Dana El-Kurd

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Behind the Bastards · It Could Happen Here Weekly 225 · 28 Mar 2026 podcast

Yep.

Cool.

In court, the government argued that based on the situation at the protest, that it was reasonable for the officer to decide to draw his handgun because there was crimes being committed, property damage, the fireworks, even if he did not witness fireworks as he pulled up to the scene.

Now, headlines have framed this story as protesters being convicted of terrorism for wearing black clothes or possessing radical political writing, also known as zines.

There is like a kernel of truth to these statements, but they're designed to serve primarily as clickbait rather than useful information.

So let's take a closer look at these claims.

Sure.

Let's start by getting into the action planning.

This action was originally planned on the encrypted messaging app Signal, primarily in a group chat called Fourth of July Party.

Okay.

The plan was also discussed during an in-person meeting the day before the action, referred to during the trial as a gear check.

Participants in the planning chat agreed to wear black block and bring armor and rifles.

Song advertised the action in a larger group chat of dozens of quote-unquote trusted individuals.

The event was characterized in this chat as a low-risk noise demonstration involving fireworks.

A flyer was sent to this larger chat reading, share with trusted folks only, do not post, mask up, be loud, unquote.

According to cooperating witness Susan Kent, in the 4th of July party signal chat, when asked about bringing guns, Song stated, I'm not going back to prison, I'm not going to jail, I'm bringing guns, unquote.

Boy, okay, great.

This sentiment was also expressed at the gear check meeting on July 3rd, where defendants discussed bringing guns, and Song repeatedly stated that they would be bringing guns because he would not be quote-unquote going to jail.

They talked about guns as a deterrent.

They talked about how in previous instances, the presence of guns deterred police from engaging with protesters.

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