The "cops" and by that I mean the FBI, was probably monitoring the situation between their informants in the crowd/gang, and their command and control vehicles that were monitoring the situation from the ground. Real cops were probably ordered to stand-down because some kind of Fed excercise was going on.
There's usually informants within the group, if its not the group leader himself, there's an on-the-ground comand and control team (check for unmarked black SUVs with antennaes in the vicinity), plus some teams for narrative control in case any patriots decided to intervene (typically in the form of spotters that swoop in to reinforce whatever they want the optics to be by claiming to have witnessed everything)
This was obviously an Op meant to have a chilling effect on any Judges or Jury members who do the right thing.
The "cops" and by that I mean the FBI, was probably monitoring the situation between their informants in the crowd/gang, and their command and control vehicles that were monitoring the situation from the ground. Real cops were probably ordered to stand-down because some kind of Fed excercise was going on.
There's usually informants within the group, if its not the group leader himself, there's an on-the-ground comand and control team (check for unmarked black SUVs with antennaes in the vicinity), plus some teams for narrative control in case any patriots decided to intervene (typically in the form of spotters that swoop in to reinforce whatever they want the optics to be by claiming to have witnessed everything)
This was obviously an Op meant to have a chilling effect on any Judges or Jury members who do the right thing.
We will see. The guy sure didn't mind showing his face so you are probably correct. If he didn't feel protected je wouldn't have been so bold.