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"While the media continues to ignore and even mock Trump’s war on “Antifa”
terrorism as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly interrogating protesters.
The Bureau is targeting anti-ICE protesters not charged with any crime, like
Chicago-based English professor Elias Cepeda, as I recently reported. Often
people targeted have refused to go public with their experience, fearing
retribution. But one protester, fed up with the culture of self-censorship,
decided to share his story. His account sheds light on the FBI’s attempts to
map out some organized Antifa superstructure — and in doing so, undermining
Americans’ freedom of speech and political expression.
Special-needs teacher Miles Serafini, 26, was watching a movie with his
roommate when the FBI knocked on his door in suburban Tucson, Arizona last
Friday. Two special agents greeted him, introducing themselves only as “James”
and “Keith.” They didn’t offer their own last names, but they knew Miles’ — as
well as his home address, his social media handles, what car he owns, and,
unbeknownst to him, his political activities.
“We came out here to ask you questions regarding a protest that happened on the
the 11th of June,” one of the agents said in an exchange captured on a Ring
camera and provided to me by Serafini. “We’ve been just basically going around
asking questions for a few people … and your name was brought up.”
The suggestion that his name “was brought up,” puzzled Serafini, who told me he
didn’t know anyone at the protest, which he’d learned about from a post on
social media. When he asked the agents how they knew who he was, they wouldn’t
say — though one agent, Serafini said, later told him that they knew “way more
about me than I’d think.”
The exact scale of these FBI questionings is unclear, but I’ve heard similar
accounts involving protesters in Portland and Chicago. (The FBI declined to
comment on Serafini’s account, citing the government shutdown.)"
Via Janet Logan, who wrote "What color will history assign to this scare? We’ve
had the Red Scare and the Lavender Scare. Thoughts on the color of the Antifa
Scare? Orange Scare maybe?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
