Forwarded from LA Action Updates
🐷 requesting roving patrols on Sunset, Melrose, Robertson, Beverly, and Santa Monica - with the intent of “looter suppression”
It appears that someone climbed through the fence at the Justice Center in #Portland. They were immediately apprehended by police.
Forwarded from LA Action Updates
BHPD: Herding people at the original meeting point of protest so expect company when you make it back. LAPD and LASD are a block from Doheny and SaMo with tons of sheriffs blocking the intersection
#Portland - a livestreamer was just arrested on camera after police charged and chased the protest over a couple blocks
I know "BuzzFeed News" doesn't seem to be a great source for news, but this is an excellent article
"Put differently: Militia members get to plan, anticipate, and enact the idea at the foundation of their existence. And they get to do it in a way that positions them as “the good guys,” fighting a cowardly bogeyman easily vanquished by show of force alone. As a popular meme circulating in North Idaho put it, “Remember that time when Antifa said they were coming to Coeur d’Alene / And everyone grabbed their guns and they didn’t come? That was awesome!” It doesn’t matter if antifa was never coming in the first place. They didn’t come, and that’s evidence of victory."
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/annehelenpetersen/antifa-rumors-george-floyd-protests
"Put differently: Militia members get to plan, anticipate, and enact the idea at the foundation of their existence. And they get to do it in a way that positions them as “the good guys,” fighting a cowardly bogeyman easily vanquished by show of force alone. As a popular meme circulating in North Idaho put it, “Remember that time when Antifa said they were coming to Coeur d’Alene / And everyone grabbed their guns and they didn’t come? That was awesome!” It doesn’t matter if antifa was never coming in the first place. They didn’t come, and that’s evidence of victory."
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/annehelenpetersen/antifa-rumors-george-floyd-protests
BuzzFeed News
How The Antifa Fantasy Spread In Small Towns Across The US
Rumors of roving bands of Antifa have followed small protests all over the United States. Why are people so ready to believe them?
Forwarded from Strike Force
His name was #RayshardBrooks
Executed in cold blood by Atlanta police early Saturday morning. Say his name
Executed in cold blood by Atlanta police early Saturday morning. Say his name