I could not let the day go without a post on the protests and the following violence.
Well this post is not about the violence of some police towards protesters but rather the police that are sneaking into the protests and inciting them to do vandalism.
The United States is on fire. Since the police killing of George Floyd on May 26, millions have taken to the streets in protest, clashing with police. At least 11 people have died, and thousands have been arrested. 15 states (plus Washington, D.C.) have called in the National Guard to quash protests raging in over 100 cities. Violence has been widespread, particularly in the epicenter Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, with buildings engulfed in flames, stores looted and vehicles destroyed.
While protestors are undoubtedly responsible for some share of the destruction, the country’s law enforcement officials have also been caught multiple times sabotaging and destroying property as well, presumably in an attempt to escalate the situation or to defame the protests.
In Seattle, police were caught on camera smashing through the door of a local Target, seemingly far away from any conflict or commotion.
Agent Provocateurs: Police at Protests All Over the Country Caught Destroying Property
This is nothing new…..back in my younger days protests were infiltrated by FBI and the police and they would try to get the crowd fired up to commit other acts other than the protests….so there is a history there…..
It is a historical fact, as this episode illustrates, that law enforcement frequently infiltrates progressive political movements using agent provocateurs who urge others to engage in violence. It is also a historical fact that, more rarely, such provocateurs commit acts of violence themselves.
The media pays little attention to such infiltrators, for a variety of reasons. On the one hand, corporate media has never taken much enthusiasm in questioning government action in the midst of riots or major demonstrations, unless that action goes wildly over the line or targets members of the media. The subject of provocateurs is also fraught from the perspective of protesters and movement organizers, as it can lead to paranoia that undermines solidarity and movement building. It is often conflated with the trope of “outside agitators” and used by authorities or other opponents of the protesters to delegitimize the anger on display, giving some protesters or their supporters an incentive to downplay the reality of the provocations.
https://theintercept.com/2020/06/02/history-united-states-government-infiltration-protests/
Tactics by the police have gotten more deadly but some of them are still stuck in the 1960s.
But not to worry…there is NOTHING the president will do to change things….he wants protest leaders tagged as “terrorists”…..
Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray held a press conference Thursday afternoon to voice lying claims that left-wing groups bent on violence had “hijacked” the protests, in an effort to manufacture a pretext for repression.
Barr advocated the use of anti-terrorism units to apprehend the “agitators.” The branding of domestic political opposition as terrorism is aimed at delegitimizing and criminalizing all opposition to police violence and the policies of the oligarchy.
The level of lying in the Barr press conference would be admired by Nazi spokesman Josef Goebbels, the head of Hitler’s “Big Lie” propaganda machine. Barr conjured up an invented world in which demonstrations involving millions of people in hundreds of cities, large, medium and small, are being manipulated by Antifa, an “organization” that has not a single identified member. He also claimed that “foreign actors” were intervening in the protests, adding the specter of a Russian, Chinese, Iranian or Al Qaeda role.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/05/pers-j05.html
Let’s not forget that the police/FBI/others all work for the American public and yet they are being used to inflict pain and violence against them…..even to having “secret” officers used…..
June 3, protesters gathered near the White House in Washington, D.C., were confronted by mysterious personnel equipped in tactical riot gear, including shields and “non-lethal” weaponry. These paramilitary units, which appeared alongside National Guard troops, were virtually absent of any identifying badge or insignia.
In a fascistic rant on Monday, June 1, delivered only minutes after a violent attack by police against protesters exercising their democratic right to peaceful assembly, Trump made clear that his administration is preparing to trample on the Constitution and establish a presidential dictatorship. The appearance of these unmarked paramilitary units must be seen as a significant step in that direction.
When asked by protesters and reporters to identify themselves, the personnel either remained silent, or simply stated, “Department of Justice [DOJ].”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/05/gfdc-j05.html
To be fair…there have been some great moments that the news did not cover as much….like in Louisville….
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I recall having to yell at fellow protesters in front of the Pentagon to let an isolated National
Guardsman rejoin rejoin his squad. About a dozen or so people were in his face shouting and cursing him. Moments later I looked up and saw a line of regular troops beginning a sweep to move us away from the front steps. Made it down the slight slope and exited without getting rounded for a bus ride to the stadium…
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THIS!! … “While protestors are undoubtedly responsible for some share of the destruction, the country’s law enforcement officials have also been caught multiple times sabotaging and destroying property as well, presumably in an attempt to escalate the situation or to defame the protests.” … and much more!!
Thnx…chuq
Are you trying to tell us the protesters are too dumb to think up their own violence? I know you want Trump and the police to look like Hitler and the SS, but come now…..
NO I am just saying that they were committing the crimes as well……I do not need to want…they are already making Hitler and the SS look like clowns. chuq
When you complain about everything about the USA, you are actually one of the rabble-rousers.
If this country cannot take criticism then what is left? chuq
I can’t remember the last time you defended her? You are usually defending other countries, like in the Middle East.
Have you been to the Middle East? Go then we will talk. chuq
I don’t feel like being be-headed or hated for being a white christian.
That only happens when one is trying to impose a foreign ideology…I work there for ten years and still have my head…..this is how lies get started. chuq
The soldiers and journalists it happened to don’t make foreign policy, but that didn’t seem to matter.
No they do not politicians do and they carry out those policies chuq
Journalists? They do what they want to whomever they can kidnap.
Journalist kidnap people?
NO, that’s what I’m saying – they GET kidnapped, yet they did not enact a policy or do anything to enforce a policy.
I need more substance chuq
The things you fear are found mostly in the countries that we have invaded and occupied…there are other countries that make up the Middle East than the ones you fear. chuq
I can only think of Egypt, but that’s actually Africa.
Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, et al chuq
Seriously?
Really?
https://acenewsservices.com/2020/06/12/jordan-just-in-islamic-law-professor-says-allah-sent-coronavirus-to-those-who-refused-to-subdue-to-the-lord-of-the-universe-acenewsdesk-reports/
One man speaks and that represents all Muslims….not even chuq
And you are but one man saying no…..
There are more you just do not want to hear them chuq
You may label me thusly…I have been called worse. chuq
I can believe that.
At least I will not accept crap from the government we deserve better and I will work to see we get…..chuq
But now, as it stands – we have no freedom of speech or freedom of creativity. Anything said or done, will offend someone somewhere – we can not appease everyone.
We still have those freedoms…..no one is saying that you cannot say your stuff….just that someone can disagree without problem. chuq
Have to differ here. The courts have imposed fines on people who say certain things.
Yeah like Fire in a crowded theater….commonsense should dictate chuq
Of course. I have a few choice words for the people who put ground glass in the pizza sent to the South Carolina National Guard too!!
Uncalled for…..those need to be arrested and put under the jail chuq
Who is going to do that if we de-fund the police?
Once again de-fund is the wrong term…few are calling for that,,,,,but let’s stick with that and keep spreading manure. chuq
How about Seattle?
What about Seattle? chuq
Re-allocation of funds and proper training and zero tolerance for brutality…..chuq
But the home-grown terrorists can do what they want. Sure sounds like a valid plan to me.
People protesting are not terrorist…no more so than Sam Adams was…..chuq
They have looted, destroyed property, blocked traffic for people trying to get to work or home, left signs and debris around for others to clean up after them – sure they’re good boys and girls.
And if you would spend more time trying to understand you would see that a lot of the cleanup work is done by the peaceful protesters….but that would not fit with you dislikes would it? chuq
In one particular place they probably did, I agree not everyone is a slob.
You see I can separate policies from the country……try it some time. chuq
I think you’re fooling yourself, but that’s for another day……
ME? Never I know where my mind and ideology is…..only delusion is those that think thi9s is all just okay these days. chuq
And that’s human history around the globe – nothing will ever be all Okay.
Do not agree but then I am not nihilist….LOL chuq
I’m not either but contrary to popular belief these days, history can not be erased.
A statue is not history….just a symbol chuq
Disrespect in my book. They are behaving with reverse discrimination.
Why? You think that those who fought the government of the US are heroes……but black people are not…..chuq
https://acenewsservices.com/2020/06/11/mozambique-just-in-islamic-jihadis-attack-pro-mass-migration-according-to-doctors-without-borders-acenewsdesk-report/
Thanx for the link chuq
The Met Police in London used to have a dedicated undercover unit to infiltrate ‘suspect groups’. For all I know, it still exists.
Best wishes, Pete.
I would imagine……still here as well….COINTELPRO…..chuq
I’m finding this story ( not you) hard to buy. There are so many rumors and malicious lies being spread it’s impossible to know what is true. I do know that Trump has no intention to make an effort to quell the melee and in this terrible time of pandemic. The bastard would have us believe his bible toting antics are worth a damn. He made a fool of himself to all reasonable thinking people.
I agree but he is so egocentric that he cannot see past his own worthless interests. chuq