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Federal Arrests Show No Sign That Antifa Plotted Protests

 
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A review of the arrests of dozens of people on federal charges reveals no known effort by antifa to perpetrate a coordinated campaign of violence. Some criminal complaints described vague, anti-government political leanings among suspects, but a majority of the violent acts that have taken place at protests have been attributed by federal prosecutors to individuals with no affiliation to any particular group.

Mr. Trump has sought to expand and exploit accusations against what he has called the involvement of “radical leftists” in the protests. At one point the president said that antifa would be declared a “terrorist organization,” although it is not a single organization nor does any American law allow using that designation against a domestic group.

Mr. Trump and other Republicans have also sought to raise campaign funds off the unsubstantiated accusations. “Stand with President Trump against antifa!” read a banner advertisement on Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign website this week.

Interviews with several major police departments and a review of hundreds of newspaper articles about arrests around the country revealed no evidence of an organized political effort behind the looting and other violence.

“We saw no organized effort of antifa here in Los Angeles,” said Josh Rubenstein, the spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Asked in an interview about the involvement of antifa or other extremist groups in Minneapolis, Medaria Arradondo, the chief of police, said, “As I sit here today, I have not received any sort of official information identifying any of the groups.”

“A significant number of people in positions of authority are pushing a false narrative about antifa being behind a lot of this activity,” said J.M. Berger, the author of the book “Extremism” and an authority on militant movements. “These are just unbelievably large protests at a time of great turmoil in this country, and there is surprisingly little violence given the size of this movement.”

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Has anyone actually even seen a proven antifa get arrested?
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Because when you get arrested for rioting the first thing you do is tell the cops your Antifa. Shows you how stupid the NY times is.

It is crap like this that tells you how far gone the left is. They want total control.
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A review of the arrests of dozens of people on federal charges reveals no known effort by antifa to perpetrate a coordinated campaign of violence. Some criminal complaints described vague, anti-government political leanings among suspects, but a majority of the violent acts that have taken place at protests have been attributed by federal prosecutors to individuals with no affiliation to any particular group.

Mr. Trump has sought to expand and exploit accusations against what he has called the involvement of “radical leftists” in the protests. At one point the president said that antifa would be declared a “terrorist organization,” although it is not a single organization nor does any American law allow using that designation against a domestic group.

Mr. Trump and other Republicans have also sought to raise campaign funds off the unsubstantiated accusations. “Stand with President Trump against antifa!” read a banner advertisement on Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign website this week.

Interviews with several major police departments and a review of hundreds of newspaper articles about arrests around the country revealed no evidence of an organized political effort behind the looting and other violence.

“We saw no organized effort of antifa here in Los Angeles,” said Josh Rubenstein, the spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Asked in an interview about the involvement of antifa or other extremist groups in Minneapolis, Medaria Arradondo, the chief of police, said, “As I sit here today, I have not received any sort of official information identifying any of the groups.”

“A significant number of people in positions of authority are pushing a false narrative about antifa being behind a lot of this activity,” said J.M. Berger, the author of the book “Extremism” and an authority on militant movements. “These are just unbelievably large protests at a time of great turmoil in this country, and there is surprisingly little violence given the size of this movement.”

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Has anyone actually even seen a proven antifa get arrested?
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No, but Trump is using fake stock photos from two years ago and calling them antifa protesters in Seattle to make you think they are real.

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A review of the arrests of dozens of people on federal charges reveals no known effort by antifa to perpetrate a coordinated campaign of violence. Some criminal complaints described vague, anti-government political leanings among suspects, but a majority of the violent acts that have taken place at protests have been attributed by federal prosecutors to individuals with no affiliation to any particular group.

Mr. Trump has sought to expand and exploit accusations against what he has called the involvement of “radical leftists” in the protests. At one point the president said that antifa would be declared a “terrorist organization,” although it is not a single organization nor does any American law allow using that designation against a domestic group.

Mr. Trump and other Republicans have also sought to raise campaign funds off the unsubstantiated accusations. “Stand with President Trump against antifa!” read a banner advertisement on Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign website this week.

Interviews with several major police departments and a review of hundreds of newspaper articles about arrests around the country revealed no evidence of an organized political effort behind the looting and other violence.

“We saw no organized effort of antifa here in Los Angeles,” said Josh Rubenstein, the spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Asked in an interview about the involvement of antifa or other extremist groups in Minneapolis, Medaria Arradondo, the chief of police, said, “As I sit here today, I have not received any sort of official information identifying any of the groups.”

“A significant number of people in positions of authority are pushing a false narrative about antifa being behind a lot of this activity,” said J.M. Berger, the author of the book “Extremism” and an authority on militant movements. “These are just unbelievably large protests at a time of great turmoil in this country, and there is surprisingly little violence given the size of this movement.”

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There is not one damn thing you can do to stop us. Wish on a star child.....destroy destroy until you are exhausted and broke. America will prevail. It is Providence. "Join or die" to quote Franklin BITCH.
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Has anyone actually even seen a proven antifa get arrested?
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No, but Trump is using fake stock photos from two years ago and calling them antifa protesters in Seattle to make you think they are real.

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Trump does none of this. You are either a tool or a tool pusher. Stupid or evil? Which is it?
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Has anyone actually even seen a proven antifa get arrested?
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No, but Trump is using fake stock photos from two years ago and calling them antifa protesters in Seattle to make you think they are real.

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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78985261


Trump does none of this. You are either a tool or a tool pusher. Stupid or evil? Which is it?
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Did you even read it?

President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign is using antifa as the new boogeyman to terrify Republicans on Facebook. But the campaign’s latest scaremongering about the decentralized anti-fascist movement might be their most irresponsible yet. Trump is now using an old stock photo to call random protesters—people who’ve been accused of no crime—antifa “terrorists.”

The new Facebook ad went live yesterday and uses an old photo of May Day protests in Seattle to very directly call Americans terrorists. But notably, the people in this photo have not been accused of a crime by police. The photo appears to have been licensed from Shutterstock, the stock photo website, and was taken in either 2018 or 2019.

“Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups are running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem. They are DESTROYING our cities and rioting - it’s absolute madness,” the new Facebook ad from the Trump campaign reads.

“It’s important that EVERY American comes together at a time like this to send a united message that we will not stand for their radical actions any longer. We’re calling on YOU to make a public statement and add your name to stand with President Trump against ANTIFA,” the ad continues.

“Please add your name IMMEDIATELY to stand with your President and his decision to declare ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization.”

The ad uses the word “terrorist” in big bold letters and “ANTIFA!” in even larger letters. Again, the people in the photo are simply marchers at a May Day demonstration from a year or two ago, as far as we can tell. The protesters might look scary to regular viewers of Fox News, but that doesn’t make them “antifa,” let alone “terrorists.”

Facebook did not immediately respond to an emailed question from Gizmodo on Friday morning about whether the company has existing rules about using random stock photos to call people terrorists.

The photo was uploaded to Shutterstock by a user called SeaRick1 who appears to be a photographer in the Pacific Northwest. But it’s not clear when the photo was actually taken. In one version, the photographer lists it as 2019, but in another that’s been desaturated to make it black-and-white, the listing says it’s from 2018. Other photos from that contributor show militarized police wearing body armor preparing for a May Day parade, also listed as being from 2018.
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must of been blm then, or does that make me racist? Might of been rogue agencies and there criminal informants working for 3 letter agencies
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Has anyone actually even seen a proven antifa get arrested?
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There was one in, I think, Alabama where she was arrested when she refused to take her bandana mask off after an officer ordered her to. That’s pretty much it for me.
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“We saw no organized effort of antifa here in Los Angeles,” said Josh Rubenstein

lol okay sure thing.

and... did anyone really say antifa was breaking windows and looting?

only people that said that were trying to deflect blame from the savage sub 80 IQ mongrels who ran out into the streets happy to use any and every excuse possible for mo free gibs.

now did marxist possibly antifa professors echo the whole narrative for their talking points? yes

did they indoctrinate them often during their affirmative action, bonus SAT point, NAACP scholarship, it's okay that you only have a C average because you're a minority college courses? yes

did antifa march along side and organize the events? yes

did they encourage the vandalism and looting? yes

are they terrorists yes

enmd point, all marxists should be rounded up and executed.
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More NYT BULLSHIT.
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entirely trustworthy, thanks OP

“We saw no organized effort of antifa here in Los Angeles,” said Josh Rubenstein"
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So since they weren’t wearing their Antifa team jackets and they wouldn’t confess to being Antifa during the arrest, they must not be Antifa. Is that their logic?
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Has anyone actually even seen a proven antifa get arrested?
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No, but Trump is using fake stock photos from two years ago and calling them antifa protesters in Seattle to make you think they are real.

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Wipe your mouth off Obama's nut is all over your face.
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The investigation into who coordinated this just started, gonna take a lot longer then a week
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entirely trustworthy, thanks OP

“We saw no organized effort of antifa here in Los Angeles,” said Josh Rubenstein"
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50 U.S. Code §842.Proscription of Communist Party, its successors, and subsidiary organizations

The Communist Party of the United States, or any successors of such party regardless of the assumed name, whose object or purpose is to overthrow the Government of the United States, or the government of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein by force and violence, are not entitled to any of the rights, privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal bodies created under the jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities which have heretofore been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization by reason of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, are terminated: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as amending the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [50 U.S.C. 781 et seq.]

(Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 886, §3, 68 Stat. 776.)

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Thank you OP.

Antifa is such a loose term with no apparent organization or meetings or anything like that. It is just a philosophy of anti fascism for younger people to identify with.

Does it even exist?
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Why are faceless ACs always so full of shit?
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So then BLACK LIVES MATTER is responsible?
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Antifa most likely didn't "organize" the riots, but they showed up there to incite people along with other criminal groups.

To have them declared a "terrorist organization" means they have structure and organization. They are not a figment of the imagination.
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Like, we're gonna believe...

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A review of the arrests of dozens of people on federal charges reveals no known effort by antifa to perpetrate a coordinated campaign of violence. Some criminal complaints described vague, anti-government political leanings among suspects, but a majority of the violent acts that have taken place at protests have been attributed by federal prosecutors to individuals with no affiliation to any particular group.

Mr. Trump has sought to expand and exploit accusations against what he has called the involvement of “radical leftists” in the protests. At one point the president said that antifa would be declared a “terrorist organization,” although it is not a single organization nor does any American law allow using that designation against a domestic group.

Mr. Trump and other Republicans have also sought to raise campaign funds off the unsubstantiated accusations. “Stand with President Trump against antifa!” read a banner advertisement on Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign website this week.

Interviews with several major police departments and a review of hundreds of newspaper articles about arrests around the country revealed no evidence of an organized political effort behind the looting and other violence.

“We saw no organized effort of antifa here in Los Angeles,” said Josh Rubenstein, the spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Asked in an interview about the involvement of antifa or other extremist groups in Minneapolis, Medaria Arradondo, the chief of police, said, “As I sit here today, I have not received any sort of official information identifying any of the groups.”

“A significant number of people in positions of authority are pushing a false narrative about antifa being behind a lot of this activity,” said J.M. Berger, the author of the book “Extremism” and an authority on militant movements. “These are just unbelievably large protests at a time of great turmoil in this country, and there is surprisingly little violence given the size of this movement.”

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Why are faceless ACs always so full of shit?
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Because they are spineless and it is more difficult to interact with them. I would venture most of them are just trolls, some of them are foreign agents fomenting division.
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NYT AS A SOURCE?

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Antifa doesn't plot to organize protests. That was the DNC.

Antifa is just guaranteed to show up and turn things violent.

I don't think Trump lied.
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A review of the arrests of dozens of people on federal charges reveals no known effort by antifa to perpetrate a coordinated campaign of violence. Some criminal complaints described vague, anti-government political leanings among suspects, but a majority of the violent acts that have taken place at protests have been attributed by federal prosecutors to individuals with no affiliation to any particular group.

Mr. Trump has sought to expand and exploit accusations against what he has called the involvement of “radical leftists” in the protests. At one point the president said that antifa would be declared a “terrorist organization,” although it is not a single organization nor does any American law allow using that designation against a domestic group.

Mr. Trump and other Republicans have also sought to raise campaign funds off the unsubstantiated accusations. “Stand with President Trump against antifa!” read a banner advertisement on Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign website this week.

Interviews with several major police departments and a review of hundreds of newspaper articles about arrests around the country revealed no evidence of an organized political effort behind the looting and other violence.

“We saw no organized effort of antifa here in Los Angeles,” said Josh Rubenstein, the spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Asked in an interview about the involvement of antifa or other extremist groups in Minneapolis, Medaria Arradondo, the chief of police, said, “As I sit here today, I have not received any sort of official information identifying any of the groups.”

“A significant number of people in positions of authority are pushing a false narrative about antifa being behind a lot of this activity,” said J.M. Berger, the author of the book “Extremism” and an authority on militant movements. “These are just unbelievably large protests at a time of great turmoil in this country, and there is surprisingly little violence given the size of this movement.”

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Thread: President Trump is hammering antifa and the terrorists
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The media in this country is TOTALLY & COMPLETELY treasonous!!!


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Trump2020 people. The criminal system is fully corrupt with the media.

Trump2020 and ignore all claims. Remember .. this will drag till nov
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Looks like Trump was lying to us then.
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Right, like we cam believe the FBI or any other government agency that arrested Antifa

Lol

You fuvks are so stupid

You will always go against Trump and believe anyone else

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