BLM protesters and armed Idahoans working together to make sure protest does not get hijacked https://www.khq.com/news/blm-protes...cle_46a4462a-a478-11ea-ac8a-bf2710042a77.html
South Philly Gun Shop Owner Shoots, Kills Looter, Police Say https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/new...owner-shoots-kills-looter-police-say/2416373/
‘ANTIFA-type’ groups blamed for violence in Austin protests https://www.kxan.com/austin-george-...roups-blamed-for-violence-in-austin-protests/ There is hardly a section of brick outside of the Austin Police Department that isn’t covered in graffiti. Much of the painted messages are not fit to print here. Some of the messages wished death “to cops” and expressed hateful sentiments for the men and women who wear guns and badges. The messages appeared in the midst of protests that popped up across the country after George Floyd died in the custody of Minneapolis Police. Most of the people marching around downtown Austin were loud, holding fists in the air and chanting. Others held middle fingers up to officers along the march route while yelling expletives at them. Very few showed signs of any physical violence during the day on Sunday. The later it got, the more violent and rowdy some people in the crowds became. Around 10 p.m. Sunday night, a crowd of more than 100 people left the Texas Capitol and headed back to the Austin Police Department’s headquarters. They were met with a wall of officers guarding the front doors of headquarters. Then, shots rang out from the wall of officers and streams of pepper spray rained down on the protesters from the Interstate 35 overpass. Officers said someone from the crowd threw something and officers fired “non-lethal” rounds from orange-colored 12-gauge shotguns from the steps of headquarters. Soon after, we watched people spray painting buildings around the police department and a group of people were lobbing rocks, water bottles and fireworks toward officers in riot gear. A gas station and liquor store were looted during the exchange. Stratfor Global Security Analyst Ben West said the type of violence he saw in Austin the past few nights points to an anti-fascist group known as ANTIFA. “They try to portray themselves as the good guys, fighting fascism and fighting police violence, obviously all things people look at say oh, yeah…we should all fight fascism and not tolerate police violence, but obviously ANTIFA is associated with more violent tactics, property damage even attacks on individuals,” West told KXAN. Stratfor describes itself as a “geopolitical intelligence” firm and has studied and tracked ANTIFA groups across the country, according to West. Much of the violence West monitored over the weekend can be attributed to groups who share what he calls ANTIFA “ideology.” “It’s certainly no kind of central command and control structure here and it’s very much like a grassroots effort,” West said, “So, you might have like-minded individuals in Austin who kind of give themselves the ANTIFA name, or they might adopt other leftist ideological names.” Typically, members of these groups wear black and red, cover their faces with masks, wear hoodies and often outfitted in tactical gear. With no formal organized structure, West said the group operates from cells and chapters spread across the country. (More at above url)
People grab rifles and board up to protect Kirkland businesses from looters https://q13fox.com/2020/06/01/peopl...-to-protect-kirkland-businesses-from-looters/
Mayor continues assertion that Saturday's violence was fueled by anarchists https://www.post-gazette.com/news/c...narchists-antifa-arrests/stories/202006010114 City officials speaking at a press conference Monday afternoon continued to assert that the Saturday demonstration was hijacked by people from local areas and outside of the state. The 44 people who police arrested Saturday were all from Western Pennsylvania, but officials said they intend to make more arrests. Pittsburgh police Chief Scott Schubert did not place blame on any single organization, but he said they are looking into whether the rioters were anarchists or associated with ANTIFA. (More at above url)
Police Suspect Antifa, Anarchists Involved In Increasing Violent Activities https://www.ibtimes.com/police-susp...nvolved-increasing-violent-activities-2986097 Law enforcement authorities and President Donald Trump have started to suspect the anti-fascist group called antifa and the anarchist groups for the increasingly violent activities aimed toward the police force and the destruction of property amidst the nationwide protests in America. NBC News reported that the U.S. police officials said that they are examining both local and out-of-state actors who were keen on “creating damage and inciting violent confrontations with police” (and probably other protesters) for the anarchist and antifa causes. It has been observed that some of these actors especially target wealthier areas or those that are perceived to more affluent such as New York’s SOHO and Union Square neighborhoods, Los Angeles’ Fairfax District, Chicago’s The Loop and Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood. In the same report, Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Counterterrorism and New York’s top terrorism cop, John Miller, revealed details on Sunday on his office’s analysis on why the protests in New York City have become so violent and damaging. “Number one, before the protests began, organizers of certain anarchist groups set out to raise bail money and people who would be responsible to be raising bail money, they set out to recruit medics and medical teams with gear to deploy in anticipation of violent interactions with police,” Miller said. He added that these people were prepared to damage property and were instructing followers to target wealthier areas or high-end establishment run by corporate entities. “And they developed a complex network of bicycle scouts to move ahead of demonstrators in different directions of where police were and where police were not for purposes of being able to direct groups from the larger groups to places where thy could commit acts of vandalism including the torching of police vehicle and Molotov cocktails where they thought officers would not be,” he continued. (More at above url)