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When Donald Trump said “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” know that he was quoting notorious Miami police chief Walter Headley, the Bull Connor of Florida, who violently put down civil rights protests in the 1960s. He knows what he’s doing.
More about that here: nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
And his obit, which points out Headley was the original Mr “Stop and Frisk.”
Don’t get it twisted. @realDonaldTrump knows EXACTLY what he is saying and who and what he is activating.
Donald Trump always tells you exactly what he is. Believe him.
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Y’all do realize “antifa” is just short for “anti-fascists...” right? As in the people who confronted the nazis in Charlottesville... why would they try to burn and destroy black communities? adl.org/resources/back… Image
And why didn’t Bill Barr mention the “boogaloo boys” and other far right movements who per multiple reports are actively organizing online to try and start their fantasized “race war?” adl.org/blog/boogaloo-…
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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So now, the attorney general, Bill Barr, is attempting to pin the anarchy and infiltration, which is already documented as coming from white nationalist groups, on "left leaning" ANTIFA groups. The goal is to force the media to repeat that. What is his proof?
Bill Barr is not exactly the most trustworthy voice, to put it mildly. He is Trump's "Hand of the King," and has already made it clear he will do anything -- ANYTHING -- to serve Trump's interests. Journalists need to focus on what the state governments are saying.
What I heard from Minnesota officials -- all of them -- was that white nationalist groups are planning online, to blend into the protests and stir chaos, "using the legitimate protesters as a human shield." What logical reason would LEFTwing groups have to burn black communities?
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Remarkable info coming out of this presser: Gov. Tim Walls, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and now MN attorney general Keith Ellison ALL alleging outside forces, domestic and possibly foreign, have post-Tuesday infiltrated the state, and are
in organized fashion setting fire to historic businesses in communities of color, and causing mayhem. Ellison cited the widely circulating video of a white man in a gas mask holding an umbrella who was caught by protestors on video breaking windows.
And the governor says he has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, and fully mobilized the MN National Guard for the first time in 164 years. This is a continuing story and presumably we will begin hearing it echoed in other cities.
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