Two Men Were Charged With Planning An Attack On Democrats To Spark A "Movement" After Trump Lost

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/california-men-charged-plot-attack-democrats

Two California men who authorities say amassed an arsenal of guns and pipe bombs were indicted Thursday over alleged plans to attack targets associated with Democrats.

Ian Benjamin Rogers, 45, of Napa, and Jarrod Copeland, 37, of Vallejo, were charged in federal court with conspiracy to destroy the Democratic headquarters in Sacramento with incendiary devices. Their targets allegedly also included the governor’s mansion and the San Francisco offices of Twitter and Facebook.

The men started planning attacks after former president Donald Trump’s lost the 2020 election by reaching out to an anti-government militia for help, investigators say in an indictment unsealed Thursday. Authorities believe both men are connected to the Three Percenters, a far-right militant group, whose members were involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

According to a detention memo for Copeland, the men also reached out for help from the Proud Boys, the violent neo-fascist group also with several members charged in the Capitol attack.

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[Johnny2X2X]

1. Start treating these groups like the terrorists they are

the 3 percenters are a much greater threat than ISIS, membership should be grounds for indefinite detention. It's like we're waiting for them to do something massive and horrible. If there was an ISIS cell in the US involved in half as many attacks and planned attacks as the 3 percenters have been involved in, every single member would be hunted down. Those providing support to them would be hunted down.

Start treating them like the grave threat they are.

[joetheman]

2. I'm fed up!! It's time to begin charging these people and enforcing the maximum sentences for

sedition, insurrection, terrorism against the US. Until there is punishment for these crimes and attempted crimes they will continue and respect for democracy and the law will be a laughing matter.

[eissa]

3. Why was this fool roaming among free?

He was in jail as recently as June for possession of weapons and pipe bombs, and making online threats:

https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napa-business-owner-pleads-not-guilty-to-weapons-charges-bail-lowered-to-1-5m/article_bf53cade-10ba-5c55-b189-be71ac484986.html

[Runningdawg]

4. Just 2?

Come on down to OK where *one* of our largest chruches is still bragging they took 3 bus loads to the insurection. I bet the feds could fill at least one bus of their own.