A far-right militia came to Oakland to attack police last year

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More about the murder of a federal protective service officer in downtown Oakland last year is trickling out in court records.

@awinston has learned that other members of a self-styled militia were in Oakland in 2020, allegedly hunting police officers.

A far-right militia came to Oakland to attack police last year
Members of the “Grizzly Scouts” hunted law enforcement during the 2020 protests, and one of them allegedly murdered a federal guard.
oaklandside.org
4:27 PM · Jun 11, 2021

https://oaklandside.org/2021/06/11/boogaloo-militia-grizzly-scouts-oakland-police-attack-steven-carrillo/


On May 29, 2020 the city of Oakland erupted in protests as demonstrators flocked downtown to demand justice for George Floyd and looters ripped through stores across the city. As police and sheriff’s deputies massed near the Oakland Police Department’s headquarters that night, a white Econoline van slowly drove by the federal courthouse on Clay Street a few blocks away, and a gunman fired out of the vehicle at two Federal Protective Service officers, killing officer David Underwood and wounding his partner.

In the aftermath of the shooting, rumors spread among law enforcement and in the media that leftist “Antifa” or Black Lives Matter protesters were responsible. But the opposite was true.

Several days after Underwood’s murder, Air Force Sergeant Steven Carrillo was identified as the alleged shooter, and Robert Justus as his driver. According to court records, Carrillo had his own motives. He had radicalized himself online in a quasi-libertarian, anti-government movement called the Boogaloo Boys, which sought to kick off a second civil war through confrontations with the authorities. A manhunt ensued and officers located Carrillo at his family’s residence in the Santa Cruz Mountains. But Carrillo was waiting in ready; a bloody shootout ensued, leaving a county sheriff’s deputy dead and two more cops wounded before Carrillo was taken into custody.

In the months since his arrest, law enforcement officials have described Carrillo as someone who acted alone. “I would describe him as that lone wolf, just one angry guy that is going to hurt some people,” Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart told a local television station this past May.

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