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After the FBI warned about far-right attacks, agents arrested a leftist ex-soldier Experts say an unpredictable battle is brewing, fueling threats of violence from opposite fringes of the political spectrum. By Brittany Shammas and Gerrit De Vynck Washington Post February 16, 2021 10:45am Text size Copy shortlink: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Shortly after sunrise on Jan. 15, FBI agents descended with guns dr ....
After the FBI warned about far-right attacks, agents arrested a leftist ex-soldier Brittany Shammas and Gerrit De Vynck, The Washington Post Feb. 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8The apartment building where Daniel Baker was arrested Jan. 15 in Tallahassee. The FBI charged him with using interstate commerce to threaten to injure or kidnap right-wing protesters he thought were planning to attack the Florida Capitol.Photo for The Washington Post by Charlotte KeslShow MoreShow Less 2of8A wall in the apartment that Daniel Baker shared with Eric Champagne bears the mark of a stun grenade that FBI agents used during the raid to arrest Baker on Jan. 15.Photo for The Washington Post by Charlotte KeslShow MoreShow Less ....
“Armed racist mobs have planted the Confederate flag in the nation’s Capitol while announcing their plans to storm every American state Capitol on or around Inauguration Day,” Daniel Baker wrote. “We will fight back.” ....
He Threatened Pelosi. Agents Didn t Wait to See if He Really Meant It. Nicole Hong, New York Times Feb. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Pro-Trump demonstrators attempt to enter the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Photographer: Eric Lee/BloombergEric Lee / Bloomberg A Proud Boys supporter in New York accused of posting violent threats on the social media network Parler. A Colorado man charged with sending a text about “putting a bullet” in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A man near Chicago implicated in a voicemail message about killing Democrats on Inauguration Day. They were all arrested in recent weeks as part of an escalating effort by law enforcement officials across the country to react more quickly to menacing rhetoric in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol breach. ....
- stock.adobe.com Anticipated protests at the Florida Capitol never materialized, but prosecutors say Daniel Baker made credible threats online. A federal magistrate judge did not rule Thursday on whether a Tallahassee man accused of plotting to “violently confront” potential protesters at the Florida Capitol over the weekend will remain in jail until trial. An attorney for Daniel Baker asked for pretrial release. Prosecutors pointed to online posts made by Baker as credible threats, focusing mainly on a Facebook event Baker created issuing a “call to arms” for like-minded people to surround would-be protesters. Law enforcement and local officials had been anticipating protests at the Florida Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration this week, but the protests never materialized. ....