Someone may have already responded to this. But Tarrio was arrested before the insurrection and ordered by a judge to stay out of DC. Doesn't mean that there weren't other provocateurs. It's quite possible the FBI arranged this so he would have an excuse for not being there in person.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/enrique-tarrio-arrest-release-bail-b1782857.html McCorkle Terence Diamond www.terencediamond.com 646-876-1700 *The sage does not hoard* *The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself.* *The more he gives to others, the more he gets for himself.* *The way of heaven always does one good and never does one harm.* *The way of the sage is to act but do not compete.* - Lao Tze On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 11:52 AM mp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 23/01/2021 21:56, Brian Holmes wrote: > > How did a chaotic, unprepared crowd get through police barriers to > > invade the Capitol? It turns out they were led by determined ex-military > > "Oath Keepers" (an ad hoc militia). By their own count they were "30-40" > > (unconfirmed number). We all saw them on the videos, dressed in > > tactical gear, pushing at the front lines, communicating with > > walkie-talkies, and inciting the crowd to enter and perform "citizens' > > arrests." Now it is clear that they acted in concert on the basis of > > plans made in the days preceding the event. > > "...Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a > past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly > working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012, > according to a former prosecutor and a transcript of a 2014 federal > court proceeding obtained by Reuters...". > > > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-fbi-informant > > "...Law enforcement officials and the court transcript contradict > Tarrio’s denial. In a statement to Reuters, the former federal > prosecutor in Tarrio’s case, Vanessa Singh Johannes, confirmed that “he > cooperated with local and federal law enforcement, to aid in the > prosecution of those running other, separate criminal enterprises, > ranging from running marijuana grow houses in Miami to operating > pharmaceutical fraud schemes.” > > Tarrio, 36, is a high-profile figure who organizes and leads the > rightwing Proud Boys in their confrontations with those they believe to > be antifa, short for “anti-fascism”, an amorphous and often violent > leftist movement. The Proud Boys were involved in the deadly > insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January....". > > FBI had an agent provocateur embedded, leading the line. Sounds familiar. > > .. > .. > . > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
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