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I think all those businesses need to have booby traps!

"Paaaaaaaid...."

Or just insurance. Nike and Microsoft will never recover!

In all seriousness, looting is bad. Things can be replaced.

The U.S. is in a bad place right now. Completely divided. Unhealthy.

Oy vey.

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Interesting:

More Bricks Appear In Advance Of Monday Demonstrations In Baltimore, Texas:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-...-protest-cities

From all accounts it was ugly in NYC last evening

yeah, this has been widespread. Organizers setting up beforehand ... whether its antifa or right wingers, this is calculated

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Here is the start of a Police attack on protestors in Seattle.... it looks like the triggering incident was -- somebody trying to prevent an officer from stealing their umbrella.

No warning -- no restraint -- just 30 cops firing chemical weapons into a crowd...

I wonder if this is from a white supremacy group or some outside agitators?

Hold up

Does This Video Show an FBI Agent Arrested During 2020 Protests?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-agent-arrested-protests/

White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter
Other misinformation and misleading claims spread across Twitter on Sunday night and into Monday related to the protests.

June 1, 2020, 7:03 PM EDT / Updated June 1, 2020, 8:57 PM EDT
By Ben Collins, Brandy Zadrozny and Emmanuelle Saliba
A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national “antifa” organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to a Twitter spokesperson.

The spokesperson said the account violated the company's platform manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts. Twitter suspended the account after a tweet that incited violence.

As protests were taking place in multiple states across the U.S. Sunday night, the newly created account, @ANTIFA_US, tweeted, “Tonight’s the night, Comrades,” with a brown raised fist emoji and “Tonight we say 'F--- The City' and we move into the residential areas... the white hoods.... and we take what's ours …”

This isn’t the first time Twitter has taken action against fake accounts engaged in hateful conduct linked to Identity Evropa, according to the spokesperson.

The antifa movement — a network of loosely organized radical groups who use direct action to fight the far-right and fascism — has been targeted by President Donald Trump as the force behind some of the violence and property destruction seen at some protests, though little evidence has been provided for such claims.

Other misinformation and misleading claims spread across Twitter on Sunday night and into Monday related to the protests.

Two hashtags that trended worldwide on Twitter falsely claimed that there was a "cover-up" or a "blackout" of protests in Washington, D.C., overnight. Both appeared to insinuate that protesters have been silenced in some way, perhaps by a secret internet blackout.

Twitter says it has removed the trend from its "trending topics" section because of "coordinated attempts to disrupt the public conversation" around the protests.

Twitter said it suspended several hundred accounts and is investigating the viral spread of the hashtag, which it said was boosted by "hundreds of spammy accounts."

"We're taking action proactively on any coordinated attempts to disrupt the public conversation around this issue," a Twitter spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said the company sometimes pulls down hashtags that violate the company's rules, like platform manipulation.

"We want trends to promote healthy discussions on Twitter. This means that at times, we may prevent certain content from trending. These include trends that violate the Twitter Rules," the Twitter spokesperson said.

NetBlocks, a nonprofit group monitoring worldwide internet access, found no indication of a mass-scale internet disruption in the Washington area overnight or in the last 48 hours.

Journalists covering the protests also took to Twitter to disprove the hoax.

"A lot of people are asking me about a possible #dcblackout. I've been out near the White House since 4 am and haven't experienced any outage," tweeted Victoria Sanchez, a reporter for WJLA, the local ABC affiliate, adding that her colleagues had posted multiple updates throughout the night.

Many accounts tweeting the message had few to no followers. The same messages were also posted on Reddit and 4chan late Sunday. The posts pushing the #DCBlackout hashtag peaked in popularity around 12:30 a.m. ET Monday.




A second narrative boosted by bots and hacked accounts claimed that #DCBlackout is a misinformation campaign. The same message was tweeted verbatim by multiple accounts.

"Yeah...... as someone seeing #dcblackout trending, who lives and works in the DC metro area, and who has friends telecommuting into DC rn..... This hashtag looks like misinformation," read the tweet, which was posted hundreds of times.

Some accounts had few to no followers, while other tweets were posted by users who claim to have been hacked.

One verified Twitter user, Jason Elia, said his account was hacked to tweet the message. Elia lives in Oklahoma City and said he wouldn't go to Washington "unless they build an In-N-Out there." He said he has since changed his password.

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The goal of the hashtag seems to be to sow confusion and fear during a chaotic time and to push the #DCBlackout hashtag to the front page of Twitter, where all users would at least glance at the disinformation.

Josh Russell, an independent bot researcher who identifies foreign and domestic hacking and trolling operations, said events like the weekend's protests are ripe for this kind of platform manipulation.

"Any large 'online' event is going to have these types of things happen. Every bad actor that sees the opportunity to create some panic is going to leverage the situation to do so. It's nothing new," Russell said.

Off Twitter, viral text messages of screenshots of doctored tweets have circulated throughout the country. Some of the false text messages claim that extremist groups are plotting to move into residential areas this week.

Bot researchers call this kind of disinformation distribution "hidden viral" text messages, which go undetected on mainstream platforms like Facebook and Twitter and can spread like wildfire without moderation.

Similar "hidden viral" text messages went viral at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., with messages claiming that the institution of martial law was imminent, vaguely citing friends or co-workers.

American officials later claimed that the texts were boosted by Chinese disinformation agents to spread panic.

Russell said hostile foreign governments frequently "look at opportunities to make it seem as though there is an infrastructure failure" during times of crisis.

"This is a common thing for foreign disinformation agents," Russell said. "They would be trying to get people to believe that things are much worse on the ground than they are."


https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/tw...havior-n1221456

Police in Philly Trap Protestors Against a Highway Wall, and then Launch Tear-Gas and Rubber Bullets. They aren't even trying to disperse a crowd anymore, just trying to cause suffering:

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None of 99 arrested during downtown Cleveland riots were from outside Ohio, countering Cleveland police chief’s statements

CLEVELAND, Ohio — None of the 99 people arrested Saturday during the riots in downtown Cleveland that followed protests over the police killing of George Floyd are from outside Ohio, and few are from outside neighboring counties, according to jail and court records.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, on Saturday, said he believed many of those who rioted and looted in downtown were not from the area and said on Sunday that some were from out of state.

Cuyahoga County Jail records, however, show no arrests of anyone from outside the state of from over the weekend.

Police arrested 15 people from outside Cuyahoga County during the protests, including people from Mentor, Elyria, Copley, Macedonia, Ashtabula, Columbus, Lorain Willoughby, Amherst, Kent, Stow, Cuyahoga Falls and Oberlin, according to jail records.

Most of those charged were from Cleveland. Dozens of others are from suburbs like Solon, Parma Heights, Maple Heights and Warrensville Heights.

The charges included breaking and entering, aggravated rioting and failing to comply with police orders for incidents of vandalism and looting, while a few are accused of throwing rocks at officers. No one was charged with inciting violence.

No court or jail records indicate, however, an arrest Williams mentioned in a late Sunday Facebook Live news conference about a man driving into the city with an “incendiary device.”

Cleveland police have released no information about the arrests as of Monday afternoon, no police reports or a list of those arrested during the protests.

Jail records show 56 of those arrested are black, 31 white, five Hispanic, one Asian and six that are listed as “other.”

The number of arrests tops the 71 arrested during protests in 2015 following the acquittal of former Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo, who was charged in connection with the infamous “137 shots” incident in which the unarmed Timothy Russel and Malissa Williams were killed. Judges tossed some of those cases and the city paid a settlement to a group who sued on the grounds they were unlawfully arrested.

Most of the 23 charged with felonies so far list Cleveland addresses.

Williams’ statement about violent protesters hailing from outside cities or states hews closely with what officials in cities throughout the country have said following riots. The “outside agitator” theory also has a deep-rooted history in the American Civil-Rights Movement as law enforcement, and political leaders often used it to assign blame for unrest to people who “invaded” their communities to avoid addressing the systemic racial problems within them.

In many of the demonstrations that followed the Floyd killing, those statements have not rung true, according to the Washington Post.

Cleveland police officials have not responded to questions about exactly why they believe non-Ohioans caused or took part in riots that badly damaged downtown Cleveland and left 20 people injured.

About 60 people arrested as of Monday face charges relating to the protests and more are expected to be charged. Most are misdemeanors of failing to comply with police orders and disorderly conduct.

Those charged with felonies are accused of smashing windows in downtown businesses, throwing rocks and other objects at police officers, refusing to leave the protest and threatening police officers.

A 28-year-old Cleveland man is accused of climbing the fence at Progressive Field, stripping naked and running around the bases. Several others face charges that accuse them of looting the Villa shoe store on East 79th Street and Euclid Avenue, once late Saturday and again Sunday morning.

Another is accused of looting the House of Blues and resisting arrest. Cleveland police used a stun gun on the man, according to court records. One juvenile, a 15-year-old boy, was charged with aggravated burglary after entering Tower City with a gun during the protests, according to court records.

Other court documents, however, offer little information about what those arrested did to warrant criminal charges. Some are accused of acting disorderly after Mayor Frank Jackson imposed an 8 p.m. curfew that night, but court records list no other details.

Of the 49 arraigned in Cleveland Municipal Court on Monday, all but one were given personal bonds and ordered released from the jail.

Judge Michelle Earley granted prosecutor’s requests to seize the cellphones of all those charged with felonies so detectives can conduct forensic examinations of the phones.

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/06/...statements.html

Police started a war with the help of trump, and now they got one.

Cops couple days ago killed a restaurant owner doing absolutely nothing.

We’re tired of our 4th and 5th amendment rights being violated.

End unconstitutional no knock raids.

Make pulling a weapon the last resort.

Force cops to train and certify every year first aid training (called CLS in the military).

Force cops to take diversity classes, especially those in department with a high population of minorities.

End giving police departments surplus military equipment.

Do not allow cops who have been fired to simply get another job in some no name rural town.

End the bond system.

ALL cops must have their body cams on at ALL TIMES, without the ability to turn them off while out on patrol.

No justice, no peace!

These out of control cops are attack news crews as well. Attacked an Australian news crew doing absolutely nothing.

This is trumps America. A war against everyone who isnt a MAGA hatter.

Go ahead and support violence if you want. That is not what this country is all about. The cops must put an end to the rioting and looting. It is hurting innocent people. The protests were fine but they have turned into something else. So at this time it all must be stopped.

This country has ALWAYS used violence to get what it wants. That’s EXACTLY what America is about.

Go check your history.

Sad. I feel sorry for you. Swish!

And here is a cop literally taking a man's hand and placing it on his baton, so that the cop would then have a reason to beat him up:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/com...d_on_the_stick/

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It's over guys. This country is in full blown civil war. Yes, there are protesters, but there are violent and peaceful ones. There are cops trying to maintain order and there are cops trying to knock heads. We probably have different groups of people, from either side, starting riots to make the other side looks bad. It's 10 levels of crap right now.

A town 40+ miles outside of Chicago got smashed up pretty bad. This isn't just small areas in some major cities, this is EVERYWHERE.

Just wait until the supply chain stops. This is going to get worse.

Seeing some clips from NYC last night is pretty sad ... of course it’s all sad, but for some reason seeing looters/vandals/violence in Times Square, or in front of the White House, or other landmarks is sad

If it is that widespread, how likely is it that a city doesn't know of deliveries like this happening in its own downtown?

How are the cities not removing the materials?

Are the mayors/city leaders complicit?

i dont know the answers to everything, just making an observation and doing a small amount of digging on Twitter.

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Well, this is.......interesting.

Sure is.

Update.

This is the type of things that need to be done.

Now I hope the rest of the nation follows suit.

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Maybe he'll lead his next sermon about how dispersing peaceful protestors to stage a photo op using The Bible as a prop isn't a godly act?

They all do it lol.

Swish's thoughts have become very misguided.

This is good action! I could see him running for president at some point, I bet he would.

I've been saying this is what it looks like before the pitchforks come out. When the depression starts to hit this is all going to turn on the establishment.