ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Neutral? PDI IE I MULTI AGENCY COMMAND CENTER (MACC) SITUATION REPORT 06 June 2020 SITREP #23 SITREP PERIOD: 05 JUNE 2020 2030 CST 06 JUNE 2020 1100 CST Any information in dris product that identi?es any US person is not included based solely on the exercise of ?rst amendment activities or on the race, ethnicity, national origin or religion of the subject or a combination of only such factors. Individuals or groups named in this product have been identi?ed as participating in activities that are protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution Their inclusion here is not intended to suggest the protected activity itself violates federal law. However, based on known intelligence and/or speci?c, historical observations, it is possible the protected activity could invite a violent reaction towards the subject individuals or groups, or the activity could be used as a means to target law enforcement. The MACC is actively monitoring the situation. Should information/activity relevant to speci?c jurisdictions emerge. we will work to provide that information as expeditiously as possible. 0 Should you have any information about crurent activity/threat/protest occurring within the State of Minnesota. please contact the MNFC at Additionally. any information occurring within Hennepin County should also be sent to the Hennepin County Sheriff?s Of?ce at Sheriff.CISA@Hennepin.us. This Situation Report (SITREP) is intended to inform partners of potential threats. and/or entities or events of interest which could pose a potential risk to members of the public and critical infrastructure. A munber has been created for the MACC for Law Enforcement requests for National Guard assistance. Please call (612) 626-6156. INCIDENT OVERVIEW A Minneapolis man was arrested on 06/05/2020 after posting a video 011 Facebook Live of himself on a boat drinking alcohol and talking about the previous night and raiding the 3rd Precinct building. He also bragged about the National Guard having to send additional soldiers to stop the looting. ?Brag? posts 011 several social media sites may identify rioters. those with stolen police equipment. 0 Unveri?ed and luridenti?ed individuals have posted images and videos 011 several social media sites. including Facebook and Instagrarn. indicating they took part in rioting and the looting of the 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis. MN. 0 One user posted an image of a man standing in ??ont of the 3rd Precinct building as it burned with the caption ?My mom always told me to stand for what I believe in.? In another post a user can be seen spray painting a brick building. 0 FBI comment. FBI MP has not confnmed the identities of any individual in the photos or videos. ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Bemidji. MN protesters organize self-defense training to protect themselves from armed cormter-protesters. A planned protest for today. 06/06/2020 at the Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statue in downtown Bernidji will reportedly have 11p to 350 attendees. an increase ?our a protest the week prior. Protest organizers are reportedly providing self- defense training tonight in order to protect themselves from any armed counter- protesters that may arrive. No speci?c information was provided regarding plans for counter-protests. Bernidji police received information that some protesters plarnred arson. but the reliability of this reporting in unknown. 0 Police in Bernidji reported ?nding what appeared to be pre-staged accelerants and combustible material in multiple dumpsters in the downtown area on the weekend of 05/30 05/31/2020. 0 The MACC is aware of several incidents over the course of the past week where police of?cers report being followed while leaving police facilities. 0 The MACC encourages all agents, of?cers, and administrative staff. regardless of their agency. to remain vigilant, situationally aware of their surroundings, and operationally secure at all times. Doing so includes noting suspicious persons and/or vehicles; securing vehicles, valuables, and ?rearms; and varying daily routines to and from work. Further, while recent online chatter speci?cally discusses targeting the four MPD of?cers. individuals may seek to harm any law enforcement personnel. 0 Any local law enforcement agencies encountering activity or information indicative of potential threats toward law enforcement personnel should report details to the MNFC at INTELLIGENCE UPDATES Saint Paul PD received information ?'om a private security company which stated that according to open source there were plans for a potential attack to occur orr Srmday morning. 06/07/2020. No speci?c target was provided. although it was suspected that the attack could involve Minneapolis 5th Precinct. 0 AJAC Analyst Comment: There was a acebook event schedule called ?Storm Minneapolis PD schedule for Sunday morning. It was removed either late Thursday or early Friday morning from social media. At the time only 32 people were interested, and no one attending. The event may have been removed by aceboolr due to the nature of the event, or event organizers made the event private, and still plan to do some activity. 0 According to the FBI. An identi?ed man ??om New York who was in Minneapolis for the protests is returning back to New York state. but plans to return to Mirmeapolis to attack the Minneapolis 4th Precinct. No fruther? information available. 0 According to the FBI. a revolutionary anti-capitalist group based in Minneapolis. MN has collected intelligence on law enforcement personnel and National Guard personnel numbers. locations. and travel routes. The group had subsections and used the Slack messaging app to pass intelligence to the Antifa portion of the group. 0 According to the FBI Minneapolis (MP) 0600 SitRep. the following is an of the next 24 hours: 0 As expected Amendment protected activities occrured tln?oughout 06/05/2020. No signi?cant violence in the AOR was reported. Based on the past 48- ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE 72 hours of activity in the AOR, it seems likely most events during the daylight hours of 06/06/2020 will remain peaceful. Efforts by law enforcement to maintain order continue. o o o o (U//FOUO) FBI MP assesses further non-violent 1st Amendment protected activities are likely to continue during the weekend of 06/06 – 06/07/2020. (U//FOUO) FBI MP continues to receive reports of individuals from outside the FBI MP AOR (Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota) who aspire to travel to the AOR in support of various ideologies. Efforts continue to identify those individuals and/or groups along any threat actors planning to travel or who have traveled to the AOR. (U//FOUO) Indications are that false information has been provided to law enforcement to possibly divert resources away from criminal activity or to possibly target law enforcement personnel. This continues to be a persistent concern for the safety of law enforcement personnel operating in the AOR. (U//FOUO) Social media has increased trending footage of police allegedly using excessive force against journalists and protesters. Several videos of press arrested or pepper sprayed in the face in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN) have been reposted numerous times. • (U//FOUO) As of 06/03/2020, Vice President Pence is expected to visit the Twin Cities area on Monday, 06/08/2020. o (U//FOUO) Vice President Pence is expected to meet with business and religious leaders, and Minnesota National Guard personnel prior to leaving the Twin Cities. No timeline for the visit has been determined. • (U//FOUO) Social media rumors suggest that Lane, Thao, and Kueng, have posted bail and been released. This information is false. The three remain in-custody as of 1100 06/06/2020. • (U//LES) A social media post indicated that Mauricelm-Lei Millere, founder of the African American Defense League, made a social media post announcing a $25,000 bounty for the death of the four Minneapolis officers. Mauricelm-Lei Millere posted multiple threats against law enforcement. Mauricelm-Lei Millere’s location is Washington, D.C.; however, it is unknown if he is currently the Twin Cities metro area. • (U//FOUO) On 01 June 2020, Source forwarded a post of a text from an alleged National Guard soldier, "Hi national guard soldier here Just wanted to let you know that if you really want to stop an MRAP a breakable glass bottle filled with white Elmer’s glue and children's arts and crafts glitter thrown onto our windshields will force the vehicle to stop. If we can’t see we can’t drive. If we can’t drive, we're a sitting target. If we're a sitting target we're forced to dismount. You're welcome." The post has been viewed 720 times, as of date of acquisition. • (U//FOUO) On 05/31/2020, Source forwarded a post of a user on social media promoting TTPs of disabling tank vehicles. The post reads, "thank god they're bringing in the army...i would be heartbroken if someone disabled a tank by putting water balloons filled w sticky liquids (esp some sort of sugar/milk/syrup combo) into a glass jar and throwing it at the windshield, rendering it inoperable support our troops [heart emoji]." The post has been viewed 493 times, as of date of acquisition. o • These tactics could also be used on local law enforcement vehicles to impeded visibility. (U//LES) As of early June 2020, members of the BPM and Aryan Cowboy outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) had taken advantage of ongoing civil unrest to move large amounts of heroin into the Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, area. The two OMGs were working directly for the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC), according to FBI reporting. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE OMG members associated with white racially motivated violent extremists (WRMVEs) have discussed the perceived dissipation of civil 1mrest. Discussion involved inciting riots while posing as Antifa members. A motivation for group members was to portray Antifa as a greater threat than it actually poses. (Source conmrent. OMGs associated with WRMVEs have in fact participated in civil disturbances while posing as Antifa members.) 0 (FBI Infonnation was obtained from a collaborative source with indirect access.) 0 According to an FBI source. a chapter of a black racially motivated Violent extremist group ?om Houston. Texas planned to arrive in Minneapolis. MN on 06/05/2020. The identi?ed person who led the chapter does not personally use violence: however. he does incite others to violence. 0 According to the FBI. on 06/03/2020. according to a sensitive source with excellent access. a Telegram user posted a list of Telegram channels people could use to coordinate and ?keep people safe from police? during riots. The user lists ?annormcement channels.? ?police scanner channels.? and ?chat/coordination channels? in several cities. The poster encourages users to ?tell everyone you know? to download and use Signal and Telegram. 0 (U) Upcoming Signi?cant Dates: 0 (U) 23 J1me 2020 Amriversary of the Thurman Blevins Of?cer Involved Shooting (2018. Minneapolis. MN) 0 (U) 02 July 2020 Anniversary of the Isak Aden Officer Involved Shooting (2019. Eagan. MN) 0 (U) 06 July 2020 Anniversary of the Philando Castile Officer Involved Shooting (2016. St. Anthony. MN) *New information is noted in red. INTELLIGENCE GAPS If your agency can provide updates to the below intelligence requirements, please submit your information to Are groups and/or actors changing tactics? (ex. plamring targeted acts of Violence. reacting to changes in security posture/curfew) If so. what is your agency seeing? What protests are protests scheduled for today? For the remainder of the week? Any violence planned? 0 What violent extremist groups are operating here? Are they plamn'ng any illegal activities? 0 What type of events/destruction happened the previous day/night across the territory? 0 What are the current trends in your jurisdiction that are notable? Are any threat actors or groups targeting law enforcement-related personnel/sites? What are the details? 0 What are the identities of actors who have traveled the area to participate in violations of federal law. such as rioting. dispersing of incendiary devices? NATIONAL UDPATES ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Per FBI Denver. unidenti?ed individuals in an unknown vehicle drove by the exterior of the FBI Denver building and fn?ed approximately 100 paintball rormds arormd 1300 Mountain Daylight Time 011 06/05/2020. No persormel were injured. and the building did not sustain damage. 0 (U) Protesters tln?ew an improvised explosive device that failed to detonate at police in Portland. Oregon 011 the evening of 06/05/2020. Protesters also threw full beverage cans. bricks. bottles. rocks. blades. ball bearings. ?mortars? (no information available) and batteries. 0 UPDATE: Late in the evening on 06/04/2020. social media accounts differed 011 the status of . who was struck in the head by a less-than-lethal rorurd at a protest in . One social media post claimed she was shot by a sniper 011 a rooftop. an passe away in the morning. A news outlet reported she had recovered. and was calling for the officer to be identi?ed. Neither claims have been veri?ed. 0 Appendix A lists of?cer injuries/deaths resulting from the protests surrormding the death of George Floyd. This list is not exhaustive. and records have been validated through media sources. Please report any local incidents to the MNFC at MN.FC((Ljstate.mn.us. 0 (U) One NYPD of?cer was stabbed in the neck. and two others were shot in the hand. during a chaotic and bloody confrontation at a Brooklyn intersection. late Wednesday. 06/03/2020. Two officers assigned to an anti-looting post were at the intersection when a man ?casually? walked up to one of them and slashed him in the neck. ?missing an artery.? A sergeant a block away heard the gun?re and rushed to the scene. where the attacker held a gun that police believe belonged to one of the anti-looting of?cers. All three of?cers are in stable condition. 0 On Saturday. 05/30/2020 at a protest in La Mesa. California an African- Arnerican woman was struck in the head by a less-than-lethal beanbag rormd. Local police informed FBI San Diego the woman had been hospitalized. was in a medically induced coma. was not expected to live. Local authorities requested National Guard assistance in anticipation of renewed protests. 0 (U) 011 the evening of 06/02/2020 a black. female died while in protective custody in Washington State after reportedly ?ghting with police: the incident is still mider investigation. This incident follows the release of the medical examiner?s ?ndings in another Washington state death that occurred on 03/03/2020 of a black. male subject. which ruled the death was a homicide and that the subject died of respiratory arrest from hypoxia. due to physical restraint. 0 (U) Three Nevada men with US military experience and ties to a right-wing extremist group have been arrested on terrorism-relates charges in what authorities are calling a conspiracy to spark violence during recent protests in Las Vegas related to the death of George Floyd. Each are facing federal charges of conspiracy to damage and destroy by ?re and explosive. as well as possession of turregistered ?rearms. CYBER INCIDENTS As of 06/02/2020. at 1410 hours. Minnesota?s alert level has been raised to Elevated (Yellow). in the wake of recent public events within the state and a series of ongoing cyber attacks that began the week of 05/25/2020. The active threats include Distributed Denial of Service and defacement attacks. The Mirmesota teams have been working vigilantly to monitor. detect. and defend against these attacks and have blocked most. but not all. events. ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE On 06/01/2020. an FBI source reported a social media post associated with the online hacking group ?Anonymous? were in the planning stages for a cyber attack 011 the Minnesota National Guard bases. Anonymous encouraged members to conduct the attack soon. while the protests were still occurring. and the National Guard would be stretched thin. INVESTIGATIVE UPDATES 0 (U) Bail for the three of?cers charged with aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter is set at each. 0 (U) Derek Chauvin?s murder charge has been upgraded to second-degree unintentional murder. He still faces third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. 0 (U) All three other officers were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder as well as aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. 0 (U) Minnesota Department of Human Rights armormced it is launching a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department. The probe. armounced Tuesday. will look at Mirmeapolis police policies and procedures over the past 10 years to determine whether the department has engaged in discriminatory practices toward people of color. 0 (U) The Hennepin Cormty Medical Examiner declared George Floyd?s death a homicide. The updated report states that on 05/25/2020. Floyd experienced a cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained by law enforcement Ex-Mirmeapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is now charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in cormection to Floyd?s death. 0 (U) The family of George Floyd had an independent autopsy conducted. the results of which became public on 06/01/2020. In a press release on 06/01/2020. Benjamin Crrunp. a prominent Civil Rights and Use-of-Force attorney. said that the independent autopsy showed Floyd?s death was caused by due to neck and back compression" while Mirmeapolis police of?cer Derek Chauvin. who has since been ?red. had his knee on Floyd?s neck. Chauvin was charged on Friday with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Following the independent autopsy. Crump said he is calling for all of the of?cers involved. who have since been ?red. to be arrested and a first-degree murder charge to be brought against Chauvin. 0 (U) Minnesota Department of Public Safety Harrington armorurced former Minneapolis police of?cer Chauvin was in BCA custody. On 05/31/2020. Chauvin was transferred to Minnesota Correctional Facility Oak Park Heights. 0 (U) On 05/31/2020. Governor Walz annormced that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison would handle the prosecution of George Floyd?s case. 0 (U) Hennepin Cormty Attorney Mike Freeman annormced Chauvin has been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The criminal complaint is available online. PLANNED EVENTS There are multiple events scheduled to take place throughout Minnesota in the coming days. The following list includes events of which the MACC is aware. This is not an all-encompassing list. and there will likely be ad?hoc events over the next several days. (Highlighted have 500+ that indicated they would be in attendance.) Date Time Location Ongoing 2200 2810 Lake Street. Minneapolis ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Ongoing Ongoing Governor?s Mansion (Through 07/28/2020) 06/06/2020 0900 Jimmy Lee Recreation Center. Saint Paul 06/06/2020 0900 Corner of and 3rd St. S.. Stillwater. MN 06/06/2020 1000 Conway Park 2090 Conway St.. Saint Paul 06/06/2020 1100 3017 27th Ave S.. Mirmeapolis 06/06/2020 1100 Minnesota State Capitol 06/06/2020 1200 Apple Valley PD. Apple Valley. MN 06/06/2020 1200 Lorraine Park. Saint Paul 06/06/2020 1230 Steele County Law Enforcement Center. 204 Pearl St. 06/06/2020 1300 Governor?s Residence, Saint Paul (2 events posted) 06/06/2020 1300 Powderhom Park. Minneapolis 06/06/2020 1300 Edenvale Park. Eden Prairie. MN 06/06/2020 1400 Bottineau Field. Minneapolis *Location Change* 06/06/2020 1400 Paul Bunyon and Babe the Blue Ox. Bemidji, MN 06/06/2020 1400 1738 Center St., Rochester, MN 06/06/2020 1400 3800 Chicago Ave. S.. Mirmeapolis 06/06/2020 1500 Diamondhead Education Center. Bumsville. MN 06/06/2020 1530 4401 Upon Ave S.. Mirnreapolis (Lake Harriet) 06/06/2020 1600 Veteran?s Park. Cloquet. MN 06/06/2020 1700 Dinkytown/Northup. Mirmeapolis 06/06/2020 1800 301 19th Ave. S.. Mirmeapolis 06/06/2020 1830 1360 Lexington Pkwy, Saint Paul (Como Lake) 06/07/2020 1000 350 S. 5th Street (Mirmeapolis City Hall) Possibly Cancelled 06/07/2020 1200 1 10 E. 31St St.. Minneapolis 06/07/2020 1200 Kingston Park. Cottage Grove. MN 06/07/2020 1400 Blue Earth Avenue. Fairmont. MN 06/07/2020 1400 Transportation Safety Building. Minneapolis 06/07/2020 1500 Silver Lake Park. Rochester. MN 06/07/2020 1700 38th and Chicago. Minneapolis 06/08/2020 1200 Town Green. Maple Grove. MN 06/08/2020 1700 North Precinct. Brooklyn Park 06/09/2020 1700 Parkers Lake Play?elds. Plymouth. MN 06/13/2020 1400 Mayo Memorial Park. Rochester. MN 06/13/2020 1530 People?s Power Plaza. Duluth. MN 06/ 19/2020 1600 City Hall. Duluth. MN public demonstrations.? *The State of Minnesota and partners recognize citizens have constitutionally protected rights to speak. assemble. and demonstrate peacefully. However. neither the state nor federal constitutions protect criminal activity or threats against citizens. critical or public safety. While this is first amendment protected activity. the information is provided for situational awareness. both due to historical trends involving similar incidents. and also because individuals seeking to commit crimes or foment violent engagements sometimes target ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE SITREP CONTACTS Milmesota BCA/Minnesota Fusion Center MN.FC@state.nm.us 651-793-3730 Hennepin Comlty Sheriff 5 Sheriff.CISA@He1mepin.us 612-596-2472 ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE APPENDIX A Date Rep State City Method] Details Description An active shooter opened fire at 6/1/2020 California Oakland Gun the Oakland Police Department/3 7 Sacramento officers were injured 5/29/2020 California Sacramento Hit by thrown projectiles in Sacramento/2 CHP officers 3 Denver Police Officers were ran 5/31/2020 Colorado Denver Vehicle over by a vehicle At least 50 Secret Service Agents 5/31/2020 DC Washington Moltov Cocktail were injured by Molotov cocktails 132 officers were injured in 5/31/2020 Illinois Chicago Various Chicago during a riot Several Champaign Police Officers 5/31/2020 Illinois Champaign Assault were injured 3 Davenport law enforcement Iowa Davenport Ambushed and shot officers were ambushed and 1 was A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer was shot in the back of the 6/1/2020 Nevada Las Vegas Fired at officers with handgun head while struggling with a rioter 12 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police 5/29/2020 Nevada Las Vegas Hit by thrown projectiles Officers were injured during riots 4 St. Louis Police Officers were 6/2/2020 Missouri St. Louis shot from crowd of protesters shot by an active shooter 3 Buffalo law enforcement officers were struck by a vehicle in front of 6/1/2020 New York Buffalo Struck by vehicle the police station 1 officer was struck in the head by 5/30/2020 New York Albany Hit by thrown projectiles a brick in Albany 33 New York Police Officers were 5/31/2020 New York New York No info found injured during riots 9 Pittsburg officers were injured by 6/1/2020 Pittsburg Hit by thrown projectiles objects during a riot Ten officers in Rhode Island were 6/2/2020 Rhode Island Providence Hit by thrown projectiles injured during riots 5/31/2020 Utah Salt Lake City Various 21 officers were injured in Salt 6/2/2020 Virgina Richmond OIS with person after curfew 2 Richmond officers were shot in Two officers were shot at and 5/31/2020 \?rgina Hit by thrown projectiles injured in 2 officers were struck in the head 5/31/2020 California Santa Ana Hit by thrown projectiles with projectiles in Santa Ana 2 Prince William County Police 5/30/2020 Virgina Manassas Hit by thrown projectiles Officers sustained head injuries Officers' car struck by fleeing 3 Oak Law Police Officers were 5/31/2020 Illinois Oak Lawn protester injured 2 Capitol Police Officers were 5/30/2020 Harrisburg interactions with protesters injured during a riot in Harrisburg 1 Federal Protective Services 5/29/2020 California Oakland Shot from Van Officer was shot and killed.