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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,738 posts)
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 05:38 AM Jun 9

Anyone else smelling a rat relating to the LA demonstration violence? [View all]

I keep having flashbacks of the violence and property damage during the Minneapolis George Floyd protests in 2020 and during some Black Lives Matter protests where right-wing thugs infiltrated the peaceful protesters.

Many of those wingnuts wore garb to conceal their identity and even used umbrellas to hide from security cameras. Some carried hammers to break out storefront windows, while others were later proven to have been provocateurs organized via right-wing web sites who stirred anger among protesters.

See: https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-helped-ignite-george-floyd-riots-identified-white/story?id=72051536

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

Yes, this is the GOP we're dealing with today and it's been proven to be violent many, many times before. I also have no doubt Russia and other international actors are helping to stoke this violence through provocations on social media.

KY

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Most common advice I've seen... TommyT139 Jun 9 #1
One rat? malaise Jun 9 #2
My family had a discussion last night about this. HeartsCanHope Jun 9 #3
The Marching Morons of MAGA believe they are submitting to Trump's protecting aura RVN VET71 Jun 9 #11
It's a righteous rant you have there. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 9 #19
It's not just him coming up with evil ideas. He has a whole administration of fascist creeps LymphocyteLover Jun 9 #15
I put nothing past these thugs Montauk6 Jun 9 #4
Remembering when magats blamed Antifa for Jan 6th. Emile Jun 9 #5
And then their dear leader pardoned all the participants malaise Jun 9 #7
Projecting IronLionZion Jun 9 #16
Ever since the 1960's orangecrush Jun 9 #6
During the BLM protests we KNOW the right was responsible for inciting, looting and burning. Liberal In Texas Jun 9 #8
What a coincidence that those self-driving markodochartaigh Jun 9 #9
I smell a rat but how does it square with the "no masks" attacks? cadoman Jun 9 #10
rats were there Tetrachloride Jun 9 #12
Trump is looking for an excuse to declare martial law so he can become a total dictator. Lonestarblue Jun 9 #13
People are angry. Folks here have been calling for people to take to the streets. onenote Jun 9 #14
Yes, this is the MO of US law enforcement /white supremacists ecstatic Jun 9 #17
My wife was there. At least some of the damage was by kids on bikes. tinrobot Jun 9 #18
Yes. And it was Boogaloo Bois who burned down the Minneapolis police station. yellow dahlia Jun 9 #20
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