I think there is a lot of confusion here...these aren’t leftists, they represent the extreme right and their actions should be condemned, not parsed by the desperate for ideological hints they bat for the other team.
Attending a BLM rally...is not necessarily “pro-BLM”, but more anti-cop. In one article Harris is states he marched with BLM because he hated what the cops did to Floyd. A number of these plotters are associated with Boogaloo.
Armed extremists are showing up to protests and urging a “boogaloo” — code for civil war — online.
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For example, the so-called Boogaloo Bois — a group of armed anti-government extremists made visible by their Hawaiian shirts — have reportedly shown up to some of the protests.
The “boogaloo” is code for impending civil war or violent confrontation with law enforcement, and that’s what they’re hoping to get out of the protests. Their main reason for being there is their antipathy toward law enforcement, and so they’re trying to position themselves as allies of Black Lives Matter protesters. They’ve made police brutality one of their central issues, which was explored at length in a Bellingcat article this week.
Their approach to police brutality links the victims of the deadly standoff with federal agents at Ruby Ridge in 1992, to the victims of modern police brutality, including Floyd. But unlike the vast majority of protesters, they refuse to acknowledge the fact that police brutality is an issue that disproportionately impacts people of color.
Take a look at the bio of Some of these “gems”...
Adam Dean Fox is a white man from Potterville, Michigan, United States. He was accused of helping lead the thwarted plot to kidnap 49th Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer while the world was battli…
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Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta is a white man from Michigan, United States. A self-proclaimed anarchist, he was accused of participating in the thwarted plot to kidnap 49th Michigan governor Gretchen …
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Barry Gordon Croft Jr. is a white man from Bear, Delaware, United States. He was accused of participating in the thwarted plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, the 49th governor of Michigan, USA, while …
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