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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jun 2, 2020, 01:43 PM Jun 2020

In some protests, local officials say white instigators are causing mayhem

“What did I tell you?” a voice cried out as the camera recording mayhem in downtown Pittsburgh settled on a white man, clad in all black, smashing the windows of a police vehicle.

“It is not black people,” the onlooker called to the crowd before addressing the vandal directly: “What are you doing?”

What he was doing, authorities later alleged, was inciting riots on Saturday as the city — like dozens of others across America — was swept up in sustained unrest over the death of a black man in police custody. Demonstrations have spread from Minneapolis, where a white police officer pinned his knee on the neck of George Floyd, to scores of cities, some of which have been looted and set ablaze.

Police identified Brian Jordan Bartels, 20, of Allison Park, Pa., as having “kicked off” the escalation in Pittsburgh, one of several examples of peaceful assemblies against police violence creating opportunities for pandemonium. While at heart the gatherings have been an appeal for racial justice, they also have attracted a diverse array of people with other grievances and agendas who have co-opted the moment, accelerating what has been a national unraveling as the country reels from a pandemic that has put more than 40 million people out of work.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-some-protests-local-officials-say-white-instigators-are-causing-mayhem/ar-BB14TFkJ?ocid=NL_ENUS_D1_20200602_2_2

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In some protests, local officials say white instigators are causing mayhem (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
Did you see Seattle Mayor Durkan's cilla4progress Jun 2020 #1
Some of the rioters in different cities are light skinned.... keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #2
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