{"id":324268,"date":"2017-09-02T04:45:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T03:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/fbi-homeland-security-warn-of-more-antifa-attacks\/"},"modified":"2017-09-02T04:45:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T03:45:44","slug":"fbi-homeland-security-warn-of-more-antifa-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/fbi-homeland-security-warn-of-more-antifa-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI, Homeland Security warn of more \u2018antifa\u2019 attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/09\/01\/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235\"><strong>Politico<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Sept 1, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal authorities have been warning state and local officials since early 2016 that leftist extremists known as \u201cantifa\u201d had become increasingly confrontational and dangerous, so much so that the Department of Homeland Security formally classified their activities as \u201cdomestic terrorist violence,\u201d according to interviews and confidential law enforcement documents obtained by POLITICO.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since well before the Aug. 12 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly, DHS has been issuing warnings about the growing likelihood of lethal violence between the left-wing anarchists and right-wing white supremacist and nationalist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Previously unreported documents disclose that by April 2016<b>,<\/b>\u00a0authorities believed that \u201canarchist extremists\u201d were the primary instigators of violence at public rallies against a range of targets. They were blamed by authorities for attacks on the police, government and political institutions, along with symbols of \u201cthe capitalist system,\u201d racism, social injustice and fascism, according to a confidential 2016 joint intelligence assessment by DHS and the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>After President Donald Trump\u2019s election in November, the antifa activists locked onto another target \u2014 his supporters, especially those from white supremacist and nationalist groups suddenly turning out in droves to hail his victory, support crackdowns on immigrants and Muslims and to protest efforts to remove symbols of the Confederacy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/09\/01\/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, September 1, 2017  at  8:29 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/fbi-homeland-security-warn-of-more-antifa-attacks.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/fbi-homeland-security-warn-of-more-antifa-attacks.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PoliticoSept 1, 2017 Federal authorities have been warning state and local officials since early 2016 that leftist extremists known as \u201cantifa\u201d had become increasingly confrontational and dangerous, so much so that the Department of Homeland Security formally classified their activities as \u201cdomestic terrorist violence,\u201d according to interviews and confidential law enforcement documents obtained by POLITICO. 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