Facebook Failed To Respond to Dire Emails Ahead of Capitol Riot

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On Nov. 6, we reached out to Facebook for the final time, bolding one part of the email for emphasis:

This Alamo City Trump Train group has members who are discussing driving to battleground states where votes are being counted, and taking matters into their own hands. They also discussed how many members are also members in a San Antonio Trump Train group.

I have attached screenshots of some of the violent rhetoric we found in Alamo City Trump Train group after Election Day. These are the same people who discussed “blocking” a Biden-Harris bus on a highway last week, something they did, and it was organized on Facebook. The word “block” was their word. I attached a screenshot of their “#OperationBlockTheBus” post.

We also detailed multiple instances of QAnon activity in the group in our story. Does Facebook have a statement to provide about Alamo City Trump Train, Facebook Group #3208800589241453?

Facebook never responded.

Two months later to the day, the Capitol was violently breached and stormed by Trump supporters following a rally on the nearby Ellipse at which Trump repeated baseless claims about the 2020 election being “stolen” and “fraudulent.” The rally coincided with Congress assembling to count the state-certified electoral votes from that election. Lee, who The New York Times reported had organized the bus-blocking incident in Texas, was present with a bullhorn at the riot, which left five dead and 140 police officers injured. Two other law enforcement officers were reported to have committed suicide within days after Jan. 6.

We reached out to Facebook prior to publishing this story, but did not hear back by a specified deadline.

The Alamo City Trump Train Facebook group, with its history of QAnon content, was still online and active.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/02/12/facebook-capitol-riot/

FakeBook is evil

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1. Oh, but I learned on DU that Facebook is totally benign!

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2. Something was bothering me about the Alamo City thing ...

and then I remembered this ...

As Trump visits Alamo, Texas, famed battle is used to 'commemorate whiteness,' historians say

Dated January 12, 2021

The famed Alamo battle was fought more than 200 miles away from where President Donald Trump is expected to give a defiant speech on Tuesday, but historians say that by speaking in Alamo, Texas, Trump is bringing to mind a piece of history that is fraught with racist myths.

Alamo is a small town on the Texas-Mexico border named after the 19th-century mission and fortress in San Antonio where a Texas army was defeated by Mexican troops in 1836. Texans used the defeat at the Alamo as a rallying cry – "Remember the Alamo!" – in their fight for independence from Mexico.

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The White House has billed Trump's visit as a chance to "mark the completion of more than 400 miles of border wall – a promise made, promise kept – and his Administration’s efforts to reform our broken immigration system."

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Was it another dog whistle?