UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Acknowledgements (U) This Reference Guide was produced by the Colorado Information Analysis Center (CIAC) in close collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Colorado State Patrol, and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, who provided input on active groups, cases, and law enforcement tactics. (U) Confidentiality (U) This Reference Guide is prepared for local law enforcement partners and is to be kept confidential absent approval by the Colorado Department of Public Safety. The Colorado Department of Public Safety is the custodian of this Reference Guide. Any request for access to this Reference Guide under the Colorado Open Records Act or the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act should be directed to the Colorado Department of Public Safety. The Colorado Department of Public safety determined that this Reference Guide contains specialized details of either security arrangements or investigations as well as confidential investigation material assembled for a law enforcement purpose pursuant to section 24-72204(2)(a)(I) and (VIII), C.R.S UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 1 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Executive Summary (U//FOUO) In 2018, the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) in conjunction with the Colorado Homeland Security and All-Hazards Senior Advisory Committee (HSAC) published the Colorado Homeland Security Strategy 2019-2023. In this document, the HSAC identified prevention as a key goal for emergency management efforts in Colorado. The goal of prevention is to improve Colorado’s ability to increase situational awareness regarding threats and hazards and to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual event. Prevention includes developing and enhancing partnerships between state, local, and federal agencies and private sector partners to collect, analyze and disseminate relevant information and intelligence regarding high-risk violent extremist groups operating in Colorado. The publication of this document, Violent Extremism in Colorado: A Reference Guide for Law Enforcement (hereafter referred to as the Reference Guide), by the CIAC is one of the tasks HSAC stakeholders identified to enhance prevention in our state. (U//FOUO) This Reference Guide is intended to provide law enforcement agencies with information on violent extremism in Colorado. The Reference Guide will identify violent extremist ideologies and groups espousing violent extremist ideologies, as well as their associated signs, symbols and identifiers. It also includes past incidents and addresses prevention and response measures taken by official agencies in Colorado. The CIAC will update the information in the Reference Guide on an annual basis in order to provide our partners with the most up-to-date information on violent extremist threats as possible. (U//FOUO) Violent extremism is defined as, “violence committed in the name of an ideology to further political and social objectives.” 1 Violent extremists hold a wide variety of beliefs and may have different goals. Supporters of the specific ideology may belong to specific organizations that have similar beliefs, or they may support the ideology independently. (U) The CIAC acknowledges the following: 1. (U) This Reference Guide is not a comprehensive list of violent extremist ideology or violent extremist incidents. When applicable, Colorado incident examples are included. Non-Colorado incidents are referenced when Colorado-specific examples do not exist; 2. (U) Hate crimes are outside the scope of this guide and have not been included; 3. (U) Not all ideologies have active groups or associated signs, symbols or identifiers; and 4. (U) Some groups were identified as having the potential to engage in criminal behavior despite a lack of known cases of violent behavior attributed to these groups. These judgements were made based on a history of conflicts arising at events in which these groups were present. (U//FOUO) The Reference Guide may describe activities protected by the First Amendment. The CDPS and the CIAC supports First Amendment protected activities and does not collect or disseminate information related to protected activities for investigative purposes. Information referenced in this guide is not to be used as the basis for establishing probable cause. This Reference Guide provides situational awareness due to the potential for large crowds, disruption of public proceedings and traffic flow, and the potential for criminal elements or extremists to exploit protected activities by utilizing these platforms to conduct violent or criminal acts. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 2 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Contents (U) Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................ 1 (U) Confidentiality ........................................................................................................................................ 1 (U) Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 2 (U) Anarchist Extremism .............................................................................................................................. 4 (U) Animal Rights Extremism ....................................................................................................................... 6 (U) Anti-Abortion Extremism ....................................................................................................................... 6 (U) Anti-Government Extremism ................................................................................................................. 7 (U) Black Supremacist Extremism ................................................................................................................ 8 (U) Environmental Rights Extremism ........................................................................................................... 9 (U) Homegrown Violent Extremism ........................................................................................................... 10 (U) Incel Extremism .................................................................................................................................... 11 (U) Militia Extremism ................................................................................................................................. 12 (U) Sovereign Citizen Extremism ................................................................................................................ 13 (U) White Supremacist Extremism ............................................................................................................. 15 (U) Prevention and Response .................................................................................................................... 17 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 3 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Anarchist Extremism (U//FOUO) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defines anarchist extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence with the goal of changing the form of government and society. Anarchist extremists oppose all forms of capitalism and corporate globalization, and believe that governing institutions are unnecessary and harmful to society. Anarchist extremists often target property associated with multi-national corporations, financial institutions, commercial business, government and law enforcement. (U//LES) Threat to Colorado - Anarchist extremists could potentially continue to engage in violent behavior with individuals who do not support their ideology. There have been incidents throughout the nation involving members of these groups, to include a few incidents in Colorado. • (U//LES) During a 2011 protest in Denver, an Antifa member lit and threw an explosive device at a passing police car. 2 • (U//LES) During a 2017 protest in Denver, an Antifa member was arrested after using a permanent marker to write "Antifa" on a dumpster and a light pole along the protest path. 3 • (U) A 2018 confrontation in Fort Collins between an Antifa group and an opposing ideological group led to police dispersing the event and to injuries on both sides. 4 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 4 ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Signs, Symbols, and Identi?ers Associated with Anarchist Extremist Activity (U) Many of these indicators some of which might involve constitutionally protected activities may be insignificant on their own. However, when such signals or indicators are observed in combination with other suspicious behaviors, they may constitute a basis for reporting. Law enforcement action should not be taken solely based on the exercise of constitutionally protected activities or on the apparent race, ethnicity, national origin or religion of the subject, or on any combination of any such factors. Antifa (also known as ?Antifascists") methods often lead to violent confrontations with racially motivated groups, and individuals associated with Antifa have violently clashed with demonstrators at white supremacist rallies in recent years. Tactics5 0 Black Bloc A tactic sometimes mistaken for a group or a movement that protesters have long used to give themselves anonymity at demonstrations to achieve both violent and nonviolent ends. Often times they use masking to accomplish this anonymity. 0 (U) Masking Makes it difficult to identify individuals in a crowd and helps avoid detection from static cameras. 0 (U) Truncheon Blows A temporary shield made out of a placard or created by putting light strips of plastic under their clothes. 0 (U) Police Contact Circumvention and Engagement Tactics 0 (U) Watching law enforcement from high vantage points. 0 (U) Sitting down in an effort to dissuade the police from charging. (U) Throwing trash and other items as a defensive tactic to create ?sterile areas? where law enforcement may not want to go. 0 (U) Creating barricades to prevent officers from driving vehicles into crowds. (U) Creating a ?snow plow" by carrying crowd control barriers to the front of the line to break into police ranks. 0 (U) Surrounding law enforcement officers within the crowd in an effort to create panic and force the officers to give up. Anarchist Groups with a Presence in ColoradoA 0 (U) Antifa 0 (U) Colorado Springs Antifa 0 (U) Northern Colorado Antifa Collective 0 (U) Four Corners Antifa 0 (U) Rocky Mountain Antifa A These groups were identified through open source research and law enforcement reporting. ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE • • (U) Denver Anarchist Black Cross (U) Redneck Revolt / John Brown Gun Club (U) Animal Rights Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines animal rights extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence directed against people, businesses, or government entities perceived to be exploiting or abusing animals. 6 (U//LES) Threat to Colorado – Animal rights extremists are likely to continue to conduct “rescue operations” by infiltrating farms in Colorado. The concern is the trespassers could potentially contaminate the animals and or the food chain beyond the farm. This could heavily impact farmers throughout the state and the agricultural sector. • (U//LES) In 2017, Direct Action Everywhere conducted several “rescue operations” in Colorado, in which they stole animals from slaughterhouses and farms claiming animal abuse and neglect. Authorities issued felony charges to several of the individuals involved in these cases. 7 • (U//LES) In 2017, a group of individuals stole four chickens during an event at a farm in Berthoud, Colorado and were charged with trespassing, attempted theft of livestock, and theft of livestock. 8 • (U//LES) An individual set fire to the Glendale Sheepskin Factory in 2010 and claimed the arson was in retaliation for the animals who died at the hands of human “oppressors.” 9 That same year, the same individual set fire to a restaurant and a leather factory in the metro area of Salt Lake City, Utah. (U//FOUO) Animal Rights Groups with a Presence in Colorado B • • • • • (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) Animal Action Network Animal Liberation Front (ALF) Denver Baby Animal Save Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) Greeley Cow Save (U) Anti-Abortion Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines anti-abortion extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence directed against the providers of abortions and abortion-related services, their employees, and their facilities in support of the belief that the practice of abortion should end.10 (U//LES) Threat to Colorado – The CIAC remains concerned anti-abortion extremists will attempt another attack on community members who support a pro-choice ideology. There has been at least one B These groups were identified through open source research and law enforcement reporting. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 6 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE significant incident in Colorado involving an anti-abortion extremist and the presence of these groups in Colorado remains a concern. • (U//LES) The Army of God is a loosely organized group of individuals and associates who have engaged in violence and/or have advocated or supported violence as an option to end legal abortion. Members have historically targeted reproductive health care facilities and staff through violent campaigns, to include assassinations and arson. The Army of God has claimed responsibility for bombings, arsons, and the kidnapping and extortion of a doctor and his wife in Illinois. Members of this group praised an individual for his 2015 attack on a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado. • (U//LES) On 25 November 2015, an individual opened fire at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, killing three and wounding nine. The individual was not known to be part of an organization, but had a history of violence, reverence for anti-abortion groups, and was reported to be “deeply disturbed” by acquaintances. 11 (U//FOUO) Anti-Abortion Groups with a Presence in Colorado C • • • • (U) (U) (U) (U) Anna’s Choice Army of God Colorado Right to Life Pikes Peak Citizens for Life (U) Anti-Government Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines anti-government extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence directed at public officials, financial institutions, and government facilities. Anti-government extremists do not believe in the legitimacy of the U.S. government or citizenship and reject almost all forms of authority and governmental institutions. 12 (U//LES) Threat to Colorado – Anti-government extremists pose a persistent threat to law enforcement officers, due to the often violent rejection of authority by supporters of this ideology. Known individuals and groups in Colorado have a history of calling for violence directed at law enforcement officers, government officials and agencies. Anti-government extremists have not directly acted upon their threats against government authorities in Colorado. Although there have been no specific incidents involving anti-government extremists in Colorado, previous incidents in the region underline the concern that these groups could pose a threat in the state. • C (U//LES) In January 2016, a Wyoming-based individual with a history of confronting federal officers made several threatening statements towards the federal government on social media, clearly stating intent to avenge the death of a prominent anti-government extremist. 13 The posts included pictures of the individual pointing a weapon at a shooting target, featuring the names of federal agencies. These groups were identified through open source research and law enforcement reporting. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 7 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE • (U//LES) Before dying in a shootout with police near Lead, South Dakota in September 2015, a Wyoming resident planned to conduct a domestic terrorist attack against unidentified local energy sector targets in an attempt to precipitate the fall of the U.S. government. 14 The individual, who was motivated by a mix of environmental rights, anarchist, and anti-government extremist ideologies, used instructions from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Inspire magazine to create numerous pipe bombs at a remote campsite in Custer County, South Dakota. 15 (U//FOUO) Anti-Government Groups with a Presence in Colorado D • • • • • • • • • • (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) American Freedom Network American Constitution Party American Patriot Party of Colorado Archuleta County Guard Brothers Against Racist Cops (BARC) First Amendment Auditors Freedom National Assembly Occupy Denver Superior Court for the Continental United States of America We Are Change (U) Black Supremacist Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines black supremacist extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence as a means to oppose racial integration and/or to eliminate nonblack people and Jewish people. 16 (U//LES) Threat to Colorado – Although there have been no observed Colorado incidents, previous violent incidents indicate some black supremacist extremists may target law enforcement in response to officer-involved shootings that are deemed racially motivated. • (U//LES) In 2017, law enforcement officials arrested a man suspected of killing four white men in Fresno, California. The subject had indicated support for black supremacist extremism and claimed “he was part of an ongoing war between whites and blacks, and that ‘a battle was about to take place.” 17 • (U//LES) In early July 2016, an Army Reserve war veteran shot and killed five Dallas Police officers and injured nine others at a peaceful rally against police violence. The attacker told police negotiators during the standoff, he was upset with the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white officers. 18 (U//FOUO) Black Supremacist Groups with a Presence in Colorado E • D E (U) Israel United in Christ These groups were identified through open source research and law enforcement reporting. These groups were identified through open source research and law enforcement reporting. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 8 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE • • • (U) Nation of Islam (U) New Black Panther Party (U) Northern Kingdom Prophets (U) Environmental Rights Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines environmental rights extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence against people, businesses, or government entities perceived to be destroying, degrading, or exploiting the natural environment. 19 (U//LES) Threat to Colorado – There is a concern that environmental rights extremists will target companies that do not meet the environmental needs of supporters of this ideology, causing an economic impact. While a majority of the incidents associated with this ideology have occurred outside of Colorado, there has been at least one incident inside the state. Environmental rights extremists have focused on disrupting or sabotaging pipeline-related infrastructure in recent years. • (U//FOUO) In late April 2019, an unidentified suspected environmental rights extremist posted a tactical manual on a Minnesota-based platform used by anarchist and environmental rights extremists. 20 The manual, titled “Swarm: A Roving Caravan Strategy for Crushing Snakes and Other Capitalist Parasites,” highlighted the effectiveness of using autonomously-acting cells to disrupt pipeline construction and production. • (U) In 2016, arsonists near Newell, Iowa set fire to a pipeline site, causing over $1 million in damages to machinery. 21 In April 2017, unknown attackers set fire to pipeline equipment four miles away from the location of the 2016 attack, causing approximately $140,000 in damages to buildings and equipment. 22 There have been no arrests related to either attack. • (U//FOUO) In October 2016, authorities arrested nine individuals who coordinated a shutdown of five pipelines spanning the U.S.—Canadian border in Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Washington. 23,24,25,26 The individuals used bolt cutters to gain access to aboveground maintenance facilities and closed valves in support of then-ongoing actions against the construction of a major oil pipeline. 27 • (U//LES) In 1998, members of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) set fire to three buildings and four chairlifts atop Vail Mountain causing $12 million in damages. 28 (U) Environmental Rights Groups with a Presence in Colorado F • • • • • F (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) American Constitution Party Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) Earth Liberation Front (ELF) East Boulder County United 350 Colorado These groups were identified through open source research and law enforcement reporting. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 9 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Homegrown Violent Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines a home grown violent extremist (HVE) as a person of any citizenship who has lived and/or operated primarily in the United States or its territories who advocates, is engaged in, or is preparing to engage in ideologically-motivated terrorist activities (including providing support to terrorism) in furtherance of political or social objectives promoted by a foreign terrorist organization, but is acting independently of direction by a foreign terrorist organization. 29 (U//FOUO) Threat to Colorado – There is concern that HVEs inspired by ISIS or other foreign terrorist organizations could attempt to attack targets in Colorado with little-to-no warning. Although HVE attacks inside the United States have declined in recent years, likely in conjunction with ISIS’s territorial losses in Syria and Iraq, foreign terrorist organizations still retain the potential to inspire violence. All HVE attacks inside the U.S. in recent years have featured an individual or small groups of actors using simple tactics and readily available weaponry such as edged weapons, small arms, vehicle ramming, or crude improvised explosive devices. • (U) In 2017, a Colorado HVE shot and killed a Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) contract security officer. Several mosques reported the individual’s extremist ideology, but there was not enough information to pursue a criminal investigation. The individual was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. 30 • (U) In 2014, an individual in Oklahoma was arrested after beheading a co-worker and stabbing another employee. The individual expressed support for ISIS and additional extremist organizations and was inspired by beheadings in Syria. 31 • (U) In 2015, a Tennessee individual was arrested after targeting two U.S. military bases and killing five service members. The individual was inspired by Al-Qaeda and expressed the desire to be a martyr. 32 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 10 ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Signs, Symbols, and Identifiers Associated with HVE Activity Nearly all of HVEs exhibit at least one or more indicators during their radicalization process. Many of these indicators some of which might involve constitutionally protected activities may be insignificant on their own. However, when such signals or indicators are observed in combination with other suspicious behaviors, they may constitute a basis for reporting. Law enforcement action should not be taken solely based on the exercise of constitutionally protected activities or on the apparent race, ethnicity, national origin or religion of the subject, or on any combination of any such Signs, Symbols, and Identifiers 0 (U) Preparing and disseminating a last will, manifesto, or statement. 0 (U) Seeking help to enable travel oversees to join terrorist groups. 0 (U) Seeking religious or political justification for violent acts. 0 (U) Possessing or disseminating terrorist publications. I . PROFESSIONAL rm no: . . num- 3 All ro (U) Terrorist materials such as Inspire and Dabiq magazines, or the ISIS flag, could be an indicator of potential HVE activity. (U) Active Foreign Terrorist Groups That Inspire 0 (U) AlShabaab 0 (U) AlQaeda 0 (U) Hezbollah 0 (U) 0 (U) The Taliban (U) lncel Extremism Involuntary celibates, or ?lncels,? are an online subculture often defined as individuals who are unable to find romantic or sexual partners. Their rhetoric often encourages violence against men and women whom they blame for denying them their self-declared right to sexual intercourse. 33 lncels often advocate for physical and sexual violence against women, as well as men they deem ?sexually active?. 3? Threat to Colorado - Individuals expressing misogynist hatred in-line with lncel extremism have been increasingly implicated in attacks in recent years, including two high-profile attacks in late 2018: a (U) For additional information, please see the HVE Mobilization Indicators published by the National Counterterrorism Center. These groups were identified through open source research and law enforcement reporting. ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE van ramming that killed ten people in Toronto, Canada, and a shooting at a Tallahassee, Florida yoga studio, in which six women were shot. The CIAC remains concerned that Incel extremists could conduct an attack in Colorado using their hatred for women as a basis for their motivation. • (U//LES) In January 2019, a resident of Denver sent a threatening message via Facebook he was going to kill “as many girls as I see.” The individual blamed women for why he was still a virgin and never had a girlfriend. He also had a history of stalking and harassing women. 35 • (U) In May 2014, an individual stabbed and shot six people and injuring fourteen others in a killing spree through Isla Vista, California. The subject used his hatred of women and anger towards sexually active men as his motivation. 36 (U) Militia Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines militia extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence directed at federal, state, or local government officials or infrastructure in response to their belief that the government is deliberately stripping Americans of their freedoms and is attempting to establish a totalitarian regime. These individuals consequently oppose many federal and state authorities’ laws and regulations (particularly those related to firearms ownership), and often belong to armed paramilitary groups. They often conduct paramilitary training designed to violently resist perceived government oppression or to violently overthrow the U.S. Government. 37 (U//LES) Threat to Colorado – Militia extremists could threaten public safety with violence against government officials and law enforcement officers, or those perceived to support the government. Adherents of militia extremist ideology often draw on a mix of violent extremist ideologies, to include crimes against members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community, and anti-immigration or anti-Muslim communities. Many supporters of this ideology are well trained and own firearms, which is a concern for officer safety. • (U//LES) A member of an extremist militia group was arrested in June 2018, for vandalizing a bookstore in Denver that had hosted a drag queen story time for kids. 38 • (U//LES) In October 2016, three individuals were charged for a plot to bomb a Kansas apartment complex and mosque where a known concentration of Somali immigrants lived and worshipped. • (U//LES) In 2000, two militia extremists were arrested for selling home-made explosive devices. They hosted paramilitary trainings for several militia groups and planned to “respond” to civil unrest during Y2K. 39,40 (U//FOUO) Militia Groups with a Presence in Colorado I • • • I (U) Colorado State Defense Force Reserve (U) Oath Keepers of Colorado (U) The Crusaders These groups were identified through open source research and law enforcement reporting. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 12 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE • (U) The Three Percenters (U) Sovereign Citizen Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines sovereign citizen extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence directed at public officials, financial institutions, and government facilities in support of their belief the legitimacy of U.S. citizenship should be rejected. Sovereign citizens oppose almost all forms of established government, authority, and institutions and believe they are immune from federal, state, and local laws. They often refuse to pay taxes, do not carry legitimate identification (e.g. driver’s licenses, social security cards, etc.), and do not recognize the authority of law enforcement (with the exception of local sheriffs). Potential flashpoints for violence with law enforcement occur during traffic stops or when agencies take some form of legal action against the individual. 41 (U//LES) Threat to Colorado – Sovereign citizen extremists will likely continue to prove a threat to law enforcement officers, either by engaging in violence or through other non-violent means, such as paper terrorism. The rhetoric that sovereign citizens often use, and the papers that are filed by sovereign citizens, often threatens to kidnap and arrest judges and law enforcement officers. • (U//LES) In April 2017, a man allegedly expressed anti-government and anti-law enforcement sentiment during a law enforcement encounter near Ketchum, Idaho. The individual attempted to engage the state trooper in a discussion about the Constitution and indicated that he was a "sovereign human being." The subject noticeably became more agitated throughout the encounter and, upon its conclusion, threatened to make a "citizen’s arrest" against the trooper. The individual is known to have previously threatened law enforcement, and earlier in 2017, he warned officers that if they came onto his property, there would be violence, regardless of whether or not law enforcement had a legal reason to be on his property. 42 • (U//LES) Between 2016 and 2017, members of We the People, formally known as the People’s Grand Jury, retaliated against elected officials and judges across Colorado who were involved in a 2015 conviction of other members’ of the group. Members of the People’s Grand Jury mainly resorted to threatening the officials. 43 • (U//LES) In early April 2015, a potential sovereign citizen extremist assaulted a Bureau of Indian Affairs Officer after the officer responded to a violent domestic call at a residence. 44 In early January 2016, he filed a lawsuit against the judge, FBI, arresting officer, and Montana Senators and Congressmen for $1.186 billion, only payable in gold and silver. 45 He was convicted of assaulting an officer in February 2016. • (U//LES) In June 2013, an individual was shot and killed during a confrontation with police officers in Fruita, Colorado. According to authorities, the subject was initially stopped for a minor traffic violation, which he resisted. After leaving the scene, he later verbally confronted law enforcement at his residence, using sovereign citizen justifications for refusing law enforcement authority and then pointed a handgun at the officers, resulting in the fatal shooting. 46 • (U//LES) In 2010, two West Memphis, Tennessee police officers were killed by two sovereign citizens who were transiting the country preaching about the sovereign citizen movement. 47 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 13 ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Signs, Symbols, and Identi?ers Associated with Sovereign Citizen Extremist Activity Many of these indicators some of which might involve constitutionally protected activities may be insigni?cant on their own. However, when such signals or indicators are observed in combination with other suspicious behaviors, they may constitute a basis for reporting. Law enforcement action should not be taken solely based on the exercise of constitutionally protected activities or on the apparent race, ethnicity, national origin or religion of the subject, or on any combination of any such factors. Symbols, Icons, and Other Identifiers48 May roll down their window just enough to be heard. May refuse to cooperate with law enforcement and exercise their right to remain silent. May make statements regarding their 13th Amendment rights. When asked to present a driver?s license, individuals may ask if it is a request or a demand and may present some other form of identification, such as a homemade ID card. May claim that it is unconstitutional to require individuals to have a driver?s license and/or to obey traf?c laws. May provide strange responses to law enforcement questions or sound illogical or incoherent. For example, when asked to present a driver?s license, they may reply: ?no, no personally." If an official state driver?s license is presented, they may claim the person in the picture is not them. They may further claim the person in the picture is not human, but is a ?non-breathing extraterrestrial.? When signing law enforcement documents, they may write ?under duress? beneath their signature or cite various Uniform Commercial Codes (UCC) such as UCC 1?308 or 1?207. The vehicle may bear a fraudulent or homemade license plate. If af?liated with a sovereign citizen group, the individual may state they are licensed within that group?s jurisdiction. Attempting to distract the officer with paperwork. Attempting to prevent an officer from performing their duties. Displaying a badge that identifies the subject as a member of law enforcement. Identifying self as an official of the state. Displaying unauthorized tags that represent the sovereign citizen republic. Being uncooperative. Concealing loaded weapons. 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'.4l 14 ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U//FOUO) Sovereign Citizen Groups with a Presence in Colorado • • • • • • (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) Colorado Free State Discharge Debt Native America SC Republic of the United States Team Law We the People (U) White Supremacist Extremism (U//FOUO) The DHS defines white supremacist extremists as groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of unlawful violence directed at the federal government, perceived ethnic minorities, or Jewish persons in support of their belief that Caucasians are intellectually and morally superior to other races and their perception that the government is controlled by Jewish persons. 49 (U//LES) Threat to Colorado – There is a concern that white supremacist extremists will continue attacking members of the community who threaten their belief of Caucasian superiority. There has been an increase in violence and threats to the Jewish community, as well as to individuals who are perceived as threatening to the white supremacist ideology. • (U//FOUO) Social media and encrypted message users, associated with some white supremacy groups, promote white supremacist extremist ideology, including calls for violence against elected officials, federal law enforcement, and minority groups. 50,51,52,53 • (U//FOUO) In August 2019, FBI agents arrested an Atomwaffen Division affiliate for allegedly plotting to attack a Las Vegas synagogue. The affiliate is currently awaiting trial. 54 • (U//LES) An affluent member of the neo-Nazi movement has mentored several members of the Denver Atomwaffen Division. 55 Members of Atomwaffen have been linked to five murders nationwide since 2017. 56 • (U//LES) There have been several incidents in Colorado between the Proud Boys and Rocky Mountain Antifa, to include violent clashes at protests. • (U) In 2017 during the "Unite the Right Rally" in Charlottesville, Virginia, a conflict between White Supremacist Extremists and counter-protesters escalated with both sides engaging in increasingly violent behavior, to include throwing chemicals, punching, and swinging sticks at one another. During the event, a white supremacist drove a vehicle into the crowd, killing one person and injuring 19 others. 57 • (U) Two members of the Proud Boys were convicted of assaulting Antifa members during a 2018 fight in New York.58 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 15 ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Signs, Symbols, and Identi?ers Associated with White Supremacist Extremist Activity Many of these indicators some of which might involve constitutionally protected activities may be insignificant on their own. However, when such signals or indicators are observed in combination with other suspicious behaviors, they may constitute a basis for reporting. Law enforcement action should not be taken solely based on the exercise of constitutionally protected activities or on the apparent race, ethnicity, national origin or religion of the subject, or on any combination of any such factors. Symbols, Icons, and Other Identifiers59 (U) ?14 Words? - ?We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.? (U) 88 - Stands for Heil Hitler. (U) 18 A white supremacist alphanumerical code for Adolf Hitler (U) 28 The white supremacist alphanumerical code for Blood Honor. (U) 311 A number used by the Ku Klux Klan. There are three iterations of the letter in Ku Klux Klan and is the eleventh letter of the alphabet. (U) 38 A numeric symbol used by the Hammerskins, meaning ?Crossed Hammers" which is the groups logo. (U) 5 Words - have nothing to say," which refers to the phrase that some supporters believe should be the only words spoken to police. (U) 9% A numeric symbol that refers to the percentage of the world's population that is white. (U) ACAB ?All Cops Are Bastards? and is slogan that has been used heavily by supporters of this ideology. (U) The "echo" is an on?line symbol used by anti?Semites to indicate that someone is Jewish, or to imply that the word Jewish should be added to the phrase or term inside the echo. (U) H8 The letter/ number combination to mean "hate.? (U) Mein Ehre Heisst Treue "My Honor is Loyalty." (U) Swastika Most notorious hate symbol in western culture. (U) Goyim Regular non?Jewish people; Means uncircumcised. (U) Life Rune An ancient runic symbol appropriated by the Nazis to help create an idealized "Aryan/Norse" heritage. (U) Othala Rune Used by White Supremacists in their attempt to reconstruct a mythic "Aryan" past. (U) Sonnerad "Sunwheel" is an ancient Indo?European symbol appropriated by Nazi Germany, which has led to its use as a hate symbol today. ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE 16 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U//FOUO) White Supremacist Groups with a Presence in Colorado (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) (U) • • • • • • • • • • • • • American Identity Movement (previously known as Identity Evropa) Aryan Empire Aryan Circle Atomwaffen Blood & Honour Hammerskins National Socialist Movement Denver Unit Patriot Front Patriot Prayer Proud Boys Soldiers of Odin Traditionalist Worker Party Wolves of Vinland (U) Prevention and Response (U) The table below is provided as general guidance. Law enforcement should always follow their agency’s policies and procedures first. (U) Prevention60 • • • • • • (U//LES) Response 61 (U) Conduct as much outreach as budgets allow. (U) Prioritize public safety and other community concerns –build trust. (U) Conduct outreach with all communities in the jurisdiction. (U) Visibly separate intelligence and outreach units. (U) Work with communities so they understand who to contact. (U) Educate the community about police policies and practices. • • • • • • • • • (U//LES) Maintain focus on situational safety. (U//LES) Maintain professional bearing. (U//LES) Expect all interactions to be recorded and/or videotaped. (U//LES) Apply enforcement as appropriate. (U//LES) Make every effort to identify the subject. (U//LES) Conduct searches / seizures falling within legal authority. (U//LES) Advise your supervisor of the contact. (U//LES) Prepare notes. (U//LES) Secure your recordings and keep a witness list. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 17 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U) Contact the appropriate agencies listed below, if you encounter: • (U) Imminent threat or indications of mobilization J: Call the FBI immediately. • • (U) No imminent threat or mobilization, but possible radicalization K: Contact your agency’s crisis intervention unit clinicians, the CIAC, FBI or the University of Denver’s Colorado Resilience Collaborative (CRC). • • • • (U) FBI – Denver Field Office: 303-629-7171; https://tips.fbi.gov/ (U) CIAC: 877-509-2422; cdps_ciac@state.co.us (U) CRC: 303-871-3042 (U) If a community member seems concerned about someone but refuses to share information with you or anyone in law enforcement or government: Provide them with information about the CRC or offer to connect them to the CRC directly. (U) Useful Links • (U) The CRC at the University of Denver https://www.du.edu/gspp/resilience-collaborative/ • (U) DHS Publications Library: Preventing Terrorism https://www.dhs.gov/publications-library/preventing-terrorism (U) This report addresses the following CIAC Standing Information Needs: CIAC SIN-01, CIAC SIN-06, CIAC SIN-09, CIAC SIN-10, CIAC SIN-11, CIAC SIN-12, CIAC SIN-15, CIAC SIN-16, HSEC-01, HSEC-04, HSEC05, HSEC-06, HSEC-08, and HSEC-10. J Mobilization is the process by which individuals take action to prepare for or engage in violence or material support of violence to advance their cause. K Radicalization is the process by which individuals come to believe their engagement in or facilitation of non-state violence to achieve social and political change is necessary and justified. UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 18 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE End Notes (U//FOUO); Department of Homeland Security; 11 September 2018; Law Enforcement Awareness Brief; Accessed from presentation on 14 August 2019; Extracted information is (U); Overall document classification is (U//FOUO); (U//FOUO); 2 (U//LES); Denver Police Department; Case Report; 2011471611; 23 OCT 2011; DPD Police Report 2011471611; Extracted information is (U//LES); Overall document classification is (U//LES); (U//LES); 3 (U//LES); Denver Police Department; Case Report; 2017118313; 21 FEB 2017; DPD Police Report 2017118313; Extracted information is U//LES; Overall document classification is U//LES; (U//LES); 4 (U); Its Going Down; “Neo-Nazis Driven Off CSU Campus After Turning Point USA Event”; 5 FEB 2019; https://itsgoingdown.org/neo-nazis-driven-off-csu-campus-turning-point-usa-event/; Accessed 24 OCT 2019; (U); Website; 5 (U); Shawn Ewald; “Anarchism in Action: Methods, Tactics, Skills, and Ideas”; Pgs 97-100; Accessed 05 OCT 2019; (U); PDF; 6 (U//FOUO) Department of Homeland Security; Domestic Terrorism and Homegrown Violent Extremism Lexicon; 3 MAY 2015; Accessed 1 AUG 2019; Extracted information is (U); Overall document classification is (U//FOUO); (U//FOUO); 7 (U); Direct Action Everywhere; Past Rescues; https://www.directactioneverywhere.com/open-rescue#past-rescues; Accessed 22 AUG 2019; (U); Website; 8 (U); Alicia Stice; Coloradoan; “Denver-Based Animal Rights Group Steals Chickens from Berthoud Farm”; 18 SEP 2017; https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2017/09/18/denver-based-animal-rights-group-steals-chickens-berthoudfarm/678055001/; Accessed 10 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 9 (U); Michael Roberts; Westword; “Walter Bond: Radical Animal-Rights Activist Pleads Guilty to Burning Down Sheepskin Factory”; 19 NOV 2010; https://www.westword.com/news/walter-bond-radical-animal-rights-activist-pleads-guilty-to-burningdown-sheepskin-factory-5857662; Accessed 13 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 10 (U//FOUO) Department of Homeland Security; 3 MAY 2015; Domestic Terrorism and Homegrown Violent Extremism Lexicon; Accessed 1 AUG 2019; Extracted information is U; Overall document classification is (U//FOUO); (U//FOUO); 11 (U); Richard Fausset; NYTimes; “For Robert Dear, Religion and Rage Before Planned Parenthood Attack”; 1 December 2015; https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/us/robert-dear-planned-parenthood-shooting.html; Accessed 16 August 2019; (U); Website; 12 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 13 (U//LES); Wyoming Information Analysis Team; 27 JAN 2015; (U); Officer Safety Threats Made by subject”; Extracted information is (U//LES); Overall document classification is (U//LES); (U//LES) 14 (U); South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation; Case file 1506183.n.; 23 SEP 2015; (U); ATTEMPTED MURDER; AGGRAVATED ASSAULT; OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING; Extracted information is (U//LES); Overall document is classification (U//LES); (U//LES); 15 (U); Ibid.; 16 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 17 (U); Los Angeles Times; Veronica Rocha, Josheph Serna, Diana Marcum, Hailey Branson-Potts; “Hate Crime is Suspected After a Gunman Kills Three White Men in Downtown Fresno”; 19 APR 2017; Accessed 11 OCT 2019; (U); Website; 18 (U); Joel Achenbach, William Wan, Mark Berman, Moriah Balingit; The Washington Post; “Five Dallas Police Officers Were Killed by a Lone Attacker”; 8 JUL 2016; https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/08/like-a-little-warsnipers-shoot-11-police-officers-during-dallas-protest-march-killing-five/?noredirect=on; Accessed 18 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 19 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 20 (U//FOUO); DHS, OSIR-04001-1082-19, 23 APR 2019; (U//FOUO); Environmental extremists advertise new publication promoting a new strategy to target infrastructure projects; Extracted information is (U//FOUO); Overall document classification is (U//FOUO); (U//FOUO); 21 (U); Ian Richardson; Sioux City Journal; “Buena County Investigating another Suspected Arson along Dakota Access Pipeline”; 1 MAY 2017; https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/buena-vista-county-investigating-another-suspected-arson-along-dakotaaccess/article_c3ba8ad0-adf9-5753-803d-44e637ed1fbd.html; Accessed on 13 OCT 2019; Local Iowa newspaper. 22 (U); Ian Richardson; Sioux City Journal; “Buena County Investigating another Suspected Arson along Dakota Access Pipeline”; 1 MAY 2017; https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/buena-vista-county-investigating-another-suspected-arson-along-dakotaaccess/article_c3ba8ad0-adf9-5753-803d-44e637ed1fbd.html; accessed on 13 OCT 2019. Local Iowa newspaper. 23 (U); Rebecca Hersher; National Public Radio; “Protests Disrupt Pipelines Across The Northern U.S”; 12 OCT 2016; http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/12/497673866/protests-disrupt-pipelines-across-the-west; Accessed on 18 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 24 (U//LES); DHS; IIR 4 017 0018 17; 051633Z DEC 16; DOI 10-11 OCT 2016; (U//FOUO); Title is (U//LES); Extracted information is (U//FOUO); Overall document classification is (U//LES); (U//LES); 25 (U//LES); DHS; IIR 4 011 0035 17; 020026Z MAR 17; DOI 11 OCT 2016; Title is (U//LES); Extracted information is (U//FOUO); Overall document classification is (U//LES); (U//LES); 1 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 19 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U//LES); DHS; IIR 4 017 0027 17; 232020Z JAN 17; DOI 11 OCT 2016; Title is U//LES”; Extracted information is (U//FOUO); Overall document classification is (U//LES); 27 (U); #Shutitdown Climate Direct Action; "Press Release - OCT 11th, 2016"; 11 OCT 2016; http://www.shutitdown.today/pr_oct1116 ; accessed on 09 OCT 2019; (U); Website; 28 (U); Randy Wyrick; VailDaily; “Arson on the Mountain: Vail's 1998 Arson Fires at Two Elk Were Country's Worst Eco-Terrorist Attack; https://www.vaildaily.com/news/we-knew-it-was-arson-vails-1998-arson-fires-at-two-elk-were-the-countrys-worsteco-terrorist-attack/; Accessed 11 September 2019; (U); Website; 29 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 30 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 31 (U); CNN; Michael Pearson; “Who is Oklahoma Beheading Suspect Alton Nolen?”; 30 SEP 2014; https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/29/justice/oklahoma-beheading-suspect/index.html; Accessed 16 OCT 2019; (U); Website; 32 (U); Counter Extremism Project; “Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez”; https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/muhammad-youssef-abdulazeez; Accessed 16 OCT 2019; (U); Website; 33 (U); Vox; Zack Beauchamp; “Incel, The Misogynist Ideology that Inspired the Deadly Toronto Attack, Explained”; 25 APR 2019; https://www.vox.com/world/2018/4/25/17277496/incel-toronto-attack-alek-minassian; Accessed 28 OCT 2019; (U); Website; 34 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 35 (U); The Denver Channel; The Associated Press; “ Plea Deal for Denver Serial Online Harasser Appears to Fit a Pattern of Lenient Punishments”; 22 MAY 2019; https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/plea-deal-for-denver-serial-onlineharasser-appears-to-fit-a-pattern-of-lenient-punishments; Accessed 02 OCT 2019; (U); Website; 36 (U); “Elliot Rodger: How Misogynist Killer Became Incel Hero”; 26 APR 2018; https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada43892189; Accessed 11 OCT 2019; (U); Website; 37 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 38 (U); 9News; Jennifer Meckles; “Vandal Caught After Interrupting Drag Queen Storytime for Kids”; 28 JUN 2019; https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/vandal-caught-after-interrupting-drag-queen-storytime-for-kids/73-08949e3d9dc2-49db-90bc-a7fb88f3ddf1; Accessed 15 AUG 2019; (U); Website; 39 (U); Cult Education Institute; Andrew Guy Jr.; “Feds Arrest Militia Trainer”; 22 JUL 2000; https://culteducation.com/group/1051-militias-or-private-armies-and-extremist-groups/13481-feds-arrest-militia-trainer; Accessed 18 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 40 (U); Cult Education Institute; Kevin Flynn; “Two Men Indicted in Explosives Inquiry”; 22 JUL 2000; https://culteducation.com/group/1051-militias-or-private-armies-and-extremist-groups/13483-two-men-indicted-inexplosives-inquiry; Accessed 18 SEP 2019; 41 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 42 (U//LES) FBI SIR-00118746684; (U//LES) Activities of Idaho-based Potential Sovereign Citizen Extremist Indicate Possible Threat to Law Enforcement; Published 01 September 2017; Accessed 11 OCT 2019; (U//LES); (U//LES); 43 (U); Daily Camera; Mitchell Byars; “’People’s Grand Jury’ Ringleaders Facing Prison Time After Threats to Officials”; 25 MAY 2018; https://www.dailycamera.com/2018/05/25/peoples-grand-jury-ringleaders-facing-prison-time-after-threats-to-officials; Accessed 09 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 44 (U); Clair Johnson; Billings Gazette; “Man pleads guilty to assault on BIA officer”; 22 OCT 2015; http://billingsgazette.com/news/crime/man-pleads-guilty-to-assault-on-bia-officer/article_022af9ae-d635-52a4-adf9516c9713333a.html ; Accessed on 03 OCT 2019; (U); Local news source; 45 (U); U.S. District Court, District 9, Billings Montana; BIA-2013-00380; DOI 22 JAN 2016; (U) Thomas James Rockroads III (Not the Strawman) vs. Co-Litigators 28 1343; Extracted Information is (U); Overall document classification is U. 46 (U); Staff writer; KKCO 11 News; “DA clears Fruita PD officers in fatal shooting case”; 17 JUL 2013; http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/DA-clears-Fruita-PD-officers-in-fatal-shooting-case-215921851.html ; Accessed on 1 OCT 2019; (U); Local news source; 47 (U); Flatland; Judy Thomas; “He Saw His Son Lying Dead, Shot by Sovereign Citizens”; 19 APR 2015; https://www.flatlandkc.org/news-issues/son-lying-dead-shot-sovereign-citizens/; Accessed 11 October 2019; 48 (U//LES); RISS; “The Sovereign Citizen Movement: Law Enforcement Safety and Awareness”; Accessed 26 August 2019; Extraced information is (U//LES); Overall document classification is (U//LES); (U//LES); PDF; 49 (U); Op Cit., endnote 6; 50 (U//FOUO); DHS; OSIR-04001-1620-19; 04 SEP 2019; DOI 23 AUG 2019; (U//FOUO); Violent extremist instant messaging user encourages snipers to join 'Atomwaffen Division'; Extracted information is (U//FOUO); Overall document classification is (U//FOUO); 51 (U//FOUO); DHS; OSIR-04001-1445-19; 07 AUG 2019; DOI 06 AUG 2019; (U//FOUO); Extremist instant messaging user incites the killing of 'Feds'; Extracted information is (U//FOUO); Overall document classification is (U//FOUO); 26 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 20 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (U//FOUO); DHS; OSIR-04001-1515-19; 16 AUG 2019; DOI 15 AUG 2019; (U//FOUO); Extremist instant messaging user claims to have encouraged a would-be white supremacist extremist attacker who was recently arrested; Extracted information is U//FOUO; Overall document classification is (U//FOUO); (U//FOUO); 53 (U//FOUO); Central Florida Intelligence Exchange (CFIX); Intelligence Bulletin - Violent Extremists Continue to Incite for Attacks Targeting Power Grids, Bulletin 19-08-83; dated 07 AUG 2019; (U//FOUO); 54 (U) U.S. District Court of Nevada; United States v. Conor ClimoUSPER; Case 2:19-mj-00593-NJK; 9 AUG 2019; Accessed 8 SEP 2019; (U); 55 (U); Frontline; Richard Rowley, A.C. Thompson, and Karim Hajj; “Documenting Hate: New American Nazis”; 20 November 2018; https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-new-american-nazis/; Accessed 11 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 56 (U); NPR; Greg Myre; “Deadly Connection: Neo-Nazi Group Linked to Three Accused Killers”; 2018 MAR 6; https://www.npr.org/2018/03/06/590292705/5-killings-3-states-and-1-common-neo-nazi-link; Accessed 11 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 57 (U); The Washington Post; Joe Heim; “Recounting a Day of Rage, Hate, Violence, and Death: How a Rally of White Nationalists and Supremacists at the University of Virgina Turned into a ‘Tragic, Tragic Weekend’”; 14 AUG 2017; https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/local/charlottesville-timeline/. Accessed 13 AUG 2019; (U); Website; 58 (U); KRDO News; Joe Sutton, Hollie Silverman; “Proud Boys Members Found Guilty of Assault in Brawl with Antifa”; 20 AUG 2019; https://www.krdo.com/news/national-world/proud-boys-members-found-guilty-of-assault-in-brawl-withantifa/1111397803. Accessed 12 SEP 2019; (U); Website; 59 (U); ADL; “Hate on Display Hate Symbols Database”; https://www.adl.org/hate-symbols?cat_id[148]=148&cat_id[154]=154; Accessed 25 AUG 2019; (U); Website; 60 (U//LES); Department of Homeland Security. 2019 August. Meeting with DHS and CIAC personnel regarding prevention methods; Extracted information is (U); Overall Meeting was (U//LES); (U//LES); 61 (U//LES); Colorado State Patrol Intelligence Unit; 2013 February; Accessed 25 AUG 2019; Extracted information is (U//LES); Overall documentation is (U//LES); (U//LES); PDF; 52 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Production Number:101058 CIAC Report #: 19-24190 21