's/Dementia symtoms.

This guy comes from the Antifa group and he was planning to bomb the folks that were planning on demonstrations of the Jan 6th, 2021 rally in D.C.

It is so obvious what "Antifa" was doing!

We need to find out the headquarters of Antifa and if is in Portland so be it we will find out.

Antifa and BLM are responsible for a lot of the Riots, Destorying property, Burning personal and businesses down to the ground.

We all want Antifa and BLM investigated by the FBI or it too much for Chris Wray who is the FBI chief.

Enough is enough.

16 posted on 01/08/2022 5:40:10 AM PST by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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“”Those are the ones that are most concerning and the hardest to figure out,” Gualtieri said.”

I think this board has already figured this out.

17 posted on 01/08/2022 5:56:41 AM PST by jeffersondem
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How is it that they caught this guy but they could not catch the guy that left bombs for the democrats and Republicans that was observed on surveillance cameras?


18 posted on 01/08/2022 6:12:38 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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Hahaha... I noticed that, when I was scrolling down I thought it was going to be a meme!!


19 posted on 01/08/2022 6:14:41 AM PST by Sarcazmo
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Looks like it.


20 posted on 01/08/2022 6:22:39 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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