Objectively Pro Nazi

I have said on number of occasions that police in the United States act in ways that are objectively pro Nazi, well, we got another one, Washington, DC PD lieutenant, and then-head of intelligence for the force, was routine communicating law enforcement details to a leader of the Proud Boys Neo Nazi group.

I am profoundly unsurprised by this:

The leader of a right-wing extremist group learned days in advance that he would be arrested for his actions after a pro-Trump rally through his conversations with a D.C. police lieutenant, according to testimony in federal court Wednesday.

Enrique Tarrio was arrested on Jan. 4, 2021, for his part in burning a Black Lives Matter flag stolen from a historic African American church weeks earlier. The evidence played in court during the trial of Tarrio and four other Proud Boys leaders who face seditious conspiracy charges show the far-right figure appeared fully aware of what was coming, thanks to his “source” in the D.C. Police Department.

Tarrio has argued that Shane Lamond, a 22-year-veteran of the D.C. police, is a key witness who could show there was no Proud Boys conspiracy to overthrow the government because the group shared its plans with a law enforcement officer. But the messages shown in court Wednesday reveal how much the then-head of intelligence for the D.C. police was sharing with Tarrio during the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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According to the court record, by that point Lamond had been giving Tarrio inside information for at least six months. D.C. police declined to comment Wednesday on the court testimony, citing the ongoing investigation.

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On Nov. 7, 2020, when news networks declared that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election over Donald Trump, Lamond offered a tip about the right-wing social media site Parler.

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Later that day, Lamond added, “Just giving you a heads up. Let’s keep this between you and me.” Lamond said that he and Tarrio needed to talk on an encrypted application.

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Tarrio’s defense attorneys were the first to introduce conversations between Lamond and Tarrio, arguing that the correspondence indicates the Proud Boys were cooperative with police and had nothing to hide. They had sought to put Lamond on the stand but said in court the lieutenant had invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Why the f%$# is this asshole still being paid by the DCPD? 

This is clearly inappropriate and clearly corrupt, and this guy should chilling his heels in jail with bail denied, not on a year long paid vacation.