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mikeysnot

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Thu Jul 16, 2020, 12:02 PM Jul 2020

LEAKED DOCUMENTS SHOW POLICE KNEW FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS WERE THE REAL THREAT AT PROTESTS, NOT "ANTIFA

AS PROTESTS AGAINST police violence spread to every state in the U.S. and dramatic images flooded in from cities across the country, President Donald Trump and his attorney general spun an ominous story of opportunistic leftists exploiting a national trauma to sow chaos and disorder. They were the anti-fascists known as “antifa,” and according to the administration they were domestic terrorists who would be policed accordingly.

But while the White House beat the drum for a crackdown on a leaderless movement on the left, law enforcement offices across the country were sharing detailed reports of far-right extremists seeking to attack the protesters and police during the country’s historic demonstrations, a trove of newly leaked documents reveals.



https://theintercept.com/2020/07/15/george-floyd-protests-police-far-right-antifa/
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LEAKED DOCUMENTS SHOW POLICE KNEW FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS WERE THE REAL THREAT AT PROTESTS, NOT "ANTIFA (Original Post) mikeysnot Jul 2020 OP
K&R ck4829 Jul 2020 #1
Wow, and all-caps even. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #2
Yes, that bothers me also mikeysnot Jul 2020 #3
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #4
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