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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Potential Activity Alert
NORFOLK DIVISION

Approved for Release: 05 January 2021

SIR Number: SIR-00340015234

(U//LES) Potential for Violence in Washington, D.C. Area in Connection with Planned
'StopTheSteal' Protest on 6 January 2021
SOURCE: (U//FOUO) A collal>orntive source.

FBI Norfolk is releasing this Situnlional Infonnntion Report to rnise lmv enforcement awareness regarding the
potential for violence in the Washington D.C. area in connection with a plnnnecl 'StopTheStenl' protest on 6
Jmnmry 2021 .

(U//LES) As of 5 Jmmmy 2021 , FBI Norfolk received infommtion indicating cnlls for violence in response to

(U) LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE: The lnformntlon mnrlml (U//LES) In this tlornment is the
properly of the Federnl B11ren11 ofluveslignllou nntl mny be di stributed within the fl'llernl gonnunent
(nnd Its rontrnrt01•s) , US Intelligence, lnw enforremenl, public snfetr 01· prntecllon offlclnls nnd
hulh"idunls with n IIE'E'd to lmow. Distribution bE'yond thE'~e E'ntltiE's without FBI nuthorlzntlon Is
prohibited. Precnullons should be tnkE'n to E'nsnre this luformnlion is stored nnd/or destroyed In n
manner thnt prerhult's 1111n11thorlzed nceess. Informnliou ben1·ing the LES rnwnt mny not be used In
legnl proceedings without first l"E'ceh'lug nuthol'izntlon from the orlglnntlng ngeucy. ReclplE'nts nre
prohibited from mbsequenlly llOsting the lnformntion mm·ked LES OJI n website OJI nu 1111clnsslfied
network without first oblnlnlng FBI approYal.
(U) \Vamlng: This ls nu lnfonnnliou 1·eporl, 1101 linnlly e,·nlunlell lnlelllgeure. II ls being sl11ued for
lnformationnl J>lll'l>oses bnt hns not bE'l'll fully ernlnated, lulegrnted with other IJ1formnllon,
lnter))reted 01· nunlyzed. Rereh-lug ngeudes nre reque sted not to lnke ncliou bnsed ou lhls rnw
re1>ortiug without prior coonliuntlou with the FBI.
(UJ Note: This product r,;/lecrs rhe 1·iC'1rs of rhc NORFOLK Dirisio11.

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'unlawful lockdowns' to begin on 6 Jmmmy 2021 in ,vnshington. D.C'. An online thrend discussed specific cnlls for
Yiolence to inclucle ~tnling. 'Be ready to fig.hi. Congress neecls to hear glass breaking. doors being kicked in. and blood
from their BLM nnd Panlifa slaw soldiers being spilled. Get \'iolent...stop calling this n march, or rnlly. or a protest. Go
there ready for war. We get our Pre~ident or we die. NOTHING else will nchieve this goal."

(Ui/LES) One posted conuuented. 'if Antifo or BLM get violent. len\'e them dend in the street'.

(U//LES) Another indiYidual conunented thnt they needed people on standby to provide ~upplies, including water and
medical, lo the front lines. The indiYidual also discussed the need to erncuate noncombatants nnd wounded to medical
care (NFI).

(U//LES) Additionally. perimeter map5 .incl cnrnvan pictures were posted. Rnlly points were identified in Figure
I . A perimeter \\'as de5ignated around various capitol buildings identified in Figure 2. (FBI C'onunent. The
caravans in Figme I had the same colors as the sections of the perimeter in Figure 2.)

(U//LES) Figme I.

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(U//LES) FBI Comment. BLM likely refers to Black Lives Matter. P,mtifo likely refers to Antifo.

(U//FOUO) FBI Comment. ludividnals/Organizations named in this SIR have been identified as participating in
activities that are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Their inclusion here is not
intended to associate the protected activity with crimi1rnlity or a threat to national security. or to infer that such
protected activity itself violates federnl law. However, based on known intelligence and/or specific historical
observations, it is JJOssible the protected activity contd invite a violent reaction towards the subject individual or
others in retaliation or with the goal of stopping the protected activity from occuning in the first instance. In the
event no violent reaction occurs. FBI policy and federal law dictates that no further record be made of the
protected activity.

(U) This report lrns been prepared by the NORFOLK Division of the FBI. Comments and queries may be
addres~ed lo the NORFOLK Division at

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