10/19/2017: L-R: Tyler Tenbrink (in black shirt), William Fears (in white shirt and khakis - aka the "White Bloc" uniform - and Colton Fears talking to press in Gainsville hours before they were picked up for shooting at protesters after the Richard Spencer Speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Dick Spencer wants to go to other universities, but they don’t have to put up with his crap if this is what’s coming with him.
10/19/2017: Small numbers of white power militants sitting in front rows at Richard Spencer’s University of Florida event before rest of audience admitted.
A planning document for Richard Spencer’s visit — which anti-racists accessed and which we are now publishing in full — suggests that the would-be killers from Texas were not mere supporters of Richard Spencer, but traveled to campus as part of Spencer’s operational plan for the day. The operational document also reveals details such as there being an after-party for Alt-Right militants who assisted with the Gainesville event, and that Spencer and other “VIPs” planned dinner with donors while visiting the city.
8/12/2017: Tyler Tenbrink, one of the Gainesville shooters at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville with Austin Gillespie, aka Augustus Invictus who has organized with the Proud Boys, who says they are not fascist, and claims to be a Libertarian. Him wearing a shirt of an eagle carrying a fasces says otherwise!
The operational plan developed for Gainesville by Richard Spencer’s closest associates reveals coordination with both the University of Florida and police, with both parties described by the Alt-Right racists as “cooperating.” According to the plans distributed to staff at Spencer’s National Policy Institute, The Patriot Front, an openly fascist organization, was a key organization participating in the racist “Task Force” for Gainesville. The planning document appears to have made plans for larger numbers of white nationalists than showed up, again pointing to Gainesville as a flop for Richard Spencer’s movement. This defeat happened at a time when the racist “Alt-Right” is desperate for any sort of win, in the aftermath of the bloody and disastrous “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville this August.
The “Operation Gator” document mentions that white nationalists had plans for a “flash mob” in the event that University of Florida cancelled Spencer’s speech — with racists showing up elsewhere on campus or in Gainesville to make their presence felt (with predictable intimidation and likely targeted violence). In actuality, Spencer did not have his speech cancelled by the University but rather cut it short himself after being humiliated by the student/community mobilization. The “Operation Gator” plan stated that participants ought not bring guns. However, it was in the context of political defeat (but not any University cancellation) that some of Spencer’s allies attempted to settle scores with anti-racists, nearly committing a murder.
Patriot Front Texas
William Fears AKA “Rance Mason” displays Patriot Front flag on Facebook.
After a shot had been fired but before arrests, the Texas branch of Patriot Front stated on Twitter that all its members were “safe and having a blast in Gainesville.”
All @FrontPatriot members who were at the @RichardBSpencer event are safe and having a blast in Gainesville. Excellent job, gentlemen.
By providing a phone number for “Ritter” the Gainesville planning document also revealed his actual identity. The same number is listed on the website of a technology staffing company, as the number for Equal Employment Opportunity Officer Greg Conte. Greg Conte is based in Maryland. His LinkedIn profile lists him as a staffing consultant for a different company.
While Gainesville went poorly for Richard Spencer, the operational document for the day highlights what Identity Evropa leader Elliott Kline (AKA “Eli Mosley”) described in a recent podcast appearance as the “professionalization” of the Alt-Right, which according to Klein started with Richard Spencer’s appearance in Auburn, Alabama earlier this year. White power militants are divided into units with clear roles, a detailed plan, and a chain of command. The Gainesville document indicates that Spencer’s forces coordinated closely with UF campus police for their visit.
The Gainesville organizational document was approved by Gregory Conte/”Ritter,” who does podcasts on Spencer’s Alt-Right.com and has a “security” business with Spencer’s bodyguard. The planning document, which was distributed to National Policy Institute staff, was approved by Spencer’s closest associates and almost certainly Spencer himself. Patriot Front — the fascist organization that recently tried to storm the Houston Anarchist Bookfair — had trusted roles in Spencer’s Gainesville mobilization, as did the white nationalists of Identity Evropa. After Spencer’s Gainesville event flopped, racists from the Texas delegation tried to murder someone.
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