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In reply to the discussion: Anarchists who helped kill Occupy worry anti-Trump activists [View all]Hekate
(90,681 posts)47. Didn't say it was FBI, did I? Take your pick: Erik Prince, Steve Bannon, any number of American....
....white nationalist groups.
Trump always supplemented his SS staff with hired security that were retired agents or did their best to look like it. Where did he hire them from? Are they still around, or did the real SS kick them out?
So he's accustomed to hired professionals of that ilk. I have a feeling he doesn't trouble himself with the minutia of each protest, but if he were drop a word into Bannon's grubby ear, I'm sure these matters could be arranged. Special task force and all that.
These men have some sketchy friends, after all.
I didn't used to be so cynical.
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I worked with Dems during 2012 Convention in Charlotte and anarchists infiltrated our local Occupy
blm
Feb 2017
#2
Marches should request no black masks - and surround groups of them w peace signs and people willing
bettyellen
Feb 2017
#3
If you see someone in a black mask, you need to stop them by taking their mask
HoneyBadger
Feb 2017
#8
I'd not promote assault, nor agree with you doing same. I'd let them know they are being watched and
bettyellen
Feb 2017
#13
Plus a bajillion. We absolutely have to learn how to protect ourselves & our message ....
Hekate
Feb 2017
#15
Reich said the violent young men in black that he saw were "paramilitary, not students."
Hekate
Feb 2017
#18
Well, as I said before, "paramilitary" is not a fashion statement; it's a mode of training....
Hekate
Feb 2017
#36
Didn't say it was FBI, did I? Take your pick: Erik Prince, Steve Bannon, any number of American....
Hekate
Feb 2017
#47
Surround, Film, and Follow. Perhaps some veterans would like to help cover them.
elehhhhna
Feb 2017
#27
I think there are agitators to get young angry people to join them and whip them into a frenzy...
bettyellen
Feb 2017
#38
Just expose them on every hand. And get out in front of them. Make statements of peaceful protest
nikibatts
Feb 2017
#35