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It has been reported that there have been at least 150 separate times that white supremacists have shown up at BLM rallies to incite violence.
Police, Paramilitaries, and Protests for Racial Justice
Quick Take-Away: What You Need to Know
This is a database of white supremacist involvement in BLM protests. It shows this has happened nationwide. Now since a number of people here have probably participated in some of these activities, I know what is coming. But despite that, the facts again support what I have said.
Paramilitaries at Your Protest
Know Movement History: We have been here before. Far Right paramilitaries have been a part of the American landscape since slave patrols, anti-Indian militias, “rangers,” and private company security forces evolved into modern day police departments. Paramilitaries have recently become more numerous, visible, and active, encouraged by Trump’s rise to power, his defense of white nationalists, and his calls for violence against Black people. From Charlottesville to anti-quarantine reopen rallies to protests in defense of Black lives, a growing array of armed (mostly) white gangs threaten to accelerate white supremacist violence.
Police, Paramilitaries, and Protests for Racial Justice
Quick Take-Away: What You Need to Know
- The far-right groups and individuals that are showing up at protests are not all the same and are not (much) coordinating with each other. At this time, their numbers are small and there is limited evidence they are acting to any significant degree as infiltrators or provocateurs.
- Some of these groups are pro-police, pro-state, and pro-Trump; some see a vast left-wing state even under Trump that must be overthrown; some stand with the current administration on some issues (closing the borders, building a wall) but see the police as tyrannical. Even smaller numbers of outright White nationalists appear to be involved.
- Others have shown up with signs that support justice for victims of police violence. In most cases they number in the single and double digits, and not (as some rumors have had it) in hundreds or thousands at any particular protest.
- The biggest threat posed by most of these groups, in the current moment, may be that of collaboration, alignment, or involvement with law enforcement. In some cases, this has included police who are allied to or members of explicitly racist organizations such as the Klan. In other cases, officers have been seen to sport “Punisher” skull decals on their cars and clothing that suggest total disregard for rule of law. The involvement of some police officers as members of such groups, and alignment with them, is long-standing. And the policing we have today has been shaped by decades of racist politics.
Police, Paramilitaries, and Protests for Racial Justice
In response to the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Minneapolis police, racial justice groups have mobilized tens of thousands of protestors to take to the streets and demand justice nationwide. Local and State officials have responded with forceful police crackdowns, National...
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This is a database of white supremacist involvement in BLM protests. It shows this has happened nationwide. Now since a number of people here have probably participated in some of these activities, I know what is coming. But despite that, the facts again support what I have said.
Mapping Paramilitary and Far-Right Threats to Racial Justice
The murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020 marked the beginning of a dramatic surge in racial justice and politics accountability protests.
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Paramilitaries at Your Protest
Know Movement History: We have been here before. Far Right paramilitaries have been a part of the American landscape since slave patrols, anti-Indian militias, “rangers,” and private company security forces evolved into modern day police departments. Paramilitaries have recently become more numerous, visible, and active, encouraged by Trump’s rise to power, his defense of white nationalists, and his calls for violence against Black people. From Charlottesville to anti-quarantine reopen rallies to protests in defense of Black lives, a growing array of armed (mostly) white gangs threaten to accelerate white supremacist violence.
Paramilitaries at Your Protest
Why this Guide Since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, PRA has documented more than 150 incidents of armed far-right actors showing up at racial justice protests. They have threatened and harassed racial justice protestors, collaborated with the police, claimed to support police...
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