Thread: NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY MEMBERS WHO MET IN FERGUSON ADMIT PLANNING TO KILL PROSECUTOR

They had to wait to buy the other two pipe bombs they needed until the girlfriends EBT card was "charged up" per the video at link.

NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY MEMBERS WHO MET IN FERGUSON ADMIT PLANNING TO KILL PROSECUTOR, BLOW UP POLICE STATION



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by JOHN SEXTON
2 Jun 2015

Two members of the New Black Panther Party who met in Ferguson during protests over Michael Brown’s death admitted in court Tuesday they planned to blow up a police station and kill the prosecutor involved in the case.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 23-year-old Olajuwon Ali Davis and 24-year-old Brandon Orlando Baldwin each pleaded guilty to multiple explosive and gun related charges in federal court today. Federal agents who tracked the duo’s conversations by phone and text message say they planned to target Robert McCulloch, the prosecutor who handled the Michael Brown grand jury, and Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson. The plot involved blowing up cars using remotely triggered bombs and also using bombs to blow up a police station.

The men were arrested last November after paying an undercover federal agent a total of $250 to purchase what they believed were three pipe bombs. Davis put up $100 and then paid another $150 three days later, when he met the agent to pick up his bombs. Baldwin said he was broke and needed to wait for his unemployment check to come in before he could contribute. In addition to buying the “bombs,” Davis and Baldwin bought guns which they intended to give to like-minded individuals in order to “be like an army.”

Davis and Baldwin were arrested just days before Prosecutor McCulloch announced no charges would be filed against Officer Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan mentioned the timing in a statement, “The disruption of this plot, coming as it did on the eve of the expected grand jury announcement, undoubtedly saved lives. Luckily for all of us, we’ll never know just how many.”

When word of the charges were initially announced, the New Black Panther Party put out a statement which concluded, “We believe the charges against Olajuwon Ali and Brandon Muhammad to be trumped up and baseless; and believe that the two men will be cleared/vindicated of any alleged wrong doing.” The statement also distanced the NBPP from acts of violence, saying, “We make clear the New Black Panther Party, does not condone and distances itself from all illegal actions or acts of terror aimed at coercing individuals through violent means; for political reasons or otherwise!”

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Two admit plot to blow up police station, St. Louis County prosecutor and Ferguson police chief


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The Gateway Arch, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch and Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson were the alleged targets of a plot to bomb the Arch and kill both men.
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ST. LOUIS • Two men who met during the Ferguson protests and plotted violence against law enforcement admitted in federal court here Tuesday that they planned to blow up a police station, the top St. Louis County prosecutor and the Ferguson police chief.

Olajuwon Ali Davis, 23, and Brandon Orlando Baldwin, 24, each pleaded guilty of four explosives and gun charges that will carry seven-year prison terms when the men are sentenced Aug. 31.

They met in August in Ferguson, during the protests over the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, 18, by then-Officer Darren Wilson. Davis, a “frequent” protester, and Baldwin started talking about buying guns and organizing protesters to “be like an army” and fight back against police, their plea agreement says.

Federal agents and police tracked them and their calls and texts for weeks, recording some of the conversations. The two discussed using Baldwin, who was then an employee of the Cabela’s store in Hazelwood, to buy guns for felons and others. Baldwin admitted that he did buy three guns, falsifying federal forms by saying that the weapons were for him.

The men also talked about buying bombs. On Oct. 31, Davis “put it out there that he was a terrorist” during a conversation with a confidential informer, his plea says.

Baldwin, speaking to a second informer, said he wanted to build “bombs and blow things up,” his plea says, and “hit them in places where it hurt, hit someone important.”

On Nov. 8, Baldwin told the second informer that they wanted bombs that would divert police attention and others that would be “the last line of defense,” the plea says. Baldwin said they wanted at least 10 bombs with a blast radius of at least five yards.
Baldwin said that they wanted “five for the people,” with two more for ATMs and one “for one of them tanks,” meaning the armored vehicles police were using. He later was heard saying, “We at war, you understand, bro.”

Baldwin said one target was an unidentified police headquarters, to “destroy their communications.” Also mentioned as targets were St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch and then-Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson, the plea agreements say.

Baldwin also talked of targeting “somebody personal to them and then at his funeral we gotta get a couple more … ‘Godfather’ style.”

Neither McCulloch nor Jackson was harmed. Law enforcement sources and neighbors said the homes of both had been closely guarded.

Law enforcement sources previously identified the Gateway Arch as a bomb target.

Asked about that Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan, who was not the source of the original information, said the Arch was not mentioned in recorded conversations but may have been mentioned in others. He also said a bomb would not have made it past Arch security measures.

On Nov. 12, 2014, a confidential informer showed Baldwin a video of a bomb exploding, without explaining that the FBI had made it. Baldwin said, “We need ’em, we need ’em.” He and the informer then went to Davis’ home to show him the video.
Davis told the second informer on Nov. 17 that he wanted one bomb to test, as well as instructions and any examples of larger bombs.

The next day, Davis said that they wanted some bombs for cars, and wanted to be able to trigger the bombs remotely, without lighting a fuse. He gave the informer a $100 deposit and said he’d have the $150 more that Friday. But Baldwin was out of money, and on Nov. 19, said he was “inactive” until he received his unemployment benefits.

Both men were indicted that day on a charge related to the illicit purchase of a gun, although other charges were added later. The first charge came three days before McCulloch’s announcement that a grand jury would not indict Wilson. The news triggered looting and multiple arsons in Ferguson.

Baldwin and Davis were arrested after Davis paid $150 and picked up what he thought were three pipe bombs from an undercover federal agent in a Hazelwood industrial park.

Both admitted conspiring to buy and use explosives to damage a building, vehicle or other property.

In a statement, Callahan said that Davis and Baldwin were a “danger to peaceful protesters as well as law enforcement.” The prosecutor also said, “The disruption of this plot, coming as it did on the eve of the expected grand jury announcement, undoubtedly saved lives. Luckily for all of us, we’ll never know just how many.”

Investigators previously identified both defendants as members of the St. Louis Chapter of the New Black Panther Party. Baldwin also is known as Brandon Muhammad, according to court documents, and Davis also uses the last name Ali and goes by Brother Ali. Baldwin described himself as a field marshal for the party, his plea says. Davis said that he once carried a gun as part of a security detail for the party.

Davis spoke in October at a New Black Panther rally at the Greater St. Mark Family Church about the killing of Brown. Davis was identified that day as the Missouri chapter’s “minister of law.”

The New Black Panthers had responded to the initial allegations by issuing a statement calling the claims “totally unfounded” and “trumped up and baseless.” A statement from the organization said it tells members to avoid violence “unless in imminent danger according to the rules of Self-Defense.”

Asked about the involvement of the party, Callahan said that while Davis may have been a member, there was no indication that the organization supported his plans.

Davis also is a self-proclaimed “Moorish-American,” and in a YouTube video posted last year invited viewers to learn how to avoid taxes and what he said are unconstitutional laws.

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BLACK PANTHER AND FERGUSON PROTESTER GET PRISON IN BOMB PLOT CONSPIRACY

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by BRANDON DARBY
4 Sep 2015633

A New Black Panther Party member and another Ferguson protester both received 84 months in prison for “planning and conspiring to ignite explosive devices during the Ferguson protests and procuring firearms for convicted felons,” according to the FBI. The Ferguson protests were largely pushed by protesters and organizers identifying as #BlackLivesMatter, according to The Guardian. The riots and protests occurred in response to the false claims that an innocent black man had his hands up and was shot by a white police officer. Black Lives Matter has come to represent the wider #BlackLivesMatter movement, no longer solely representing the specific Black Lives Matter group that was founded in California.

The two men are Olajuwon Davis and Brandon Orlando Baldwin. According to the FBI:

…in August 2014, Olajuwon Davis, a member of the New Black Panther Party, became a frequent protester in Ferguson, Missouri. During the protests, Davis met a fellow protestor by the name of Brandon Orlando Baldwin who was employed at Cabela’s Inc., Hazelwood, Missouri. Cabela’s is a federally licensed firearms dealer. Davis and Baldwin began to discuss how they could help arm some of the individuals taking part in the Ferguson protests. Baldwin volunteered that he could use his position at Cabela’s, and thereafter, Davis related to several people that he could procure firearms for convicted felons through Baldwin at the Cabela’s store. In fact, three such purchases were made: one on October 22, 2014, and two on November 7, 2014.

By early to mid-November, Davis and Baldwin’s talk of procuring guns had shifted into acquiring bombs. The discussions included types of bombs, blast radius, and cost. Public buildings, police vehicles and police were discussed as possible targets; also mentioned as possible targets were the St. Louis County Prosecutor and the Ferguson Chief of Police. On November 12, 2014, an undercover informant showed the defendants a recording of a controlled explosion that would be produced by the type of pipe bomb the defendants were talking about purchasing. The defendants requested a delivery date of Friday November 21, 2014.

On Thursday evening November 20th, the arranged sale of three bombs was scheduled for shortly after midnight in the early morning hours of Friday. The reason for the delay was so that one of the defendants would be able to withdraw an additional $150 from an ATM machine to complete the purchase price of $250 for the three pipe bombs. The parties then met at a prearranged location in Hazelwood where the exchange of money for the three would-be bombs took place. Immediately upon the exchange taking place, Davis and Baldwin were arrested.

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