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Garrett Smith. Credit: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office On January 6, there was a rally in Clearwater, Florida, of about 85 protesters, who came out in support of Jan. 6, 2021, defendant Jeremy Brown.
But police picked up a man when they saw him running suspiciously near the rally. The man was dressed all in black with a black mask. Police arrested the man, identified as Garrett Smith, 22.
The police searched his backpack and allegedly found a pipe explosive device which they determined to be “active,” so they cleared all the ralliers out of the area. The police also found a “Direct Action Checklist.” Direct action is a term frequently used by leftist groups like Antifa. On the list were a bunch of things like pepper spray, smoke rockets, a laser pointer (which Antifa used to aim at police officers’ eyes in Portland), flammable rags, and construction nails — making it clear he wasn’t planning on attending a tea party. He also had a helmet with the “iron front” three arrow logo on it — a logo commonly used by Antifa. Today Pinellas County Sheriff did a press conference revealing Garrett Smith (recently in Portland) was arrested near a Jan. 6th protest over how prisoners are being treated. He had explosives + was dressed in black with a helmet that had an Antifa symbol. pic.twitter.com/6GhLLp8e58 — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 8, 2022 Press conference starts at 4 over arrest of man with destructive device Follow @10TampaBay online for the livestream and latest. Here are pictures of the arrested man identified as Garrett James Smith, 22 Here are boards set up by the sheriff’s office https://t.co/xJPClL7oEk pic.twitter.com/PZP7D0bTYu — Miguel Octavio (@MiguelWTSP) January 7, 2022 Here’s more. Details to be discussed at 4: https://t.co/m5O7B5CXtZ pic.twitter.com/Ol4kekutwU — Miguel Octavio (@MiguelWTSP) January 7, 2022 The […]
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