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1/ America has 393 million firearms in civilian hands, firearms which can transform disagreements into fatalities

So far, we had at least 62 instances of gun violence at the #GeorgeFloydProtests and 15 people died

(They were killed by civilian agitators, not law enforcement)
2/ We're tracking gun incidents at the #GeorgeFloydProtests and found multiple instances of:

- ppl brandishing firearms & pointing guns at protesters

- ppl bringing stockpiles of firearms to protests (found examples of MAGA folks & others doing this)

- ppl firing at police
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 - several instances of business owners using firearms to stop looters

- several instances of people driving by in cars and pointing their firearms at protesters

You can see all the data here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
4/ Also, if you see reports of gun violence at #GeorgeFloydProtests, please submit it to us using this form: forms.gle/ZEqF2u6eoZjVsA…
5/ The spreadsheet also includes a tab called "police brutality."

Right now, this tab includes the murder of David McAtee, but I want to include other instances of tear gassing, rubber bullets etc...If folks can help me track that, that would be a big help
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1/ It's important to note that as Americans are protesting police brutality, Trump is encouraging more violence, both from the "very well armed military" he's threatening to deploy AND from his base with his reference to "Second Amendment rights" during yesterday's remarks
2/ In fact, Trump's own DHS warned states in late May that extremists, including white supremacist, are inciting followers to engage in violence and start a second Civil War by shooting in a crowd. Many of these folks are attending #GeorgeFloydProtests fully armed
3/ All of this is happening against the backdrop of SURGING GUN SALES.

As you guys know, I've been tracking this pretty closely and yesterday, @FBI released new numbers for May

In May of 2020, we experienced a 79% ⬆️ in firearm-related background checks as compared to May 2019
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1/ Anarchist & militia extremists could try to exploit the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd, the Department of Homeland Security warned in an intelligence note sent to law enforcement officials around the country.
2/ The DHS memo also says that 2days after Floyd’s death, “a white supremacist extremist Telegram channel incited followers to engage in violence and start the ‘boogaloo’—a term used by some violent extremists to refer to the start of a second Civil War—by shooting in a crowd.”
3/ One Telegram message encouraged potential shooters to “frame the crowd around you” for the violence, the document said. politico.com/news/2020/06/0…
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1/ This line in Trump’s tweet: “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”... is a quote from Miami Police Chief Walter Headley

In Dec 1967, months before riots at GOP Convention in Miami, Headley used that quote to announce “get tough” policy for policing black neighborhoods
2/ Headley promised to use shotguns, dogs, & “stop and frisk” tactics.

“We don’t mind being accused of police brutality,” the New York Times reported him saying at the time. “They haven’t seen anything yet” Headley said.
3/ Headley’s stop & frisk policy was a disaster.

2 months after he announced the policy, 2 patrolmen strip-searched Robert Owens, a teenager suspected of carrying a concealed knife into a pool hall. The cops then dangled Owens by his feet over a bridge above the Miami River.
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