Submitted by Heywood_Floyd in AntiFascistAction (edited )

"Defend East County" is a new-ish group that sprang up around the time of the La Mesa protest that ended in two banks being burned down and a Vons being looted. It organizes through a private Facebook account with nearly 21,000 members, though the poeple out there on the streets five days ago were a mishmash of Proud Boys, American Guard members, border militias, and the stock angry Trump supporter. DEC founder Justin "Justin N Bama" Haskins has incorporated the group as an LLC in Arizona: https://www.bizapedia.com/az/defend-east-county-llc.html

La Mesa police were terrified of being outnumbered so they called in police from: "...National City, Oceanside, Carlsbad, California State University, Chula Vista, El Cajon, San Diego County, San Diego Community College District, Escondido, CHP, CBP, and the Harbor police. Swat teams carried M4 Assault rifles with live ammunition and local PDs carried batons, 37mm special impact munition launchers, pepper ball guns, batons, OC gas cannisters, flashbang and gas grenades and bear spray." They could get away with calling in community college and San Diego State U. (CSU) cops because the colleges are empty thanks to COVID-19 and it was a Saturday.

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