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Revealed: TRAINING CAMP Where Radical Left-wing “Protesters” plot to “DISRUPT”
Geller Report ^ | 1/19/17 | Pamela Geller

Posted on 01/19/2017 10:04:49 AM PST by markomalley

Make no mistake, the left is preparing for war. Be ready. The party of treason, the Democrats, are inciting their legions of goose-stepping brownshirts to take down freedom. Make no mistake. Gird your loins.

At Activist Training Camp, Protesters Prep To Disrupt Inauguration

Six days before Donald Trump takes his oath of office, a group of activists met to plan how they’ll voice their opposition

Vocativ, January 19, 2017:

Six days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, dozens of people — from college students to gray-haired hippies — gathered in a classroom at American University in Washington D.C. to listen a lawyer offer tips on how to handle getting arrested.

A woman in her late 30s raised her hand. She was worried that, since she’s a teacher, an arrest could get her fired and maybe hurt her chances at landing another job.

“We’ve had teachers get arrested,” the lawyer said. “It’s not the end of the world.” That’s likely reassuring, since for many of those in attendance, the kind of disruption that could end in arrest is the goal.

The morning’s legal training session was one of several classes offered by a group of anti-Trump activists calling themselves DisruptJ20 — “J20” standing for January 20. The event was a training camp of sorts for protesters aiming to “shut down” the nation’s capitol during president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday.

The intentions of those gathered made the university hosting the event eager to keep the activists at arm’s length — American made it very clear that it is not affiliated with DisruptJ20, and those who attended the seminar were asked to sign a waiver alleviating the university of any potential legal action that might stem from hosting a conference where people are essentially trained to break the law.

“American University is concerned that aspects of this program involve training participants to take actions at the inauguration that could potentially put them in harm’s way and disobey the law,” said Kelly Alexander, an American University spokeswoman.

Judging the day’s agenda and the interests of its participants, her concerns — that laws may be “disobeyed” — seem well-founded.

“We’re bringing widespread civil resistance to the streets of Washington DC through protests, direct actions, and even parties,” said Legba Carrefour, a DisruptJ20 organizer who has been involved in what he calls “radical activism” for about 20 years. In a previous interview, Carrefour told Vocativ, “We’re not just organizing some boring-ass march — we want direct action.”

DisruptJ20 is not a single entity; it serves as an umbrella organization aimed at helping other groups and individuals organize against Trump. So far, at least 91 different groups have signed on to be a part of DisruptJ20, including several anarchist groups and anti-fascist organizations across the country.

At 9:30 a.m. that Saturday, around 100 men and women gathered in the lobby of the university’s School for International Studies building, signed a legal waiver and dispersed to various classes across the campus. They trickled back there for lunch, where “vegan potatoes” were served, and some of the older participants shared stories of actions and arrests at protests decades ago, seeming to impress some of the younger attendees.

Alongside the legal class, sessions looked at the effectiveness of road blockades, bystander intervention, how to deal with police if/when protesters are arrested, and “direct action training.” When asked how they define that last term, an organizer pointed us to a Wikipedia page, where it’s described as a protest method that “can include nonviolent and less often violent activities which target persons, groups, or property deemed offensive to the direct action participants.” (The definition on the DisruptJ20 website is a little milder — it doesn’t mention “violent activities.”) Nothing violent was suggested or planned in the sessions Vocativ attended, but nor was it explicitly disavowed.

In a another classroom, dozens of activists sat in on a seminar by blockade expert L.A. Kauffman about the effectiveness of past actions in D.C., like the May Day blockade in 1971 protesting the war in Vietnam.

Of that protest, Kauffman said that the organizers chose blockades because they “wanted it to be non-violent but they wanted it to have an edge to it.” Approximately 12,000 people were arrested that day in 1971.

“Have your affinity groups, and pick your targets,” Kauffman advised.

The morning’s legal seminar took activists through the booking process in D.C. and offered advice on what to do if someone were to end up in police custody. Tips included carrying at least $100 in cash, having enough essential medications in their original bottles to last three days, creating password-protection for phones to protect against searches, and writing the phone number to DisruptJ20’s legal resource center on your arm.

The attorney leading the seminar assured the activists that the D.C. police have a lot of experience dealing with protests and generally do good work. When confronted by police, the attorney offered a list of dos and don’ts — the “do” list included keeping your hands in plain view and videotaping the interaction with law enforcement. The don’ts include touching an officer and doing anything to escalate the situation like yelling or using profanity.

Several people in the seminar gave tips on how to continue to be disruptive even after an arrest. In previous cases of mass-arrest, activists have given authorities fake names, like the names of people detained at the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison facility, or all give the same name — for example, those arrested could each say “I am Troy Davis,” a Georgia man whose controversial execution in 2011 sparked significant protest.
MoreTrump Spurned By Dozens In Congress Not Attending Inauguration

On Friday January 20, hundreds of thousands of people will gather in D.C. to see Trump sworn into office, along with Congress (minus the several dozen who are boycotting), past presidents, and various other high-profile guests.

First thing that morning, activists will gather at the DisruptJ20 “staging area” at McPherson Square, just north of the Capitol Mall, where Trump will take the oath of office at noon. The activists have planned marches, permitted protests, and other unpermitted protests, including a 10 a.m. “anticapitalist march” on Logan Circle.

“Colorful disruptions will occur right at the Inaugural Parade Route,” DisruptJ20 organizer Lacy MaCauley said. DisruptJ20 organizers, she said, “have identified twelve checkpoints that participants will have to pass through in order to attend the inaugural festivities.” At each checkpoint there will be “issue-specific protest(s)” on issues ranging from racial justice and immigrant rights, to climate politics and drug policy.

The group also plans to create early morning blockades on the highways in D.C. with the hopes of causing as much chaos as possible.

Given the influx of people to the capital, there will be a significant increase in law enforcement presence. In addition to the Secret Service, the D.C. metro police, and other local law enforcement agencies, an additional 5,000 National Guard troops will be deployed to the city to keep the peace and disrupt the disruptors. Other law enforcement agencies, from as far away as Texas also have been dispatched to lend a hand.

It’s not just the cops who are keeping their eyes on DisruptJ20.

About 48 hours after DisruptJ20’s Saturday training camp, James O’Keefe, a far-right-wing journalist who uses hidden cameras to ‘expose’ left-wing groups (often with heavily edited and misleading footage), posted a video on Twitter claiming to show DisruptJ20 activists discussing their plans to detonate stink bombs at inaugural balls and other Trump events.

“Yeah, if you had… a pint of butyric acid, I don’t care how big the building is, it’s closing,” a man who O’Keefe identifies as Luke Kuhn, a leader in the D.C. chapter of the Anti-fascist Coalition, is heard saying in the video. Another activist, who O’Keefe identified as Scott Green, added, “and this stuff is very efficient — it’s very, very smelly, lasts a long time and a little of it goes a long way.”

DisruptJ20 organizers claim they knew the person recording the video was working against them and that the stink bomb story was a “false flag.”

“False plans were discussed with [O’Keefe plant] Tyler,” DisruptJ20’s Lacy MaCauley said in an email. “They spoke of false plans in order to protect themselves, and did not discuss any real intentions.” She went on to call O’Keefe’s actions “laughable.”

In another secretly recorded video released by O’Keefe, activists associated with DisruptJ20 are seen talking about “throat punching” neo-Nazis if they get “very loud with their views.”

If the things in O’Keefe’s videos were a ruse, the organizers are still worried about right-wing opposition to their Saturday plans. After getting prior permission to attend from the event’s press team, this reporter was removed from a session on Saturday and asked to leave.
MoreHistorically Black College Crowdfunds For Inauguration Performance

DisruptJ20 organizers hope that their massive mobilization of protesters will set a tone of resistance for Trump’s presidency — one where people don’t simply stand by as he implements the policies he pushed on the campaign trail, many of which are controversial or borderline unconstitutional.

“In my 20 years of doing radical activism I’ve never seen an uprise, or a social unrest like I have with this,” Carrefour said. “And for good reason.”



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1 posted on 01/19/2017 10:04:49 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Well look at that, they have a training camp just like ISIS, yet its here in America..just NUKE THEM..seriously, so sick of these vermin walking among us


2 posted on 01/19/2017 10:11:24 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: markomalley

Awww, more tolerance from the left.


3 posted on 01/19/2017 10:13:45 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: markomalley

Flame throwers works wonders on such protestors. They can feel the Heat before it is applied to their stupidity.


4 posted on 01/19/2017 10:17:46 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
1.8-Million "Bikers For Trump" may have a few nasty surprises in store for these asocial neanderthals. This is going to be so much fun to watch!

Buy stock in popcorn, it'll be a real hot seller for the next 8 years.

LMAO!!!

5 posted on 01/19/2017 10:27:23 AM PST by Gargantua ("President Trump... until the final Trump sounds..." ;^)
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To: markomalley

Round em up, deport em to Cuba.


6 posted on 01/19/2017 10:31:57 AM PST by exnavy (God save the republic.)
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To: markomalley

A training camp?

Well I hope they train these ‘swipes on how to breathe after being gassed, how to protect against rubber bullets, how to passively resist arrest, who to call for bail money and how to run like hell when the Wall of Meat is beating their asses and so on.


7 posted on 01/19/2017 10:39:35 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: markomalley
writing the phone number to DisruptJ20’s legal resource center

Anyone have that number?

8 posted on 01/19/2017 10:41:46 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: markomalley

One of the bigger things that DisruptJ20 is worried about, is just how much video O’Keeffe has, and how many of their people can be identified from them, to a Trump-controlled DOJ.


9 posted on 01/19/2017 10:49:18 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: markomalley
About 48 hours after DisruptJ20’s Saturday training camp, James O’Keefe, a far-right-wing journalist who uses hidden cameras to ‘expose’ left-wing groups (often with heavily edited and misleading footage), posted a video on Twitter claiming to show DisruptJ20 activists discussing their plans

Heavily edited and misleading footage? You mean like when they edit out restroom breaks?

10 posted on 01/19/2017 10:50:20 AM PST by FreedomOfExpression
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To: markomalley
Two things driving this panic on the Left:

A very deep, irrational fear of being totally out of power and,
Look at me! Look at me!! Look at me!!!

11 posted on 01/19/2017 10:54:12 AM PST by glennaro
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To: markomalley

This time its going to be different.
They won’t have Obama and his DOJ to protect them.


12 posted on 01/19/2017 10:57:48 AM PST by Zathras
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To: markomalley
She was worried that, since she’s a teacher, an arrest could get her fired

I would fire her for being at this class, or a protest, when she should be at work. Getting arrested would have nothing to do with it...

But that's just me.

13 posted on 01/19/2017 11:13:15 AM PST by wbill
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To: markomalley

How many of Trumps’ SS and private security were in attendance and taking notes?


14 posted on 01/19/2017 11:22:17 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: markomalley

Does anybody ever remember Republicans acting like this?


15 posted on 01/19/2017 12:09:31 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (EEe)
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To: markomalley

It’s called “Losers Unite” right?


16 posted on 01/19/2017 12:19:27 PM PST by GOPJ (MSNBC didn't 'get' Trump or his base and damn sure don't get 'Drain the Swamp so STFU about it.)
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To: markomalley

O’Keefe exposed the little rats’ plans, so they’ve had to scrap those plans.
To claim they were just kidding, not really planning to do that ! is what’s “laughable.”


17 posted on 01/19/2017 2:40:30 PM PST by mumblypeg (Chicago called. They want their village idiot back.)
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