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Sep 15, 2020, 5 tweets

Sheriff Villanueva has accused the media & protesters as "fanning the flames of hatred." Yet he asked Elsa Aldeguer, who regularly flashes the White Power symbol, to speak during his virulently anti-BLM press conf. last Thurs. on the #DijonKizzee protests.

Elsa from Tujunga had accused BLM of breaking Jesus at her Open the Churches rally. She also recently posted a meme depicting Pres. Obama as a chimp and about her allegiance with the Three Percenters.

Also featured was Joe Collins, republican challenger to Maxine Waters seat. He's fun.

Joe Collins brought along Robert Foster, who claimed to be a cousin of #DijonKizzee. Kizzee's aunt, Fletcher Fair, denied that to be the case. See the video: instagram.com/tv/CE-KsrSACyt…

The point is, the press conf. was covered by several outlets via a few cherry-picked quotes and images, but they didn't ? the tone, content, or speakers. Yet the "fanning the flames of hatred" quote is leading a # of stories without any kind of qualification. Please do better.

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