Antifa

[vetran]

It looks like far right groups are involved in the rioting

Walz: White supremacist groups, drug cartels suspected at Minneapolis riots, but reports still unconfirmed | FOX 29 News Philadelphia

Not a shock is it that political opportunists attack opportunities , interestingly the Guardian disagree.

The governor says Minneapolis is 'under assault'. Who is behind the protests? | US news | The Guardian

But blaming ideological agitators is also politically convenient, not least because Walz was severely embarrassed by the failure of the police and national guard to enforce a curfew he said would end the destruction.It is also untrue.
Very large numbers of people attacking buildings and looting were from the city, if not from the Lake Street neighbourhood that suffered most. They were not there to overthrow anything. Many seemed more intent on dragging home the contents of Target or the liquor store, or just venting their anger by taking it out on panes of glass.

[Old Greg]

The FBI Finds ‘No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement’ in Sunday’s Violence | The Nation

The FBI Finds ‘No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement’ in Sunday’s ViolenceTrump wants to designate antifa a terrorist organization, despite lack of authority and evidence of wrongdoing.
By Ken KlippensteinTwitterJUNE 2, 2020




The FBI’s Washington Field Office “has no intelligence indicating Antifa involvement/presence” in the violence that occurred on May 31 during the D.C.-area protests over the murder of George Floyd, according to an internal FBI situation report obtained exclusively by The Nation. That same day, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he would designate “Antifa” a terrorist organization, even though the government has no existing authority to declare a domestic group a terrorist organization, and antifa is not an organized group. Following the president’s tweet, Attorney General William Barr said in a statement, “The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly.”


The FBI report, however, states that “based on CHS [Confidential Human Source] canvassing, open source/social media partner engagement, and liaison, FBI WFO has no intelligence indicating Antifa involvement/presence.” The statement followed a list of violent acts like throwing bricks at police and the discovery of a backpack containing explosive materials, which were flagged by the FBI under a “Key Updates” section of the report. The FBI has been issuing such reports daily since the weekend, according to a Bureau source.


The report did warn that individuals from a far-right social media group had “called for far-right provocateurs to attack federal agents, use automatic weapons against protesters.” (The Nation is withholding the name of the group in order to not disrupt any potential law enforcement investigations.)


Last year, FBI documents obtained by this reporter showed that the Bureau has listed “Racially Motivated Violent Extremists” among its top counterterrorism priorities. While those priorities did include white supremacist groups, they also included what the FBI called “Black Identity Extremists.” The documents reveal that the Bureau linked “retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement” to the “shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri,” from which the Black Lives Matter movement originated.


The report, marked “For official use only” (FOUO), was provided to The Nation by an FBI official on condition of anonymity. The report is titled, “Civil Unrest in Washington AOR [Area of Responsibility] Following Death of George Floyd.” The report’s reference to “CHS” suggests that the Bureau possesses secret informants participating in the protests.


Asked about the report and why they’ve been unable to substantiate antifa involvement in the violence, the FBI’s Washington Field Office declined to comment.

[vetran]

The FBI Finds ‘No Intel Indicating Antifa Involvement’ in Sunday’s Violence | The Nation

Someone is agitating them and encouraging looters.

[Old Greg]

Someone is agitating them and encouraging looters.

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The report did warn that individuals from a far-right social media group had “called for far-right provocateurs to attack federal agents, use automatic weapons against protesters.”

[vetran]

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yep.

Scumbags will be scumbags. Though some of you think Boris is "far right", these though are probably the real deal.

It works for them people see black protests result in looting and may well get shot its a twofer!

[Old Greg]

yep.

Scumbags will be scumbags. Though some of you think Boris is "far right", these though are probably the real deal.

It works for them people see black protests result in looting and may well get shot its a twofer!

I've never said Johnson is far right (I think).

[vetran]

I've never said Johnson is far right (I think).

blimey that is a conscience.

No it was Darmy I think who was suggesting anything the right of James O'Brien was the equivalent of Hitler.

[Old Greg]

blimey that is a conscience.

No it was Darmy I think who was suggesting anything the right of James O'Brien was the equivalent of Hitler.

You should have stopped before you started thinking. Can you provide a linky, so we can enjoy the opportunity to laugh at Darmy, you or both?

[darmstadt]

You should have stopped before you started thinking. Can you provide a linky, so we can enjoy the opportunity to laugh at Darmy, you or both?

I think it was probably either the journalist Tommy Robinson or the journalist Katie Hopkins who might have said that

[LondonManc]

I think it was probably either the journalist Tommy Robinson or the journalist Katie Hopkins who might have said that

No, definitely Old Greg. Says at the start of your quote.