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>Per their statement, Balogon was in leadership roles with Geronimo Tactical, Huey P. Newton Gun Club, and Guerrilla Mainframe. Let’s take a look at these three

>Per their statement, Balogon was in leadership roles with Geronimo Tactical, Huey P. Newton Gun Club, and Guerrilla Mainframe. Let’s take a look at these three groups. Geronimo Tactical: >Instagram account, which has almost four thousand followers, is much more straight forward. It simply has a quote from the Communist mass murderer Mao Zedong that says "Political power grows from the barrel of a gun", a PayPal link, and LOTS of pictures of the group conducting paramilitary training. Huey P. Newton Gun Club (HPNGC): >"In essence we take responsibility for the growth and development for our community which is an element to our nationalist ideals. We understand and know we will not win every person over to our methods and practices, however we accept we must walk this difficult path towards eventual armed struggle." >"We are servants above anything else and more than militants we employ the revolutionary ideals of nationalism. Nationalism will only organize the talents that we currently possess as a people and aid our function as a nation. The beginning of this tasks is to arm the body and minds of black people in America in which the Huey P. Newton Gun Club intends to be a part of." >HPNGC faced a lot of scrutiny when it was revealed that Micah Xavier Johnson, who ambushed and killed five police officers during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas in 2016, may have been affiliated with the militant black nationalist group. They have also come under fire for brandishing their weapons and confronting employees at a Dallas gas station. Guerrilla Mainframe: >According to their website, Guerrilla Mainframe is another militia group founded in 2008 in Dallas, Texas. The organizations core foundations are Pan African with teachings from the likes of Kwame Nkrumah and Sekou Toure, both African Marxist political leaders. >We support the abolishment of the U.S. Constitution as a political right, and favor a government based on the needs of the people. >We want all freedom fighters/prisoners of war to be freed immediately to rejoin the peoples struggle for revolution. >We demand the redistribution of land, power, and resources be returned to exploited people around the world. We are unified against the evils of capitalism, fascism, and imperialism in all forms. >We believe in Revolution, by this meaning the Total overthrow of the Capitalist System by direct struggle conflict. Some of Balogun's social media posts: >On July, 6th 2017, he changed his profile picture to an image of Micah Xavier Johnson in honor of the one year anniversary of the day he ambushed and murdered five Dallas police officers in cold blood. On that same day he said "Comrades and Family tomorrow is #ClaimMicahXDay in memory of a great sacrifice made by a local Dallas Revolutionary! Zalute" >On July, 7th 2017, the one year anniversary of the murders of Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Officer Michael Krol, Sgt. Michael Smith, Officer Brent Thompson, and Officer Patricio "Patrick" Zamarripa; he said "Today one year ago one Black Man brought Dallas Pig Department to their knees. #77”. On that same day he posted pictures of himself as well as pictures of Micah’s dead body with the caption “I’m wearing brown and khaki in solidarity for Micah X #77". Source for all of the above is https://farleftwatch.com/2018/01/08/far-left-militia-leader-rakem-balogun-arrested-by-fbi/ https://farleftwatch.com/2018/01/08/far-left-militia-leader-... which itself provides proper sourcing for these claims.

java_script 8y ago
I literally have family (white) about as far right as that guy is left and they haven’t been arrested for their speech. Literally including violence against cops stuff except framed from the right wing angle (i.e. property rights and 2nd amendment rather than racial oppression, standard NRA/3%er fare). They’re more likely to get a visit from the NYT for a glowing interview about what’s its like to live in Real America than a visit from the FBI.
- posting 8y ago
  Not the say that I agree with either of those movements, but there's a big difference in terms of threat between advocating defense of constitutional rights and advocating militant overthrow of the United States government and the capitalist system (to be replaced with a black ethno-nationalist state). The latter is what the groups that Balogun is a member/leader of says it is preparing for (and has already carried out in some cases, see the article).
  - DanBC 8y ago
    The big difference being that right wing extremists routinely kill people in the US, while black activists don't?
kbenson 8y ago
Okay, but what's the point? You could have posted the link by itself if you were just trying to provide additional information, so I feel like you're trying to make some sort of argument by choosing these and repeating them in your comment, but you've left that part out.
- posting 8y ago
  The point is to provide some counterbalance to the Guardian's biased framing of this case. The excerpts are provided for the reader's convenience to quickly convey the gist of the article. If you want to know more or verify the accuracy of this information, you can visit the link.

java_script 8y ago

I literally have family (white) about as far right as that guy is left and they haven’t been arrested for their speech. Literally including violence against cops stuff except framed from the right wing angle (i.e. property rights and 2nd amendment rather than racial oppression, standard NRA/3%er fare). They’re more likely to get a visit from the NYT for a glowing interview about what’s its like to live in Real America than a visit from the FBI.

posting 8y ago
Not the say that I agree with either of those movements, but there's a big difference in terms of threat between advocating defense of constitutional rights and advocating militant overthrow of the United States government and the capitalist system (to be replaced with a black ethno-nationalist state). The latter is what the groups that Balogun is a member/leader of says it is preparing for (and has already carried out in some cases, see the article).
- DanBC 8y ago
  The big difference being that right wing extremists routinely kill people in the US, while black activists don't?

kbenson 8y ago

Okay, but what's the point? You could have posted the link by itself if you were just trying to provide additional information, so I feel like you're trying to make some sort of argument by choosing these and repeating them in your comment, but you've left that part out.

posting 8y ago
The point is to provide some counterbalance to the Guardian's biased framing of this case. The excerpts are provided for the reader's convenience to quickly convey the gist of the article. If you want to know more or verify the accuracy of this information, you can visit the link.