At least 30 other people who violently entered the Capitol on Wednesday, some with firearms, amid protests over the election results in U.S, have been identified by activists through social networks in recent hours.
After their identity was revealed, and in some cases even their place of residence, if detained by the corresponding authorities, they joined the 14 people detained there on the day of the incidents accused, such as illegal burglary, with a -registered weapon and assault on police officers, among other charges under preparation in federal courts.
Own FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) has launched a public campaign to provide information leading to more ex-post arrests than the agency itself, in the voice of its director, Christopher Wray, It is classified as “acts of extremists”.
“Our agents and analysts worked hard all night to gather evidence, share intelligence, and work with federal prosecutors to press charges. The public can help by providing tips, information and videos of illegal activity at fbi.gov/USCapitol, ”Wray reported Thursday.
According to a review by MILLENNIUM some of these people, both men and women, identified as part of the crowd that entered the historic building, home to both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, and as supporters of the still president Donald TrumpThey come from very different parts of the country and have just as many professions.
Among the violent protesters who have not yet been arrested, for example, Derrick Evans, a Republican lawmaker from West Virginia, who recorded live videos of what he was doing during the riots and posted them on the Internet.
The owner of a moving company, a men’s lingerie model, a car salesman, a dispatcher at a donut shop, several real estate agents, a stylist, an employee of a transnational company, an alleged specialist in maritime intelligence and by As crazy as it may sound, the ex Husband of singer Britney Spears is also on the list of suspects identified.
Their identities have become known through the images they themselves uploaded to social networks, or, thanks to the shots and photos distributed by the various media that discussed the events and taken over by activists and thousands of users who follow them.
For example, images were released of Jason Alexander who was married to singer Britney Spears in 2004 55 hours after the New Year celebrations in Las Vegas.
According to activists, it was Alexander’s nephew or nephew who betrayed him after posting a photo of him in the Capitol on his social networks, accompanied by the following message: “YES. I also digest the fact that my stupid cousin (who was also married to Britney Spears for 55 hours) is on Capitol Hill. I am related to a domestic terrorist ”.
Others such as Zach Crandal, of whom no further details are known, but who identifies himself as the person captured by the press cameras eating a burrito in the plenary room, accepted to personally participate in the violent outbreak.
“For anyone who asks, yes, I was at the Capitol today,” he wrote on his Instagram stories, accompanying him with the photo, which went viral on Wednesday of him eating during the riots.
One person who has also raised controversy is a man identified by activists who is reportedly named Eduardo “Nick” Alvear (or Alveares, as the case may be) because he was caught smoking marijuana in the Capitol rotunda during the riots.
In a very short video shared by the activists, he is seen wearing pants with the flag of U.S as a pattern and a black cowboy hat. When he starts to exhale smoke, the recorder asks him “What kind of strange stain do you have there?” to which he smiles and steps forward he only answers “Big Berry”, referring to the question of his interlocutor.
The subject that went viral for entering the Cabinet of the President of the House has also been identified, Nancy Pelosi, sit at your desk and steal your mail. By the way, hours after the brawl, Pelosi was one of the Democratic Party’s toughest policies against Trump, which she has proposed removing before his term of office expires constitutionally in two weeks for his alleged responsibility in the acts.
According to social media users, the man who broke into the representative’s office to steal her official mail is called Richard “Bigo” Barnett, and according to data released by the activists, lives in Gravette, Arkansas.
Likewise, Adam Johnson, who presumably lives in Bradenton, Florida, was identified as the person who allegedly stole the wooden lectern with gold finishes used by the representatives and put it up for sale on the e-bay website. for $ 14,980.
One of the alleged terrorists, not yet identified by the activists, but has caught the attention of the followers of the reports, was featured in the footage of the attack on the Capitol wearing a sweatshirt referring to the Auschwitz concentration camp in the Nazi-Germany.
The activists who promoted this internet campaign to reveal the identities of the people who participated in the Washington riots, where at least five people were killed, dozens injured and multiple damages reported in the historic building, have explained that all The information collected is shared directly with authorities such as the FBI.
The accounts created on Instagram on Thursday to locate those responsible for these violent acts in the United States capital, which shocked the neighbor’s political class, are @homegrownterrorists (domestic terrorists) and @nametheterrorist (names the terrorist) , who together have more than 200 thousand followers.
To the publications on the walls of both accounts, we have to add the dozens of stories in which they show photos, videos and even messages to portray alleged participants in Wednesday’s violent events. Washington.
In one of these stories, they even conducted a survey of the thousands of followers they have, asking directly whether they believed that the events that took place in the Capitol should be classified as ‘acts of terrorism’ by the corresponding authorities. In the end, public opinion was for yes.
During this Thursday dozens of followers of the president Donald Trumpresponsible for the excesses in Washington, is said to have been located through this social network in or near the building housing the two chambers of the US Congress. Some of them were caught on the spot committing flagrant crimes without having so far been convicted of their actions in court.
So far it is unknown who or who manages these two Instagram accounts that have the same description of their profile: “Exposing terrorists and MAGA trolls (Make American great again, President Donald Trump’s campaign phrase) that stormed the Capitol and attacked democracy. Identify them. Arrest them ”.
In both reports, which are only in sequence, most of the publications correspond to photos, name and, in cases where more details are known, even the residence of those involved in these violent acts, amounting to four protesters and one on Thursday evening. police officer killed.
After being identified, some of the companies mentioned began deleting their social network accounts, setting up their private accounts or changing their name to avoid being tracked down by the authorities who announced sentences of up to 10 years on Wednesday for those involved in the excesses.
Despite this, dozens of users linked them to far-right groups that support conspiracy theories from some of the darkest corners of the internet, such as the QAnon movement and the Proud Boys, as well as other white supremacist guilds, reminiscent of the KKK, with fewer followers in its ranks than the first two.
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