• lennybird@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Anyone remember Umbrella Man from the 2020 Minneapolis riots? He was smashing windows and trying to frame BLM protesters when in fact he was a right wing nut job.

      Wasn’t the only case if I recall of that year.

      Boogaloo boys tried to do something similar in framing nearby protesters over George Floyd when they shot up a Federal courthouse, killing a security guard.

      Investigations into the 2020 protests found that the vast majority of protests were peaceful and a majority of the violence was instigated by counter-protesters.

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        4 hours ago

        “Counter-protesting” things like george floyd always blows my mind. It’s like booing if someone tells you they beat cancer.

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        14 hours ago

        I agree. While I’ve seen some crazy shit, it’s not hard for the GOP to plant shit while committing felonies.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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        14 hours ago

        False flag is rarely the correct answer. Not never, but definitely rare. It’s usually a knee-jerk by the party embarrassed by some action.

        Keep an open mind.