"Cruz twice chastised his Democratic colleagues for praising peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters while failing to condemn “antifa” and the “terrorists” who killed a federal security officer, Dave Patrick Underwood, during a May protest in Oakland. Cruz’s implication was clear: The left killed Underwood.
Yet Underwood was killed by a member of the far right — one of 329 murders carried out by right-wing extremists since 1994.
In the same period, a grand total of zero murders have been attributed to antifa participants."
"One of the few voices of reason throughout the afternoon, Michael German, a former FBI agent specializing in domestic terrorism who is now a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, noted the “sensationalized” focus on the far left has “distracted from focus on the deadly threats” posed by the far right."
" Senate Democrats at the hearing did no favors to the ongoing uprisings either. Hirono may have made welcome reference to the scourge of white supremacist violence, but she also dismissed the serious and reasonable demand to defund the police at the center of the protests. “Who takes that literally?” she said, “I certainly don’t.” Such are the establishment powers against which anarchists, among many others, have good reason to act."
https://theintercept.com/2020/08/05/ted-cruz-hearing-antifa/
Yet Underwood was killed by a member of the far right — one of 329 murders carried out by right-wing extremists since 1994.
In the same period, a grand total of zero murders have been attributed to antifa participants."
"One of the few voices of reason throughout the afternoon, Michael German, a former FBI agent specializing in domestic terrorism who is now a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, noted the “sensationalized” focus on the far left has “distracted from focus on the deadly threats” posed by the far right."
" Senate Democrats at the hearing did no favors to the ongoing uprisings either. Hirono may have made welcome reference to the scourge of white supremacist violence, but she also dismissed the serious and reasonable demand to defund the police at the center of the protests. “Who takes that literally?” she said, “I certainly don’t.” Such are the establishment powers against which anarchists, among many others, have good reason to act."
https://theintercept.com/2020/08/05/ted-cruz-hearing-antifa/
The Intercept
Ted Cruz’s Hearing on Anarchist Protest Violence Was a Total Farce
Cruz kept mentioning Democrats’ failure to condemn a murder that was actually carried out by the far right — and refused to be corrected.
"Today, some of Mattis and Rahman’s friends may concede in private that throwing a Molotov cocktail represents a lapse in judgment, but none are willing to discuss the degree to which their friends may have been ethically, professionally, morally, or legally out of bounds. Instead, they emphasize that violence against government property, especially in the midst of political upheaval, is not the same as violence against a person; that the prosecution of their friends for an act of what amounted to political vandalism is far more extreme than the crime itself; that it amounts to a criminalization of dissent and reflects a broader right-wing crusade against people of color and the progressive left — and, as such, demonstrates precisely the horror of the system they were out in the streets that night to protest."
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/lawyers-arrested-molotov-cocktail-nyc-protest.html
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/lawyers-arrested-molotov-cocktail-nyc-protest.html
New York
The Making of a Molotov Cocktail
What would make a young professional with everything to lose throw a gasoline-filled Bud Light bottle at a cop car?
The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
#SixNations, so-called #Ontario. As police repression and legal advances are made on indigenous land defenders in so-called canada, a new highway and rail blockade was established today. Solidarity against colonial police states everywhere. #ShutDownCanada…
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Canadian Police Accountability
Rubber Bullets Fired on Onkwehonwe by the OPP. #SixNations #LandBack being raided as we speak. Women and kids in that peaceful occupation. 100 plus Ontario Provincial Police raiding. #FTP #cdnpoli #onpoli #WarriorsUnited #DefundPolice #DefundthePolice
the feds are coming to seattle this was yesterday please stay safe at the protests https://www.tiktok.com/@nattybwraps/video/6855068342064057605
https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-police-continue-to-make-arrests-connected-to-demonstrations/JC5T7CHSOJG6BIFDQWUYS7QDTM/
Atlsolidarity.org will be bailing people out of jail. Donate the fund if you can!
Atlsolidarity.org will be bailing people out of jail. Donate the fund if you can!
Forwarded from Strike Force
The Portland Police precrime division is on the case again tonight https://twitter.com/MrOlmos/status/1291596655427379201
Twitter
Sergio Olmos
Portland police make an announcement as soon as the crowd walks in “We believe your intention is to burn down the East precinct” https://t.co/DYQwkBPJjQ
Reports that the #Portland Police arrested a member of the press again tonight