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Mr. Sparkle

(2,915 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 08:46 AM Jun 2020

US Air Force sergeant charged in Boogaloo Bois murder

Source: BBC



A US Air Force sergeant with links to the far-right Boogaloo Bois movement has been charged with the murder of a federal security officer in California, the FBI says. Steven Carrillo is accused of killing David Patrick Underwood outside the courthouse in Oakland during Black Lives Matter protests last month. He was already charged with the murder of another officer eight days later. Damon Gutzwiller was killed in an ambush near Santa Cruz on 6 June.

Mr Carrillo, who is stationed at Travis air force base, was arrested during a subsequent confrontation. He appears to have used his own blood to write various phrases on the bonnet of a car he stole, the FBI said, including "boog" and "stop the duopoly". "Boogaloo" is a term used by extremists to reference a violent uprising or impending civil war in the US, the FBI said.

Adherents of the loose grouping known as Boogaloo Bois, which some liken to a militia, are anti-government and often carry assault weapons. The Oakland victim, Mr Underwood, was killed in a drive-by shooting from a white van overnight on 29 May. There were large protests taking place in nearby streets over the death in police custody of George Floyd.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53076159

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dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. A man I know keeps muttering about "Antifa"--
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 08:51 AM
Jun 2020

saying it's like Isis and is a terrorist organization. (He thinks Trump always tells the truth, and that's what Trump says, of course.)

I'm tired of pointing out to him that rightwingers are the ones doing the crimes initially attributed to Antifa.

Of course, he doesn't care.

ffr

(22,649 posts)
6. He who answers dog whistles on Fox stations, Alex.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:36 AM
Jun 2020

"Boogaloo" is a term used by extremists to reference a violent uprising or impending civil war in the US.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
7. I have been seeing the term "boi" for at least 10 years, but only in black, gay "erotica".
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:10 AM
Jun 2020

Porn stories on the internets depicting situations involving at least one participant who is a young, gay black man (boi). Some of it quite good.

I wonder which white, militia, (yet clueless) supremacist decided on THAT term to co-opt?

Or it COULD be some long suppressed fantasies (of the aforementioned white, militia, supremacists) bubbling to the surface?

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
8. Charge him with domestic terrorism and prosecute him
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:17 AM
Jun 2020

Instead of pretending that a concept like Antifa is actually an organization. Instead of tear gassing peaceful protesters doing no harm to anyone. Do something about these RWers who are using their 2nd amendment freedoms to resist tyranny or whatever they believe while actually murdering law enforcement agents.

Even if some DUer comes along and says "but he doesn't have a political agenda..." charge him with domestic terrorism anyway and let his lawyers argue against it in court. There would be no hesitation if he were Arab or Muslim.

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
12. It's the definitive "falling dream" of supremacists.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 12:56 AM
Jun 2020

Much as dreams of falling are very common among the normal folk, dreams of the holy race war seem to permeate the mental defectives that gravitate to "the movement",

mahina

(17,506 posts)
10. There has definitely been a concerted effort to recruit our military.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 01:40 PM
Jun 2020

The ideas are so absurd I can’t believe they’ve taken root as deeply as they have but here we are.

What is he talking about, duopoly?

jrandom421

(999 posts)
13. If he's active duty military
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jun 2020

where in the hell is Air Force JAG, and why aren't they hitting him with the full force of the UCMJ?

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