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They hatched a plan to 'infiltrate' pro-Palestinian groups. Then they started drinking.
Michael Spadone, an ex-Project Veritas field director, was arrested after he and his group of “undercover journalists" got drunk and rowdy at a Michigan hotel, police said.In May, a group of right-wing “undercover journalists" descended on a hotel in Michigan to prepare for a clandestine operation. Some of them were alums of Project Veritas, the conservative group known for elaborate sting operations targeting liberal organizations, journalists and unions.
They came to the city of Dearborn, which has a large Arab population, to infiltrate pro-Palestinian groups. But the effort was derailed on their first day in town when they got drunk and rowdy at their hotel, and the leader of the group was hauled off in handcuffs after he hurled insults and expletives at police officers, according to a police report and bodycam video obtained by NBC News.
But after 1 a.m. on May 24, Spadone was the one being recorded on video — a police body camera — as he threatened officers with the Dearborn Police Department.
“It’s amazing these [gentlefolk] hate America so much,” Spadone said during the 81-minute encounter.
"Weak-[butt] [parentlovers]," he added. "If they took their vest off and their badges, they’d get knocked the [love] out. ..."
