I was listening to Scott Horton’s new podcast Provoked with Daryl Cooper when they mentioned something I hadn’t heard anywhere else: that Alex Pretti was carrying a SIG Sauer P320, it allegedly misfired, and the resulting confusion led to ICE shooting him. That claim immediately stood out because none of the reporting I’ve seen on the incident mentions a misfire, let alone one involving the P320.
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ICE “Wartime” Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging
A Return to Leftist Self-Defense
Communities targeted by escalating right-wing violence are learning from their own histories how to keep each other safe.
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“In moments where I have seen [community defense], it’s always been something that has been asked for explicitly,” says Snow. [Yellow Peril Tactical] YPT formed in 2020 amid a slew of anti-Asian hate crimes. Organizers from around the U.S. met through activist networks and began supporting each other not just in learning self-defense and firearms skills but also in creating more visible networks of care and connecting their ideas about community empowerment to international struggles such as supporting anarchists fighting Russian aggression in Ukraine.
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