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TheBlackAdder

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9. Richmond VA Violence Caused By White Supremacists Posing As BLM
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 01:29 PM
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This weekend in Richmond, Virginia, police arrested several such saboteurs during a Black Lives Matter protest, according to city Mayor Levar Stoney. “White supremacists” were carrying pro-BLM signs and breaking windows at downtown businesses, Stoney said, but were stopped when BLM protesters pointed them out to police.
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Not only are white supremacists involved in the violence and property damage at the protests, but it’s clear that they are working multiple strategies to leverage the chaos into what they hope will be a democracy-destroying race and civil war. The tactics so far include:

Dressing up in clothing typically worn by antifascist demonstrators, mainly the all-black clothing and masks worn by so-called “black bloc” activists. This has been observed both in Portland and in Seattle, where well-known far-right “Proud Boy” street brawlers have been spotted and reported on social media.

Turning up at protest demonstrations fully armed with body armor, often wearing the Hawaiian shirts that signify participation in the “Boogaloo” civil-war movement, and claiming to be sympathetic to the anti-police protesters (many “Boogaloo” enthusiasts are indeed violently disposed toward law-enforcement officers). This has occurred in a variety of places, including in North Minneapolis, in Salisbury, North Carolina, in Bentonville, Arkansas, as well as in Seattle and Los Angeles. The most notorious case occurred in Denver, Colorado, where a “Boogaloo Boi” was arrested by police at a protest with a large arsenal in the trunk of his car.

Pretending to be antifascists or anarchists on the Internet, primarily with the purpose of duping the public into believing that antifascists were on the verge of attacking communities. One fake flier, spread around Olympia, Washington, offered people $200 to act as “paid protesters,” all of it ostensibly paid for by George Soros and the Open Society Foundation. The most glaring hoax was when a Twitter account calling itself “ANTIFA US” began posting wildly incendiary exhortations: “Tonight’s the night, Comrades. Tonight we say 'F--- The City' and we move into the residential areas... the white hoods.... and we take what's ours …” The account was taken down after Twitter ascertained it was associated with activists involved in the white-nationalist Identity Evropa organization. Despite being a fairly obvious hoax, it nonetheless duped Donald Trump Jr. into repeating the post on Instagram with a message supporting his father’s attempts to blame antifascists for the violence.


https://crooksandliars.com/2020/07/white-supremacists-arrested-while


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Kick! blogslut Jul 2020 #1
Many of us have said all along that outside agitators/agent provacatuers... brush Jul 2020 #2
Yep. dalton99a Jul 2020 #6
Whaaaaaat? TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #3
If nothing else, shouldn't he at least be charged for the cost of those windows? Blue Owl Jul 2020 #4
They should identify this asshole. dalton99a Jul 2020 #5
What's his badge number? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #7
+1 Drum Jul 2020 #36
+1 Vivienne235729 Jul 2020 #38
Crisis actor ? RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2020 #8
Richmond VA Violence Caused By White Supremacists Posing As BLM TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #9
+1 dalton99a Jul 2020 #10
I'm sure all of the media will have this as their headline story all day and into tomorrow NewJeffCT Jul 2020 #18
Also... WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #11
+1. Clearly preplanned and orchestrated. dalton99a Jul 2020 #13
And was I ever proud of our local girls here in Stillwater. Mister Ed Jul 2020 #24
Wonder if he was also an asset for any other entity. n/t MarcA Jul 2020 #12
I immediately started thinking the same thing. Scruffy1 Jul 2020 #30
There's so much supremacist activity in the Northwest BadgerMom Jul 2020 #14
If white supremacists decided to kidnap or shoot protesters IronLionZion Jul 2020 #26
Portland is littered with previous Proud Boy, Patriot Prayer White Supremacist 'protests' StocktonNative Jul 2020 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #15
? JudyM Jul 2020 #41
An attempt. Didn't nail it, though. I'll just take it down. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #42
The sarcasm drip emoji is a help JudyM Jul 2020 #43
Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Jul 2020 #16
finally! musette_sf Jul 2020 #17
Kick this one. Kingofalldems Jul 2020 #19
Whoa !!! uponit7771 Jul 2020 #20
Isn't this the second reported instance of white supremacists doing this this week? uponit7771 Jul 2020 #21
No charges yet? matt819 Jul 2020 #22
Good. Hope it's a televised arrest, with that scumbag white supremacist humiliated on national TV.. SunSeeker Jul 2020 #23
+1 dalton99a Jul 2020 #47
This has to mainstream. It must be or they can pull indies into believing SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2020 #25
Kicked and recommended superpatriotman Jul 2020 #27
Proud Boys member arrested in Oregon nt Nululu Jul 2020 #28
K&R nt PoliWrangler Jul 2020 #29
I saw this video the first day LittleGirl Jul 2020 #32
I thought some woman from St. Paul IDed him as her exhusband, a St. Paul policeman. panader0 Jul 2020 #33
Think Gym Jordan has footage of him? nolabear Jul 2020 #34
Kick! cp Jul 2020 #35
Conspiracy theorists thought there was an umbrella man bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #37
So, not BLM and not Mary Poppins. Who could imagined Hassler Jul 2020 #39
Please watch the original video. warmfeet Jul 2020 #40
So part of the Trump supporting bikers that Trump keeps touting. nt woodsprite Jul 2020 #44
I wish more people would read this: ret5hd Jul 2020 #45
+1. Trump's bikers: dalton99a Jul 2020 #48
Wonderful! SergeStorms Jul 2020 #46
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