Why is WHCD shooter Cole Tomas Allen’s link to a group known as “The Wide Awakes” is receiving such little scrutiny from the media?
Too many left-wing donors.
“Wide Awakes” is a direct-action protest tactic. Including specifically targeting the tactic towards Hilton hotels, where the WHCD took place.
They’re miffed due to Hilton’s hospitality of ICE agents in Minnesota.
The “Wide Awakes” have denied any affiliation with Allen. Even though the relationship was reported by Allen’s sister to law enforcement.
They’re also part of the No Kings movement, which Allen reportedly attended.
So yes, most of the "wideawakes" of mid 19th century were the equivalent of today's "woke". In fact, don't today's Black Lives Matter and Antifa activists use the same rhetoric about slavery being America's "original sin" as the wideawakes?