

The only way to open a lock is to break it. They argued with Darling Allen downstairs, and escalated demands for security “stickers” as Darling Allen patiently explained her office had all kinds of safety and security mechanisms, such as tiny plastic locks with their own numbers. The “observer” group grew in number as they moved from the alley to inside through the service entrance door into the large room that was abuzz with election workers going back and forth as they attempted to maneuver around the obstruction of disruptive visitors. Gorman spoke those words while standing approximately 6-12 inches from Darling Allen. “In fact, I would stay 6 feet away from you.” When Darling Allen objected to what looked like Gorman’s intention to touch her, Gorman turned the tables and said she was, in fact, the one harassing him. However, watch the very start of the video, and see the expression on Darling Allen’s face as she looks down toward Authur’s hand. By the time this Facebook Live video starts, Authur can be heard telling Darling Allen that he wouldn’t touch her. The alley incident began with raised voices directed at Darling Allen. Side note: Katie Gorman’s “I want stickers” demands inspired one bashful Redding artist to create this illustration, proving just how preposterous the situation was. Katie Gorman repeatedly said she wanted “stickers” – to which Darling Allen quipped that she felt as if she were dealing with her 5-year-old granddaughter.

The lead interrupters were Authur and Katie Gorman, well known in Shasta County’s last two years of extremism and unrest. Instead, they immediately tore into Cathy Allen Darling with a barrage of questions.

I say “guise” because although the group claimed to be there to “observe” the election process, they weren’t observing. The first wave of people who arrived at the county clerk’s office under the guise of being election “observers” started out in the alley. It was during the trail-camera discussion when, out of the dark, came a group of people walking rapidly toward the elections activity where workers were doing intake and processing the ballot drop-offs. (Her words - “I own that building” - can be heard at the end of the video above.) The car’s passenger had overheard the conversation, and said that she owned that building.
ELECTION NIGHT CALL WINDOWS
Protesters are planning to “start this next phase of the election cycle in the streets” by staging at Black Lives Matter Plaza by 4pm on Election Day.At precisely that moment of speculation about that very possibility, a car driven by a precinct worker pulled up with her windows rolled down. We’re going to see potential fighting all over the country or in some hotspots, and we’ve already seen that, so how do we work together across the country to help support each other no matter where we are and to maximize our impact by doing similar things on similar days at similar times?” “Is there going to be a war? Are people gonna get killed? Like is that on anybody else’s mind? I’m guessing it is. “We’re facing an administration and a potential coup and a potential insurrection,” Fithian said in the training session. She instructed the attendees on “what would it take to surround the White House.”

In the video, Fithian displayed a target map pinpointing all the police stations, key government buildings, media outlets, and buildings occupied by “Trump boosters” in the Washington, DC, area. A recording of one Zoom training session, hosted by the “Sunrise Movement,” featured Lisa Fithian, who the Maxist publication Mother Jones describes as “as the nation’s best-known protest consultant.”
