FROM RIOT TO TERROR: Tim Pool Warns of “Civil Fracture” as Extremists Target Federal Agents

Independent journalist Tim Pool sat down with Jesse Watters to deliver a chilling update on the situation in Minneapolis, declaring that the unrest has officially evolved past a “riot” into overt terrorism. Pool, who has covered countless protests and been assaulted by extremists himself, warned that the current level of radicalization is unlike anything he has seen in his career.

Jesse Waters: It seems like they want some sort of civil fracture, Tim. Do they?

Tim Pool: It seems so. Now I don’t want to say at the highest levels Democrat politicians want to foment civil war, as I often talk about, but they’re beholden to their constituents. So we have a mayor suggesting the police should now be fighting federal agents, which is horrifying. But it’s actually quite simple. ICE agents are out on the ground across the country because I asked them to be. Because you asked them to be. Because the American voter said immigration is a top issue for us, we want Republicans in office, we want Donald Trump in office, and we want this problem solved once and for all. So what are we seeing? Violent extremists who oppose our democracy and the will of the people. That video you showed where they put the tow rope and rip out the weapons locker, that’s not the only one. There were other vehicles they ransacked. There’s a video purporting to show a man stealing what appears to be a rifle from a federal vehicle and ammunition, as well as patches, tourniquets, and other objects. This is not a protest. This is not a riot. These are political extremists, and it’s overt terror. I’ll tell you when it upgrades to terror: when these people are reading the names of the agents on camera—which they did—after they ransacked the vehicle, after they leaked their names and apparently went and found their private vehicles. So we’re at a whole new level. And Jesse, I used to go on the ground all the time. I’ve covered tons of these protests. I’ve been personally attacked and assaulted by many of these extremists. I have never seen this level of extremism. I mean, we’ve seen firebombs, we’ve seen broken windows, but to ransack federal vehicles and steal their weapons.

Tim Pool: So let me say this about what happened to Renee Good. You may have seen the video immediately following the moment where she dies. And it’s tragic, I wish it didn’t happen. But you hear her lover say, “Why were you using real bullets?” There’s two different people here. There’s two different groups. You’ve got your political extremists, and they radicalize your liberal “ice mom,” your run-of-the-mill suburban mom who doesn’t really understand what they’re being asked to do. And these women, they’ve gone out to your protest where they wiggled their little flags and their signs, and they said, “This policy is bad,” and “That policy is bad.” This is something different. The extremists are advocating that these middle-aged women show up to federal law enforcement operations, where armed federal agents are seeking out criminal cartels, murderers, rapists, child traffickers—and they’re wondering why these ICE agents are apprehensive and armed with lethal munitions. They are not prepared for this, and I fear it will get worse.