On Tuesday, lists of demands that allegedly originated from Black Lives Matter (BLM) and ANTIFA began to surface on social media and online forums. These groups’ demands seem to be directed toward U.S. government officials. Reese Michael, a news correspondent for WPGU, posted the following on Twitter: “PLEASE SHARE THIS!…
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Former Democratic Representative Keith Ellison, who now serves as Minnesota’s attorney general, posted a now-deleted tweet on January 3, 2018 that included a picture of him holding up the official ANTIFA ‘Anti-fascist Handbook’ with the following message: “At @MoonPalaceBooks and I just found the book that strike fear in the…
Source: NBC Bay Area / The Associated Press A federal law enforcement officer in California was killed and another critically injured after being shot while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland near one of the increasingly violent protests unfolding around the country. “When someone targets a police officer…
The following information was taken from a lengthy online forum post (unknown date & time). The author describes a movement called ‘Democracy Spring’ which is supposedly a domestic version of a colour revolution. (Note: Some of the text has been altered for spelling, grammar and context to reflect current events).…
Source: Digital Trends A Predator drone operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection was reportedly spotted on radar flying over Minneapolis on Friday morning as protests roiled the city below following the death of George Floyd at the hands of local police officers. The sighting of the General Atomics MQ-9…
Early Friday morning, social media giant Twitter decided one of President Donald Trump’s most recent tweets “violated” their rules “about glorifying violence”: This comes just hours after Trump signed an executive order to “weaken social media companies,” reports NPR. His original message, which is related to the ongoing riots in…