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White Vigilantes Have Always Had A Friend In Police New data shows that far-right vigilantes, often with support from cops, have threatened protesters nearly 500 times since police killed George Floy
huffpost.com ^ | 8/28/2020 | Christopher Mathias

Posted on 09/03/2020 8:22:52 AM PDT by rktman

Before Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly opened fire on anti-racist protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night — killing two and severely injuring another — a video showed police essentially deputizing the 17-year-old.

Rittenhouse had been walking the streets of Kenosha carrying an assault rifle alongside other armed white men, a local self-styled militia formed for the purported purpose of protecting property from protesters.

“We appreciate you guys, we really do,” a cop can be heard telling the group over a loudspeaker before tossing Rittenhouse a bottle of water.

It was a scene familiar in American history: agents of the state conscripting armed white vigilantes to help violently suppress movements for racial justice and liberation. (“Cops and the Klan go hand in hand,” the common protest chant goes.)

So it wasn’t surprising to see Rittenhouse, in another video published Tuesday, walk toward police after allegedly killing the two protesters — or for him not to be apprehended until the following day, when he was arrested at his home in Illinois.

As historic uprisings against police brutality have swept the country in recent months, antagonistic right-wing vigilantes have been a constant, menacing presence. Often seen patrolling Black Lives Matter protests with the tacit — and very often explicit — support of law enforcement, these vigilantes have shot protesters, attacked them with cars, and beaten them.

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Well crap. Guess I missed the memo. Probably because someone(?) stole our mailboxes? WOW! right? It's like them white supremacists have some sort of get out of jail free card or something. Oh, not so much. Self defense? Pffftttttt! NOT allowed if you're defending yourself from pantyfa or blm.
1 posted on 09/03/2020 8:22:52 AM PDT by rktman
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And notice that author apparently has all the data to PROVE “...police killed George Floyd...”


2 posted on 09/03/2020 8:23:52 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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“data”


3 posted on 09/03/2020 8:24:16 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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HuffPo has its cause and effect backwards.

Police have always had friends in vigilantes.


4 posted on 09/03/2020 8:25:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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There is no such thing as a counter protestor to the media.

If you are anti-riot, you must be a white vigilante. Even if you’re not white


5 posted on 09/03/2020 8:25:21 AM PDT by z3n
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And yet Rittenhouse was arrested and his attackers were not.


6 posted on 09/03/2020 8:25:58 AM PDT by joshua c
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It's a full court Left-wing Press to try to write this narrative into the public consciousness.

This is what happens when your 4th Estate turns into an outright 5th Column.

7 posted on 09/03/2020 8:26:13 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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For the leftists "vigilante" has been redefined. It used to be used to refer to someone who went out after a crime was committed and sought to bring justice directly to the presumed perpetrator.

Now, leftists have redefined vigilante to mean anyone who tries to prevent their mobs or anyone else from hurting people or destroying property. Under the new leftist definition the guard at the bank is a vigilante, Hollywood stars go out with a group of vigilantes around them, and Barack Obama and his family are protected by a highly trained group of vigilantes.

8 posted on 09/03/2020 8:30:54 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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” 387 incidents of intimidation, such as people using racist slurs”

So threat are perceived racist slurs? Carrying a firearm legally? This is what they did to the Tea party-—waving an American flag was racist. These evil liars never quit——They have NOT seen patriot justice, but if this nonsense comes to us we’ll have no choice.


9 posted on 09/03/2020 8:30:58 AM PDT by mikelets456
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There's a part of me that wishes these white liberals got their wish, viz. America ceded to Marxists.

But then again, that's just too mean. They might succeed however. And they'll find out that totalitarians do not discriminate when it comes to eliminating the opposition.

10 posted on 09/03/2020 8:32:20 AM PDT by LouAvul (The wheels of America are coming off and the media have stolen the lug nuts.)
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Good. Kill every rioter. Kill them slow, kill them fast, I don’t care. But f***ing kill them.


11 posted on 09/03/2020 8:32:26 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("Black Lives Matter" becomes "Terse TV Blackmail"..... #AnagramsNeverLie)
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This must be where Juan Williams gets his talking points that he spews on The Five and Guttfield and Waters laugh at him.


12 posted on 09/03/2020 8:32:31 AM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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Awwww, are the all-White, woke top staff at the Huffington Post bothered by White people again???


13 posted on 09/03/2020 8:32:50 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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It's a full court Left-wing Press to try to write this narrative into the public consciousness. This is what happens when your 4th Estate turns into an outright 5th Column.

Incorrect.

The media is a political party, and the Democrats are merely its current tool.

14 posted on 09/03/2020 8:33:47 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("Black Lives Matter" becomes "Terse TV Blackmail"..... #AnagramsNeverLie)
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This is the new meme going around from the Left - white cops are supposedly assisting white “vigilantes”. Systemic racism, blah blah blah

You’ll be hearing a lot more about this.


15 posted on 09/03/2020 8:37:48 AM PDT by PGR88
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Truth is always the first casualty in any war.

Libs will make up enough lies to fill in a 40,000 foot trench if they have to.

When convicted felons are killed in “riots”, civilized society should view that as a good thing.


16 posted on 09/03/2020 8:38:10 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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bttt


17 posted on 09/03/2020 8:39:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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See map here:

https://www.politicalresearch.org/2020/06/19/mapping-paramilitary-and-far-right-threats-racial-justice

TOTAL BS.


18 posted on 09/03/2020 8:41:09 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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It was a scene familiar in American history: agents of the state conscripting armed white vigilantes to help violently suppress movements for racial justice and liberation.

Yup. Here are the armed white vigilantes (blue) violently suppressing the movement for racial justice and liberation (gray).


19 posted on 09/03/2020 8:42:15 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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These people don’t have any idea what “vigilantism” really is, but if they get their desire and defund the police, they are going to find out.


20 posted on 09/03/2020 8:42:42 AM PDT by Boogieman
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