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blm

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Mon Mar 29, 2021, 01:17 PM Mar 2021

Reminder:It was RightWing extremists lighting fires, shooting up buildings [View all]

under the cover of the Floyd protests. They knew BLM would be blamed. Most media and most of the public have been conditioned to believe the violence was BLM and Antifa. ALWAYS correct the record.
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A far-right extremist has been accused of opening fire on Minneapolis' third police precinct and sparking violence during May's George Floyd protests.

Ivan Harrison Hunter, a 26-year-old from Texas, was charged Friday with one count of interstate travel to participate in a riot. An admitted member of the "Boogaloo Bois," Hunter opened fire on the precinct and later looted it and helped set it on fire, the FBI said in a sworn affidavit released Friday.

....police precinct....became the center of protests against police violence that devolved into the destruction of the precinct and buildings around it. Hunter is one of several far-right extremists accused of intentionally ramping up that violence. Armed with a mask and tactical gear, Hunter fired 13 rounds at the precinct while officers were inside and ran away shouting "Justice for Floyd," the FBI alleges. He later bragged about "help[ing] the community burn down that police station" on Facebook.

Hunter admitted he was member of the Boogaloo movement, a collection of far-right, anti-government extremists intent on sparking a second civil war. He was in contact with other self-described Boogaloo Bois who arranged a trip to Minneapolis. He also texted with Steven Carrillo, another Boogaloo member who later shot and killed a sheriff's deputy in California.


https://news.yahoo.com/far-extremist-shot-minneapolis-police-184300735.html

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-17/far-right-boogaloo-boys-linked-to-killing-of-california-lawmen-other-violence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/23/man-linked-far-right-boogaloo-bois-charged-after-allegedly-firing-ak-47-minneapolis-precinct/



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Minneapolis Police Link 'Umbrella Man' to White Supremacy Group dalton99a Mar 2021 #1
These are the thugs that show up at BLM protests that the repugs call antifa. brush Mar 2021 #2
+1 dalton99a Mar 2021 #4
+2 2naSalit Mar 2021 #10
Anti-fascists get blamed for crimes of anarchists, too. blm Mar 2021 #11
Yes. Remember the young, white girl who started the McDonnells fire in the Atlanta protest? brush Mar 2021 #12
Yep. BLM got the blame, then Antifascists blm Mar 2021 #14
I say no, they're not antifa, they're profa. CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #13
True. But there's no value for republicans to admit people on their side of the aisle are the ones.. brush Mar 2021 #16
Blaming their own violence on antifascists blm Mar 2021 #22
I've shared these facts with the wingnuts I argue with numerous times and agree it's very important Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #3
There are more including the 2nd link posted above. blm Mar 2021 #5
Post removed Post removed Mar 2021 #6
The worst of the violence and ALL the copkillings blm Mar 2021 #7
You sound pleasant MenloParque Mar 2021 #8
I replied appropriately to the post as written. blm Mar 2021 #9
You do get, right, that anti-fascists (so-called antifa) are on our side? brush Mar 2021 #15
Odd sentiment all around. blm Mar 2021 #21
Yep, remember Umbrella man Ohioboy Mar 2021 #17
The only police officer that died in conjunction with the BLM protests was bullwinkle428 Mar 2021 #18
Even though it was dark when the police building was up in flames wryter2000 Mar 2021 #19
So true. Anarchists and RW extremist groups want chaos blm Mar 2021 #20
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