I can't read every one of these posts but has anyone mentioned yet that a white nationalist group has been pretending to be antifa. It's been all over the news this morning. And, Twitter canceled their account as they were encouraging violence.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/twitter-takes-down-washington-protest-disinformation-bot-behavior-n1221456
A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national “antifa” organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to a Twitter spokesperson.
The spokesperson said the account violated the company's platform manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts. Twitter suspended the account after a tweet that incited violence.
As protests were taking place in multiple states across the U.S. Sunday night, the newly created account, @ANTIFA_US, tweeted, “Tonight’s the night, Comrades,” with a brown raised fist emoji and “Tonight we say 'F--- The City' and we move into the residential areas... the white hoods.... and we take what's ours …”
This isn’t the first time Twitter has taken action against fake accounts engaged in hateful conduct linked to Identity Evropa, according to the spokesperson.
The antifa movement — a network of loosely organized radical groups who use direct action to fight the far-right and fascism — has been targeted by President Donald Trump as the force behind some of the violence and property destruction seen at some protests, though little evidence has been provided for such claims.
I'm not a fan of antifa, but I do think those who support the concept have been unfairly demonized during these protests.
George Floyd was murdered. We don't have to use the term "choked to death" to describe how he was murdered. The correct term would be that he died of asphyxiation, due to a person cutting off his blood supply by putting his knee on his carotid artery for over 8 minutes. That is murder. The man's heart stopped because of the action of a cop, a cop who had a long record of complaints against him, not that it should matter if he didn't.
And, people are often able to say that they can't breathe when they are gasping for air. But if they can't breathe for an extended period of time, they will eventually be unable to talk at all and death will come quickly. It doesn't matter if Floyd had some mild heart condition or if he has used some type of drug or ETOH prior to this assault. He was murdered by a bad cop. Shit. Even that asshole Rush Limbaugh admitted it.
Maybe it would help those who don't seem to understand the problem, to do some serious reading about the long history of police brutality in the US. It's not always directed against black men, but they are the most common target statistically. Those in the lower socioeconomic classes, are the ones most commonly targeted by police. No. I'm not saying that every police officer is a criminal, but there are too many police officers who view civilians, especially poor or minority civilians as the enemy. Since the 1990s, the country has enabled the militarization of police. I listened to an inspiring speech by Joe Biden this morning, where he mentioned one of his goals, should he become president, is to end the program that gives military equipment to police forces. This was never a good idea. President Obama put some limits on the program but Trump rescinded them. The brutal violent cops are no friends of the better cops who are trying to do their job as it was meant to be done.
Police are to protect and serve! Who the fuck were they protecting when they murdered George Floyd or any of the other recent victims of police brutality that resulted in death? I know they have a hard job, but if they can't do it without killing unarmed people who are suspected of non violent crimes, they need to resign.
For those who haven't clicked the link, it's a video showing a bunch of cops passing a parked car and breaking out the windows.
