Members of ‘far-left’ group arrested after planning to carry out series of bombings across California, FBI claims

Political violence is a fundamental part of American (well, violence of any sort really) society.

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• Federal authorities announced the arrests of four people on Monday accused of planning violence in Southern California.
• Officials said the people arrested were behind an “organized, sophisticated and extremely violent” plot.
• The group had planned to bomb several companies on New Year’s Eve, authorities said.

The four people were arrested on suspicion of devising a plot that Essayli called “organized, sophisticated and extremely violent.” They were all tied to what officials described as a radical faction of the Turtle Island Liberation Front called Order of the Black Lotus. FBI Assistant Director in Charge Akil Davis called the faction “a violent homegrown anti-government group.”

Officials wouldn’t name the businesses or buildings the group allegedly planned to target, but Essayli said they were various “logistic centers” similar to ones that Amazon might have. He said they were located in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

The mission of the Order of the Black Lotus faction wasn’t immediately clear, but a social media page for the Turtle Island Liberation Front describes the group as an anti-capitalist and anti-colonization group, deriving its name from a Native American term used for the Americas.

The criminal complaint says that the group publicly posts “content that advocates for violence against United States officials” and has advocated against peaceful protest, calling on people to “rise up and fight back.”