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Rochester Antifa member pleads guilty for posting IED recipe and inciting riots ( New York )
The Post Millennial ^ | Jun 26, 2021 | Andy Ngo and Mia Cathell

Posted on 06/28/2021 7:41:30 AM PDT by george76

An upstate New York antifa member has pleaded guilty in federal court for posting an online homemade explosive recipe to social media and instructing fellow comrades to make firebombs to harm law enforcement.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York charged 27-year-old Ryan Howe, of Rochester, in October 2020 with using a facility of interstate and foreign commerce to incite, promote, and encourage a riot. Howe—who uses the pronouns "they/them" and "she/her"—is also known as "Rylea Autumn."

This week Howe pled guilty to civil disorder, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Howe's sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 4. Howe, an admitted Antifa militant and communist, repeatedly called for violence and arson attacks during Black Lives Matter-Antifa rioting last year.

Howe was among nine arrested on Sept. 2, 2020, by Rochester Police at an Antifa protest outside the Public Safety Building. Several dozen had gathered to protest the death of Daniel Prude, a black man who died in police custody. The criminal complaint filed by an FBI special agent said that Howe shook the metal barricade protecting the police station and screamed to agitate the crowd to commit violence.

According to court records, Howe wrapped themselves around a street sign to resist arrest and kicked police officers to avoid being handcuffed.

According to the criminal complaint, Howe wrote a number of extremist posts throughout September 2020 that caught the attention of law enforcement.

On Sept. 8, 2020, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office alerted federal investigators to Howe's profile on Facebook, which showed Howe had espoused extreme Antifa beliefs. Howe's profile picture last year depicted them dressed in black bloc with the accompanying text, "Antifascist Action."

Howe's biography on Facebook read at the time: "Genderqueer, Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist, Anarcho-communist." Howe's public Twitter account is filled with posts identifying with Antifa and expressing support for communism. Howe's other social media posts show an immense involvement in far-left activism organized in the Rochester-area. Howe was also arrested in July 2020 at another protest.

The federal complaint cited that on Sept. 23, 2020, Howe wrote on Facebook, "Burn this sh— to the f—ng ground," in response to news that the Kentucky officer involved in Breonna Taylor's death was charged with three counts of felony wanton endangerment, rather than murder. A day later, Howe shared an online recipe on how to make a homemade Molotov cocktail and guidance on how to hurl one of the flammable objects at law enforcement officers, the complaint alleged.

Howe later posted on the same day: "Good morning to everyone ready to burn this whole f—ing country to the ground!"

The affidavit said that Howe admitted to writing the posts in an interview with an FBI agent. Howe said they obtained the online Molotov cocktail recipe from an anarchist book they had found.

Howe has since urged "mayosapians," a derogatory term for white people, to send slavery reparations on Juneteenth to black Americans and then "get the f— out." Howe uploaded an image of the "TransAnarchism" flag in honor of Pride Month.

Howe posted an image of the "TransAnarchism" flag to commemorate Pride Month .

The FBI conducted the investigation alongside the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and the Rochester Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett A. Harvey. The case was one of the few known federal prosecutions since violent Black Lives Matter riots began in the aftermath of George Floyd's death last May that state the suspect's explicit ties to Antifa.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: actofperfidy; anarchocommunist; antifa; antifaviolence; blacklivesmatter; blmroc; blmrochester; bombthreat; danielprude; dncbrownshirts; domesticterrorist; electionviolence; genderdysphoria; homofascist; homosexualagenda; insurrection; militantleft; monroecounty; newyork; nothingtoseehere; rochester; rochesterantifa; ryanhowe; stalinisttactics; transterrorism
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1 posted on 06/28/2021 7:41:30 AM PDT by george76
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Just what was in the IED recipe? Asking for a friend.

Please don't post any material on explosives or inflammatory materials. It was a joke.

2 posted on 06/28/2021 7:44:29 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Remember the good ol days when we worried about being bombed by the Russian President but not ours?)
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He’s a lefty. He’ll be let off with a slap on the wrist, time served, an apology from the police and an undisclosed settlement from the city.


3 posted on 06/28/2021 7:45:58 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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Ryan Howe = white supremacist


4 posted on 06/28/2021 7:47:26 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: BipolarBob
Just what was in the IED recipe? Asking for a friend.

A bag of queer feces, with a stick of dynamite in it.

5 posted on 06/28/2021 7:47:36 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: george76

This twerp is in dire need of a spanking and Mental Illness treatment. “Howe’s biography on Facebook read at the time: “Genderqueer, Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist, Anarcho-communist.”


6 posted on 06/28/2021 7:48:37 AM PDT by Shady (Prince Andrew must be dethroned...And who killed Ashli Babbitt? )
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Howe’s sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 4.

Why does he get over 3 months for his sentencing?

Hmmmmm.....so folks forget about him and he gets probation and $100 fine.

He should have been walked out of the courtroom, onto a bus and driven straight to Attica.


7 posted on 06/28/2021 7:50:26 AM PDT by qaz123
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He’s very clearly a man, albeit one who dresses and gestures like a pink haired, teenage girl. Lock Him Up!!


8 posted on 06/28/2021 7:50:38 AM PDT by lee martell
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Howe—who uses the pronouns “they/them” and “she/her”—is also known as “Rylea Autumn.
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Obviously a severely mentally ill individual who should be involuntarily committed for everyone’s safety.


9 posted on 06/28/2021 7:52:31 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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I typed my original comment before I saw his picture.

Holy Moly....I’m betting he’d like maximum security. But, he’ll sue to be in a women’s prison, if that isn’t already possible in NY, and win.

I, however, would like to see him in a men’s prison, where he will become a human toilet.


10 posted on 06/28/2021 7:53:18 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: george76
From another source ...
I think that's called "butt ugly."
11 posted on 06/28/2021 7:53:40 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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**for posting an online homemade explosive recipe ***

Isn’t the Anarchist Cookbook still in print?


12 posted on 06/28/2021 8:11:03 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: george76

A mentally ill “T” alphabet person, what a surprise. Throw it into men’s “pound it in the ass” prison. Should be heaven for it.


13 posted on 06/28/2021 8:19:52 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: BipolarBob

Mostly peaceful IED


14 posted on 06/28/2021 8:20:52 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Why is he not in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT with Trump supporters????
HOW LONG are WORTHLESS CONGRESSIONAL members going to allow people to be in solitary NUST BECAUSE they supported Trump??
Congressional REPUBLICANS deserve solitary themselves for DOING ZERO!!


15 posted on 06/28/2021 8:21:01 AM PDT by doc maverick
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To: BipolarBob

Instructions:

1) Any combination of a Taco Bell menu.
2) Wait half an hour.
3) Have someone pull your finger.

That guy will likely get time served.


16 posted on 06/28/2021 8:34:23 AM PDT by bgill
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To: george76

Bet he’s from a very wealthy, left leaning family....


17 posted on 06/28/2021 8:37:26 AM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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To: george76
maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Howe's sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 4. Howe, an admitted Antifa militant and communist, repeatedly called for violence and arson attacks during Black Lives Matter-Antifa rioting last year.

Let's see if Soros bought off the judge here.

18 posted on 06/28/2021 8:40:34 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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Mostly peaceful.

DOJ and FBI won’t investigate funding sources etc.


19 posted on 06/28/2021 10:13:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: george76

Bkmk


20 posted on 06/28/2021 1:07:43 PM PDT by sauropod (The smartphone is the retina of the mind's eye.)
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