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@tomwatson
These guys remind me of "A Clockwork Orange," which is terrifying.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)That when he and others talked to community leaders and members they were told that there were protestors/rioters that the community leaders/members did not recognize or know.
eleny
(46,166 posts)I'm waiting to see them identified as right wing provocateurs.
still_one
(92,394 posts)murder of George Floyd
iluvtennis
(19,871 posts)actions to sow division and deem black/brown ppl as the destroyers of communities.
still_one
(92,394 posts)UncleTomsEvilBrother
(945 posts)We still have to remember, though, that NONE of this would have happened if that those racist cops would not have murdered those Black people.
Are people on the wrong side instigating this stuff, yes. That's the very nature of chaos, though.
We need to get to the core of the problem, and our silence probably won't save us this time.
jaxexpat
(6,849 posts)is the rotten part of the human soul. Just follow your nose, you'll recognize it. Judging by color is just not accurate enough.
spicysista
(1,663 posts)The more people to see this, the better. I hope a major news outlet catches wind of this soon so that the issue can be lifted for the body public. It's dangerous and it's shameful. It absolutely is white supremacy.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)those storefronts, 'cuz when the looting starts, the shooting starts.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...outside agitators have been at almost every significant uprising, often the police, themselves, enmeshed with the crowds.
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uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)They love this stuff. Civil unrest is their ticket to martial law, and the nullification of the coming elections. So they're silently approving of the agent provocateurs' violence that they can then attribute to minority protestors. It's been done before. Many times before.
Trumpy's INTENT is to foment violent outbreaks. Remember, Trumpy's strength is CHAOS. He knows chaos like nobody else does. Violence is his Trump card. He'll go balls to the wall to turn the nation into a war zone.
Where's the GOP? Where are the GOP voices of moderation? HELLO???
Oh, I get it. The Republican Party approves of Trumpy's tactics AND his strategy. THEY also want civil unrest. They also are fine with more death. Under Trumpy, THAT'S WHO THEY ARE.
Solomon
(12,319 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)And with Barr as the head of the DoJ they are protected too. This is beyond crazy.
This is right out of Hitler's Reichstag Fire.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)And just this morning Trump was tweeting about "professional agitators" being in the
crowd by the White House. The mother fucker knows this shit is being whipped up by
certain elements. And here we have Bill Barr giving the operation cover too. This is
straight out of Joe Stalin/Pol Pot/Hitler's playbook. And don't forget that Vlad Daddy
was a KGB agent.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Every single fucking day that Trump is in office is worse than the one before.
This is a nightmare scenario. The Russians and the GOP always use a crisis as an opportunity to further their evil goals.
Botany
(70,581 posts).. the C-19 pandemic in order to destroy America as we once knew it. Trump doesn't give a shit about all the deaths, disease, and economic meltdown. He and Kushner knew about C-19 by November of '19 and what did they do? Looked to make money off it and to use it for their political advantage.
Listen to Fox News and die.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)Someone else seems to have noticed a connection.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Hes on live on CNN right now and hes been acting shocked that there could be agent provocateurs from outside of the cities where there are protests. Hes just pushing the RW/GOP line that its the fault of scary black people.
The Mouth
(3,164 posts)these same assholes try to turn violent. I had the pleasure of watching the organizers of a protest shut them down once. I am not sure if they are genuine agents provocateurs or just punks who like to smash shit, or some combination thereof.
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)Just saying.
The Mouth
(3,164 posts)The exact make up and motivation(s) would be quite interesting to find out, eh?
DBoon
(22,397 posts)The Mouth
(3,164 posts)A few useful idiots, who can even be sacrificed if people become too suspicious without risking having the actual professionals exposed, are tacitly or overtly encouraged.
We have them up here (Sonoma County ) every time there's a protest; white punks from probably Berekely or the bay area, trying to start shit; fortunately, the protests up here are usually well organized, through churches or community groups, rather than just assembling a bunch of pissed off people, with is a damned good recipe for disaster without planning, coordination, and control.
Everyone 'gets' why people are protesting (well, anyone without their head up their ass), but without planning and coordination, some sort of crowd security, it's like creating a giant petri dish for exactly these assholes to fuck everything up
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)It appears the Agent Provocateurs like to operated in the cover of darkness. To wit: LA's protest was peaceful enough yesterday until it got dark, then the fucking anarchist provocateurs mysteriously descended, like flies on a turd, and turned it into a shit show.
relayerbob
(6,555 posts)IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)instead of CNN reporters and shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at peaceful protesters who are not committing any crimes.
Cops leaving them alone makes it look like they are cops.
The Mouth
(3,164 posts)Someone here once clued me in- look at those police 'tactical' boots, lots of them are just a bit too daring, too much upright bearing... It stinks
StarryNite
(9,460 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)moondust
(20,006 posts)And they're going to use them to identify the anarchists/hoodlums/agents provocateurs (in MPLS).
ZOOM IN FOR CLOSE-UPS!!!
oldsoftie
(12,597 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)Who are these people?
erronis
(15,328 posts)trump is just a messenger for the people who want to control the US.
he's been paid well for his service but I expect his final outcome won't be all that pleasant.
If we allow this to happen our next overlords won't be as beneficent as the "Founding Farmers".
oldsoftie
(12,597 posts)Dressed the same, young & white.
These arent "Proud Boys". Those guys are old & fat
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)oldsoftie
(12,597 posts)The same types show up at any protest with one goal; anarchy. They dont care about movements or GOOD activism.
SpaceNeedle
(191 posts)to make progressives look bad and to give cover to their Charlottesville type shenanigans.
I don't think a single Antifa member is likely to be a progressive.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)It was not for a long time last night, at least while I was watching, on MSNBC.