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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 03:20 AM Jun 2020

This twitter video makes me sick.....

I hope all yaw'll can see this one. It show a black lady New York protester catching two white girls in the act of defacing a Starbucks with spry paint. Her response to those girls, trying to address and stop them is powerful......




If the video does not start, try clicking one the frame and it should take you directly to the Twitter page so you can see it.

KY...........
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This twitter video makes me sick..... (Original Post) KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 OP
Good for her! They were clearly White agitators. Fla Dem Jun 2020 #1
Good for her.. catching them & getting video.. Cha Jun 2020 #2
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Jun 2020 #3
Disgusting! Behind the Aegis Jun 2020 #4
I'm hoping the valid, peaceful protesters can all meetup and.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #9
Good Job Girl DanieRains Jun 2020 #5
White girl feels emboldened IcyPeas Jun 2020 #6
White supremacists in action killaphill Jun 2020 #7
I just took a freshly-baked homemade conspiracy theory out of the oven. betsuni Jun 2020 #8
Would not surprise me in this day and age. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #10
"They also behave very cool, meticulous and determined as if they're following a fascist playbook betsuni Jun 2020 #12
I'm hearing there are numerous groups... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #13
They are younger Cosmocat Jun 2020 #11

Cha

(297,275 posts)
2. Good for her.. catching them & getting video..
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 03:29 AM
Jun 2020

the White people doing this are sneaky little cowards.

The Vid worked fine for me.. Mahalo, KYGuy

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
4. Disgusting!
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 03:30 AM
Jun 2020

That young woman should NOT have to confront "supporters" to not distract from the message. I am glad she took the video and I hope it goes viral along with others just like it. As I scrolled down, I saw other photos and vids showing similar actions taken by white people. I hope someone is collecting these and sends them to someone in the media who might actually show them, like Maddow.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
9. I'm hoping the valid, peaceful protesters can all meetup and....
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 05:06 AM
Jun 2020

educate all their good guys on how to best observe and report these law breakers to authorities and follow-up as witnesses for prosecution. Get closeup and distant photos and record their voices if possible.

They need a clearcut, simple method for turning over their evidence to investigators.

betsuni

(25,537 posts)
8. I just took a freshly-baked homemade conspiracy theory out of the oven.
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 05:01 AM
Jun 2020

The white agitators dressed in black with backpacks in this footage, as in most of the footage I've seen so far, are slim and fit. But when you see white supremacists and MAGA idiots protesting, they look like they spend a lot of time snacking on the sofa.

My theory: at least some of these people are the children of Russian immigrants, doing part-time jobs. Given SUVs and instructions. Pays well.

No good?

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
10. Would not surprise me in this day and age.
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 05:37 AM
Jun 2020

I think at least, they are kids of the wealthy (maybe college Republicans). Your normal everyday protester does not wear black form-fitted body suits with backpacks equipped with destructive tools like hammers.

They also behave very cool, meticulous and determined as if they're following a fascist playbook and have rehearsed.

Our people need to photograph them, talk to them (to record their voices) and try to stop them if possible without fighting. I worry that some of these troublemakers could be armed.

So far, I've seen video clips from Minneapolis, New York and Nashville of white people in similar dress and of similar demeanor.


KY.....

betsuni

(25,537 posts)
12. "They also behave very cool, meticulous and determined as if they're following a fascist playbook
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 07:57 AM
Jun 2020

and have rehearsed."

Yes, this is extremely suspicious, because how can they have rehearsed? Are there classes?

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
13. I'm hearing there are numerous groups...
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 10:15 AM
Jun 2020

in the on-line underground that have been laying plans for subversive activity for quite some time.

There are some media investigations that have been done recently on secretive far right Facebook groups:

Report: Over 100 Militant Groups Have Been Promoting Second Civil War on Facebook [Updated]
Whitney Kimball
4/24/20 6:30PM

Link: https://gizmodo.com/report-over-100-militant-groups-have-been-promoting-se-1843051231?fbc

(snip)

God help us if Mark Zuckerberg’s next congressional hearing is on the subject of the Bloody Insurrection of 2020. As HuffPost first reported, a scourge of far-right extremist accounts on Facebook appear to be gearing up for a meme-inspired civil war amid the covid-19 outbreak.

The Tech Transparency Project (TTP), a research group focused on exposing large platforms’ misconduct and influence, released a report finding that 125 Facebook groups are promoting the “boogaloo,” a term far-right groups use to refer to a wishful Civil War sequel. The boogaloo appears to have mutated from a joking 4chan meme into a real-life movement of militiamen (“Boojihadeens”) late last year. But the TTP found a surge in boogaloo interest over the past few months, correlating with social distancing measures. According to the report, over 60 percent of the Facebook groups cropped up in the past three months and, as a whole, have attracted over 36,000 members in the last 30 days.
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In total, these Facebook groups boast 72,686 members, although the report did not verify how many members overlap between groups. One merch page, the Thicc Boog Line, admins at least 11 other boogaloo groups.

The vast majority are private, TTP notes. One post screenshot grabbed by TTP crowdsources tips on homemade explosives.

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Officials see extremist groups, disinformation in protests
By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO The Associated Press,Updated May 31, 2020

See: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/31/nation/officials-see-extremist-groups-disinformation-protests/

(snip)
Others have seen evidence of right-wing extremists. J.J. MacNab, a fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, has been monitoring chatter about the protests among anti-government extremists on social media platforms. She has access to hundreds of private Facebook groups for followers of the loosely organized “Boogaloo” movement, which uses an ’80s movie sequel as a code word for a second civil war.

She also has been poring over images from the weekend protests and spotted some “boogaloo bois” in the crowds, carrying high-powered rifles and wearing tactical gear.

“I think mostly they don’t want to hurt these protests. They want to co-opt them in order to start their war. They see themselves as being on the side of protesters and that the protesters themselves are useful in causing anarchy,” MacNab said. She also sees signs that the Three Percenters militia movement appears to be taking an interest.

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and (older article).....

Facebook Groups Act as Weapons Bazaars for Militias
By C. J. Chivers

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/world/middleeast/facebook-weapons-syria-libya-iraq.html

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I see this as sedition in the planning stages, plain and simple.

KY............

Cosmocat

(14,565 posts)
11. They are younger
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 06:05 AM
Jun 2020

All kinds of dark web groups out there working youbg and full of "- - -" dipshits, for example gaming groups that play the military games.

Now. Good chance Russia is using that w their internet workshops. But, abdolutely believe there would be a BIG pool of white American 30-35ish males who would do this.

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