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In reply to the discussion: Police: 'Umbrella Man' was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting [View all]TheBlackAdder
(28,072 posts)9. Richmond VA Violence Caused By White Supremacists Posing As BLM
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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 its 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: Tonights 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 fathers attempts to blame antifascists for the violence.
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/07/white-supremacists-arrested-while
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Police: 'Umbrella Man' was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting [View all]
tenderfoot
Jul 2020
OP
If nothing else, shouldn't he at least be charged for the cost of those windows?
Blue Owl
Jul 2020
#4
I'm sure all of the media will have this as their headline story all day and into tomorrow
NewJeffCT
Jul 2020
#18
Portland is littered with previous Proud Boy, Patriot Prayer White Supremacist 'protests'
StocktonNative
Jul 2020
#31
Isn't this the second reported instance of white supremacists doing this this week?
uponit7771
Jul 2020
#21
Good. Hope it's a televised arrest, with that scumbag white supremacist humiliated on national TV..
SunSeeker
Jul 2020
#23
This has to mainstream. It must be or they can pull indies into believing
SleeplessinSoCal
Jul 2020
#25
I thought some woman from St. Paul IDed him as her exhusband, a St. Paul policeman.
panader0
Jul 2020
#33