Posted on 06/04/2020 12:23:50 PM PDT by SkyPilot
Attorney General Bill Barr announced Thursday that the Justice Department has evidence that Antifa and similar extremist groups instigated violent activity among those protesting George Floyd’s death during a police arrest in Minnesota last month.
“While many have peacefully expressed their anger and grief, others have hijacked protests to engage in lawlessness - violent rioting, arson, looting of businesses, and public property, assaults on law enforcement officers and innocent people, and even the murder of a federal agent. Such senseless acts of anarchy are not exercises of First Amendment rights,” he said at a DOJ press conference.
They are crimes, designed to terrify fellow citizens and intimidate communities. As I told the governors on Monday, we understand the distinction between three different sets of actors here. The large preponderance of those who are protesting are peaceful demonstrators who are exercising their First Amendment rights.
At some demonstrations, however, there are groups that exploit the opportunity to engage in such crimes as looting. Finally, at some demonstrations, there are extremist agitators who are hijacking the protests to pursue their own separate and violent agenda.
We have evidence that Antifa and other similar extremist groups, as well as actors of a variety of different political persuasions, have been involved in instigating and participating in the violent activity, and we are also seeing foreign actors playing all sides to exacerbate the violence.
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How are those "on-going investigations" going Barr?
Oh, I see.....
Maybe Barr could assure the nation by, once again, declaring that Epstein committed "suicide" in his cell and the multiple cameras all failed simultaneously?
Maybe that will appease Antifa?
And...???
When I see pictures and videos of the rioting, I see as many college age kids (ANTIFA) as I do blacks. When I see looters,s they are mainly black.
I give a fluck
You have evidence of a whole raft of crimes and have done nothing
“...actors of a variety of different political persuasions, have been involved in instigating and participating in the violent activity, and we are also seeing foreign actors...”
But he can’t share it with us. We are too stupid to understand it.
sadly Barr just isn’t a war-time AG and no stomach for the fight.
he goes after the low-hanging fruit to give the impression he’s doing something.
sadly Barr just isn’t a war-time AG and no stomach for the fight.
he goes after the low-hanging fruit to give the impression he’s doing something.
“DOJ Has Evidence”
That’s nice.
The glacier is a very nice touch! Perfect metaphor. Glaciers do advance and retreat. I wonder which way the Barr Glacier is headed.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT...
You're the law in these parts, aren't you?
Lots of people who should have seen it coming are to blame, themselves.
Why scramble around NOW looking for ‘evidence’...after the fact?
Bring it on Antifa!
I have three pistols in the van.
I have three pistols in my truck.
Wife has 12 gauge shotgun loaded in her bedroom alternating slugs and 00 buckshot rounds.
I have M1911 with three loaded magazines and Mini-14 in my bedroom with 5 30 round magazines and a .50 cal ammo can full of more .223 rounds.
Bring it on!
Please.
Blah, blah, blah.
We could have told Bagpipe this years ago. He’s hopeless and useless.
Ya think?? no rocket scientists here! the American people knew this years ago, now what?
If they know who, then round them up and ship them to the Soylent Dog Foods processing center.
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