Ford Fischer

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Ford Fischer
@FordFischer
Primary source documentarian. Work in Oscar, Emmy & Golden Globe winning films. Editor-in-chief . Video available to license imdb.com/name/nm6336785/
Washington DCpatreon.com/fordfischerBorn April 6Joined February 2014

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VIDEO THREAD: Gun owners - many visibly armed - rallied in old Town Albuquerque today to openly defy the New Mexico Governor's Executive Order banning the open and concealed carry of firearms there as a one-month "emergency." Police did not intervene or enforce the order.
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Secret Service with long duffle bags and badges marked “United States Secret Service Special Operations Counter Sniper Team” heading into the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute building a block north of White House.
Now: Anti-Trump protesters gather at the Lincoln Memorial to demand Congress block Trump’s January 6, 2025 certification for being an “Insurrectionist” over his actions on January 6, 2021.
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New bodycam footage shows Okaloosa County, FL Deputy Jesse Hernandez declaring "shots fired!" and "I'm hit!" and shooting at the handcuffed, unarmed suspect inside of his police car. He had not been shot, rather, it was determined that he heard an acorn drop onto the car.
The LAPD is tweeting that they responded to a call about a possibly suicidal person by showing up, shooting the person’s dog, and then shooting eachother.
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Upon arrival officers made contact with the subject and a Rottweiler. During the encounter an Officer-Involved Shooting occurred and an officer was struck by gunfire. The officer’s injuries appear to be non-life threatening.
VIDEO THREAD: Craig Sicknick, brother of Brian Sicknick who died of a stroke the day after fighting on January 6, 2021, spoke at a rally demanding Congress refuse to certify Trump's electoral victory on January 6, 2025. "I came here today to urge Congress to do its job and block
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THREAD: I have discovered something online that *could* be relevant to the Nashville explosion, but I want to be extremely clear that I don't know what - if anything - to infer from it. I'm hoping appropriate experts and authorities can take a look.
Thread: After a fresh, close look at my January 6 footage, I discovered something in the chaos I didn't know I captured: On the Capitol East side, Capitol Police Lieutenant Tarik Khalid Johnson is in my footage wearing a MAGA hat and shouting into a bullhorn.
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Chaotic situation outside Capital One Arena after Trump supporters arrive at final blocks of line and storm through a median meant for photographers and others who aren’t on line. Trump event volunteers struggle to hold back the crowd.
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VIDEO THREAD: Climate activists blocked the GW Parkway into DC on Wednesday morning during rush hour to demand President Biden declare a "climate emergency" and cancel new fossil fuel drilling. "I have an interview today, are you serious?" yelled one angry driver, who said she's
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Joe Biden’s new anti-terrorism initiative classifies “anarchist violent extremists” that “oppose all forms of capitalism, corporate globalization, and governing institutions, which are perceived as harmful to society” as “domestic violent extremists.”
Today armed Black Lives Matter and "boogaloo" protesters joined forces for an open carry rally against police violence and government overreach. I'll have HD video up ASAP, but here are some photos I snapped today. Betcha didn't see this on cable news today.
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I am a journalist, verified on Facebook. Today I spent the entire day covering various armed groups throughout Louisville. As I just finished a livestream, I tried to log in and it appears deleted my account.
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Within minutes of 's announcement of a new purge it appears they caught my outlet, which documents activism and extremism, in the crossfire. I was just notified my entire channel has been demonetized. I am a journalist whose work there is used in dozens of documentaries.
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There’s a feeling that a lot of corporate journalists are probably having right now: “What if this giant tech company I rely on bans me next? Would I even know why? Would I have any recourse?” That fear has been this platform for everyone else for years.
Here at DC Jail: all but perhaps two January 6 defendants are still locked up, and an MPD officer now tells their supporters outside that nobody else will be freed tonight from this facility despite Trump’s pardon order saying to let them out “immediately.”
Just now: members of the RevComs gather amidst Trump supporters here in Washington DC and set fire to Confederate and Trump flags. A Trump supporter ripped away an American flag from the group, who apparently brought a spare that they burned as well. “In the name of humanity,
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VIDEO THREAD: Yesterday, July 4, activists demanding Joe Biden declare a "Climate Emergency" blocked traffic on he beltway in Maryland, just outside DC. One agitated driver got physical with them while saying that he's on parole and could return to prison if late for his job.
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Sgt Beth Roberts responded quickly to Deputy Hernandez erroneously calling "shots fired" in response to an acorn dropping from a tree. "Where? Right there?" Roberts asked before also firing at the handcuffed, unarmed man in their car. Luckily, both cops missed every shot.
NEVER BEFORE SEEN JANUARY 6 FOOTAGE shot on a high-end RED camera will be seen by the world tomorrow in Fight Like Hell, a raw, observational documentary about the lead-up to and details of the storming of the Capitol. Trailer below. Film drops free-to-view on YouTube tomorrow.