Airman charged in killing of federal officer during George Floyd protests in California
Source: NBC News
By Andrew Blankstein and Ben Collins
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Authorities said Carrillo and a second man traveled to Oakland with the intent to kill police and believed the large demonstrations spurred by the death of Floyd in Minneapolis which they were not a part of would help them get away it.
"They came to Oakland to kill cops," said John Bennett, special agent in charge of the San Francisco division of the FBI.
Carrillo's alleged accomplice, Robert Justus, was also charged with murder and attempted murder.
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Investigators found inside Carrillo's vehicle a ballistic vest with a patch on it that featured an igloo and a Hawaiian-style print symbols associated with the far-right extremist "Boogaloo" movement, according to his federal complaint.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/airman-charged-killing-federal-officer-during-george-floyd-protests-california-n1231187
Judi Lynn
(160,649 posts)Tommy Beer Forbes Staff
TOPLINE The FBI announced Tuesday that Steven Carrillo, the U.S. Air Force sergeant who allegedly murdered law enforcement officers in California during protests earlier this month, was associated with the right-wing Boogaloo movement, and that Carrillo chose the timing of his attacks to "take advantage of a time when this nation was mourning the killing of George Floyd."
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More:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/06/16/accused-killer-of-california-cops-was-associated-with-right-wing-boogaloo-movement/#720f694c59bd
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)I thought I was hip and up to date on this stuff too. Although, based on what I read, I suppose the lack of widespread knowledge of them was the intent so they could hide their stuff in plain sight.
Crowman2009
(2,502 posts)In the same fashion as the Proud Boys and Richard Spencer's ironic nazis.