The FBI Used an Undercover Cop With Pink Hair to Spy on Activists and Manufacture Crimes

[Nevilledog]

https://theintercept.com/2023/03/21/fbi-colorado-springs-surveillance/

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THE YOUNG WOMAN with long pink hair claimed to be from Washington state. One day during the summer of 2020, she walked into the Chinook Center, a community space for left-wing activists in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and offered to volunteer.

“She dressed in a way that was sort of noticeable,” said Samantha Christiansen, a co-founder of the Chinook Center. But no one among the activists found that unusual or alarming; everyone has their own style. They accepted her into the community.

The pink-haired woman said her name was Chelsie. She also dropped regular hints about her chosen profession.

“She implied over the course of getting to know her that she was a sex worker,” said Jon Christiansen, Samantha’s husband and another co-founder of the Chinook Center.

“I think somebody else had told me that, and I just was like, ‘Oh, OK. That makes sense,’” said Autum Carter-Wallace, an activist in Colorado Springs. “I never questioned it.”

But Chelsie’s identity was as fake as her long pink hair. The young woman, whose real name is April Rogers, is a detective at the Colorado Springs Police Department. The FBI enlisted her to infiltrate and spy on racial justice groups during the summer of 2020.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. No need to manufacture fake crimes

When there are so many real ones right there in the magat party.

[Samrob]

2. And just what did she find out? I bet not a plan to overthrow the government. nt

[niyad]

3. The Chinook Center is SUCH a threat. I mean, they give out food. They help

tenants, to name just a few of their disturbing and threatening activities. SCARY LEFTISTS!!!! They are, clearly, SJW's.

I am sooooooo glad that the police here in Colorado Springs have nothing better to do. It makes me feel so safe and secure. So glad they have dealt with the climbing murder rate, the homeless situation, and others, and now have the time and resources free to devote to this serious threat.

[Ohio Joe]

4. Greenwald's rag seems to be the only ones reporting this...

I’ll wait for a reliable source.

[JanMichael]

5. Hate to say it but you have to vet people.

Very few well put together randos show up randomly.

I know that sounds paranoid but this has been going on for decades. You don't have to be doing something illegal to get charged by these assholes.