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(5,126 posts)Here is one source **** so realize that "Patriot Rallies" that are the REICH Wing Counterpart to BLM Protests are INCLUDED in the tally.
SO THEIR VIOLENCE is STILL BEING COUNTED in OUR supposed count.
IS IT RIGHT? NO.
BUT BLM MUST ALWAYS come out and say they don't condone violence at their rallies, except in self defense, as we know there are those that WILL attack peaceful protestors.
We CAN'T JUSTIFY violence and stand up against it at the same time like the REICH WING does. WE ARE NOT THEM, WE DON'T WANT TO BECOME THEM. We want them to be held accountable for their actions and not back down from that by defending any aggression by BLM protestors --- because most of those being aggressive are "planted" and we need to OUT them as such. Make the REICH OWN ALL THEIR SHIT.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/americans-killed-protests-political-unrest-acled
Most of the protesters killed this year were shot to death, and many of the incidents involved confrontations at protests that escalated and turned deadly when at least one of the people involved had a gun.
Lee Keltner, a navy veteran who made custom western hats, was shot after a patriot rally in Denver on 10 October. Video and photographs of the incident appear to show Keltner slapping a security guard for a local news crew, who responds by pulling out a gun and shooting him.
Aaron Jay Danielson, a far-right Trump supporter, was shot after a rally in Portland in August. Danielsons suspected killer, Michael Reinoehl, was a leftwing protester who called himself an anti-fascist, and who was later shot to death by law enforcement officials, an outcome Donald Trump referred to as retribution.
Garrett Foster was reportedly carrying an AK-47 rifle when he was shot to death in July by an armed man who had been driving a car through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Austin. Whether Foster threatened the driver with his gun is still disputed. The man who shot and killed Foster, the US army sergeant Daniel Perry, had previously tweeted Now is the time to take up arms and protect yourselves against violence and responded to a Trump tweet in June about protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters by saying, Send them to Texas we will show them why we say dont mess with Texas.