{"id":1828314,"date":"2023-01-30T07:35:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828314"},"modified":"2023-01-30T07:36:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:36:02","slug":"records-show-interior-dept-officials-knew-climate-protesters-might-turn-violent-but-didnt-stop-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/records-show-interior-dept-officials-knew-climate-protesters-might-turn-violent-but-didnt-stop-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Records Show Interior Dept. Officials Knew Climate Protesters Might Turn Violent But Didn\u2019t Stop Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frecords-show-interior-dept-officials-knew-climate-protesters-might-turn-violent-but-didnt-stop-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Internal records made public by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show officials at the Department of the Interior downplayed the threat presented by left-wing climate protesters who, in October 2021, launched what could be called an insurrection by Democrats\u2019 standards.<\/p>\n<p>A swarm formed by the People vs. Fossil Fuels group on Oct. 14, 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/15\/will-liz-cheney-house-democrats-investigate-insurrectionist-takeover-of-interior-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stormed <\/a>the Department of the Interior\u2019s D.C. headquarters to conclude five days of activism in the nation\u2019s capital. In the violence-sparked demonstrations, fifty-five protesters were taken into custody. \u201cmultiple injuries were sustained by security personnel,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2021\/10\/14\/climate-activists-indigenous-interior-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to the Interior Department. One officer was admitted to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Climate protesters are pushing police to get into the Department of the Interior. Other activists have already made it in to the building to try to occupy it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IVhvPdTAYu\">pic.twitter.com\/IVhvPdTAYu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellie Silverman (@esilverman11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esilverman11\/status\/1448690732357799942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/15\/can-you-spot-the-difference-between-these-two-insurrection-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Can You Spot The Difference Between These Two Insurrection Photos?<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Records compelled by the nonprofit government watchdog group Protect the Public\u2019s Trust show agency leaders were caught off guard and unprepared for the eruption of violence despite clear warnings of unrest. <\/p>\n<p>On the morning of the riot, Mili Gosar, the deputy chief of staff for operations in the secretary\u2019s office, commiserated with colleagues about protesters outside the building. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey all, just a heads up if you\u2019re in the building, Lt. [REDACTED] just called me to say there were about 30 protestors inside the building at C st. and another 60 or so outside,\u201d She wrote. \u201cI\u2019m sure they\u2019re friendly and everything is fine, but just passing along the message in case anyone is trying to head out for lunch or anything like that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Schwartz, Interior Department Communications Director, responded about 15 minutes later with a cautionary note. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot friendly,\u201d Schwartz wrote. \u201cAnd everyone should avoid C Street, thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, senior leadership was well aware that demonstrators who came to the headquarters of the agency were not friendly. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/protectpublicstrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/22-001175_Interim-1-recs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Messages <\/a>Dated the day before the riot Steve Hargrave was the security chief of the department. He raised concerns about the demonstrations which resulted in the cancellation a press conference. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just spoke to Commander [REDACTED] with the Federal Protective Service,\u201d Hargrave wrote. \u201cHe contacted the organizer for the peaceful visit to the DOI and she expressed concerns about the group that would accompany them to DOI. The organizer has decided to cancel the DOI visit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to emails made public by Protect the Public\u2019s Trust, demonstration organizers met with the National Park Police six days before the riot to discuss planned episodes of \u201ccivil disobedience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour application indicates a plan by your group for civil disobedience,\u201d The application was submitted to the park ranger who would process it for demonstration. \u201cPlease describe what type of civil disobedience your group is planning as well as the location and duration of those actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps we need to schedule a meeting,\u201d In an email dated Oct. 5, 2021, the organizer responded.<\/p>\n<p>The park will close on October 6, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Records show officials at the Interior Department knew that demonstrations at the D.C. headquarters could turn violent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1828317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4321,4098,4352,8674,3638,4007,3918,3947],"class_list":["post-1828314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-climate","tag-dept","tag-didnt","tag-interior","tag-officials","tag-protesters","tag-records","tag-violent"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1828317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}