You silly. You really think he's gonna out any of his fellow bagpipe buddies?
Posted on 06/05/2020 5:34:32 PM PDT by EBH
The FBI on Friday arrested two out-of-state men, accusing them of bringing weapons and flammable materials to Saturday’s protest in Downtown Cleveland.
According to the Bureau’s Cleveland office, agents arrested Brandon Long and Devon Poland in Erie, Pennsylvania Friday morning. The pair were stopped Downtown on the night of the protests by Cleveland police officers after the curfew was put in place.
Their car was searched and police found a legally owned handgun, bullets, liquid fire starter, a hammer and a bottle of alcohol that officers believed was stolen during the looting that night.
The arrest warrant was partly based on the Facebook messages obtained after the FBI later got a search warrant for Long and Poland’s phones.
“None of the messages exchanged between Mr. Poland and Mr. Long mentioned how their travel to Cleveland was to memorialize and honor the memory of George Floyd,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith. “The sole aim was to fan the literal flames of rioters because, and I quote from their messages, ‘It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing.’”
The pair is charged with transporting a weapon to use in civil disorder, conspiring to set a fire as part of a felony and using a telecommunications device to plan or assist a riot.
It’s not clear why they were not arrested on Saturday night for breaking curfew. There are no charges filed against them in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, according to the online docket. Cleveland police have not responded to ideastream’s request for information.
According to the affidavit, Long and Poland did not appear to be involved in planning any violence, the decision to come to Cleveland was last minute:
a. At approximately 5:17 p.m., ALTHOF LONG messaged POLAND asking, in sum and substance “Wanna go to Pittsburgh and watch the riots;”
b. At approximately 5:19 p.m., POLAND replied, in sum and substance, “Is there actually riots? IK (I know) philly is wilding;”
c. At approximately 5:20 p.m., ALTHOF LONG messaged POLAND, in sum and substance, “They lit it on fire lmao (laugh my a** off);”
d. At approximately 5:24 p.m. POLAND responded, in sum and substance, “I wanna s**t kinda but my future wife needs me;”
e. At approximately 5:25 p.m., ALTHOF LONG responded, in sum and substance, “This is a once in a life time thing you can witness and maybe participate in;”
f. At approximately 5:25 p.m., ALTHOF LONG posted to POLAND, in sum and substance “Or tell her you gotta go overthrow the govt first;”
g. At approximately 6:10 p.m. and 6:11 p.m., ALTHOF LONG wrote to POLAND, in sum and substance, “Unless things change. Cleveland seems like a better spot to riot watch. Police shooting teargas and flash bangs, Pittsburgh hasn’t had much of that;”
h. At approximately 7:09 p.m. ALTHOF LONG messages POLAND about buying supplies for their travel to Clevleand, he asked if POLAND wanted goggles, POLAND replied “Yes,” and also asked for “a bandana” and a “backpack;”
i. At approximately 7:10 p.m. POLAND messaged ALTHOF LONG asking, in sum and substance, “Should we bring Molotov supplies?”
j. At approximately 7:17 p.m. ALTHOF LONG responded, in sum and substance, "Sadly enough I think I have everything needed for a Molotov in my car. Like normally;”
k. At approximately 7:48 p.m. and 7:49 p.m. POLAND wrote ALTHOF LONG stating, in sum and substance, “Pittsburgh is s**t down,” and “The city is blocked shut bro;”
l. At approximately 7:50 p.m. and 7:56 p.m. ALTHOF LONG responded, stating, in sum and substance, “Cleveland is more lit anyway,” and “And if not Pittsburgh then we can hit Cleveland OH.”
According to FBI Agent Smith, there is no evidence that Long or Poland started any of Saturday’s fires in Downtown Cleveland.
The investigation is ongoing and the FBI has several more ongoing investigations into Saturday’s protest, Smith said.
The City of Cleveland’s anti-terrorism unit was involved in the investigation, said Cleveland Chief of Police Calvin Williams and Mayor Frank Jackson, who were part of the FBI’s press conference Friday.
“The work is just starting,” said Williams. “There’s still a lot of folks out there that came here with the intent to tear down our city. We’re not going to let that happen.”
The city arrested five people early Friday morning attempting to break into Progressive Field, Williams said. The group, who are from outside Cuyahoga County, had fire starters, extinguishers and were carrying protest signs, he said.
So many dumb people out and out putting their riot plans on social media. Anyone else starting to think “set up.”?
Thought AG Barr was going to reveal politicians supporting Antifa and their leadership
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Do a little research on Bill Ayers, Burn Down America.
You silly. You really think he's gonna out any of his fellow bagpipe buddies?
And THAT is why President Trump currently has a 40% approval rate with Black Americans— because fat white liberal soy boys are burning down their homes and businesses with the blessing of the Democrat party.
https://twitter.com/Jali_Cat/status/1268973317974786048
Yep, ANTIFA is racist AF and they should be run out on any protests
It’s not clear why they were not arrested on Saturday night for breaking curfew.
Violating curfew is not a federal charge. The Cleveland DA would just release them the next day.
So many dumb people out and out putting their riot plans on social media. Anyone else starting to think “set up.”?
Most of us became aware of Antifa for their brazen attacks on campuses and chasing candidate Trump and his supporters out here in California.
Then. they brazenly conservatives trying speak at UC Berkeley, and the local cops and state cops did nothing.
So they have had free reign in many areas, and they never had to worry being monitored when they planned to bring violence into cities and on campuses.
Obama’s left over FBI, DOJ and other thugs in federal law enforcement turned blind eyes to their violence for about 3 years.
Those days are about over.
Barr has all of the right enemies on FR pretending to be conservatives.
So many dumb people out and out putting their riot plans on social media.
It’s not just rioters..... the FBI does it also. Page - Strozk?
Some people are incapable of doing even simple things without texting it to a friend or posting it on Facebook.
Are you kidding me? Front line troops?
Good grief, what ugly losers.
“Should we bring Molotov supplies?”
Oh, who doesn’t ask their friends that every morning.
And maybe if it’s not in your car, AAA can deliver it.
“Anyone else starting to think “set up.”?”
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Not me. For a very long time, these folks have believed they are correct and just about all they view and others are simply not capable to understand their viewpoints.
Then under Obama it became okay to ridicule and assault. Remember, there were folks who resigned from the DOJ because they were told no black on white crimes would be processed? So those folks doing the crimes learned over time they were untouchable.
And they were correct, under Obama. Now, because they are truly insanely angry about 2016’s election they simply cannot be rational thinkers. It’s all out in the open for them.
The Telecommunication Industry is between a rock and a hard spot. They rely on government funds for a lot of their services to the lower income and then there’s their private belief that the left is correct.
No, it’s just a ‘now or never,’ thing with them.
May the Lord help us, as we get closer to November.
I don’t think we’ve seen anything, yet.
You're behind the times. That was decided after the first night.
You’ve got to get the low-level troublemakers first, then get them to roll over on the next level up, and so on.
If you think you can just snap your fingers and this whole conspiracy will be revealed ... well, it’s easy to solve the world’s problems sitting at a keyboard with a cold beverage at hand, just as I am now.
AG Barr has a tough job and I don’t believe Trump is keeping him on just for his bagpipe playing.
[[[because fat white liberal soy boys are burning down their homes and businesses with the blessing of the Democrat party.]]]
Yes. The true racists.
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