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2020-05-31 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Roundup: As American Cities Burn, Trump Declares 'ANTIFA' a Terrorist Group


Courtesy of Mercutio, DISRN has more on the declaration here. And PJ Media adds:
As PJ Media contributor Victoria Taft noted two years back, the Department of Homeland Security already considers antifa a form of domestic terrorism. In 2017, Politico reported that “the Department of Homeland Security formally classified their activities as ‘domestic terrorist violence,’ according to interviews and confidential law enforcement documents obtained by POLITICO.”

Even so, a formal declaration is arguably warranted following the devastation in recent days. Lamenting the riots, looting, and arson should not be a partisan or racial issue, as black citizens and business owners have broken into tears after witnessing the devastation in their communities and the destruction of their livelihoods.

As of Sunday morning, police had arrested nearly 1,400 people in 17 U.S. cities since Thursday. Governors in at least nine states have activated their states’ National Guards to respond to riots: Minnesota, Ohio, Georgia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Texas, Utah, and Washington State. In another five more, governors have said they planned to activate the National Guard.

As the United States was leaving lockdowns imposed to fight the coronavirus, cities across the country have enforced a new limited kind of lockdown to prevent the destruction. Cities across the country set curfews to stem the violence, including: Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Cleveland, Columbus, Portland, Miami, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, and Rochester.

Skidmark’s posted headlines collected in one place:
George Floyd riots spiral out of control: Chaos erupts in 25 major cities from NYC to LA as protesters torch cop cars, burn buildings and loot stores on fifth night of violence that has left three dead and dozens injured

Joe Biden calls for an end to violent riots over the George Floyd killing as it's revealed his campaign staff donated to a group that pays bail for Minneapolis protesters

Utah man aims a hunting BOW at George Floyd protesters in Salt Lake City and yells 'All lives matter!' before a group of demonstrators tackle him and torch his car

Machete-wielding man attacked by Dallas mob in shocking video was ‘allegedly protecting neighborhood': police

Car speeds through streets moments before it is deliberately driven into a police vehicle during George Floyd protests in Denver leaving three officers and civilian severely injured

Video: police horse trampling on a protester during George Floyd protest in Houston sparks police investigation

Two NYPD patrol cars RAM into a group of George Floyd protesters in Brooklyn after crowd surrounded them and started throwing plastic bottles and trash

One protester is shot and killed and at least two others are injured in Indianapolis during George Floyd demonstrations

Dallas rioters hurl ROCKS at 'business owner who tried to defend his store with a sword' then brutally beat him unconscious during night of violence in the city

George Floyd protesters swarm Beverly Hills and LOOT high-end stores on Rodeo Drive as 500 people are arrested in LA and Mayor Garcetti calls for National Guard because 'this is no longer a protest. This is destruction'

Minnesota AG Ellison says he has evidence of outsiders contributing to riots while calling out ‘endemic problem’ with Minneapolis police
Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-31 13:38|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ]  Top

#1 Mercutio, while you are philosophically correct that these are the actions of a terrorist network, I moved your article to cluster with the rest of the articles on the subject. Fred has now weighed in on the subject, and for the duration all articles on the Antifa insurgency are to be filed Page 1: War on Terror, Lurid Crime Tales. This may change again, depending on who is discovered to be behind and involved.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-31 13:56||   2020-05-31 13:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Grazie, Bella mia.
Posted by Mercutio 2020-05-31 14:10||   2020-05-31 14:10|| Front Page Top

#3 More from Legal Insurrection
Posted by Mercutio 2020-05-31 14:36||   2020-05-31 14:36|| Front Page Top

#4 bout time
Posted by Chris 2020-05-31 15:44||   2020-05-31 15:44|| Front Page Top

#5 The riot in La Mesa last night was a little too close to home for me. Let's put it this way: It was close enough to be scary. Last I looked, admittedly a while ago but I think it's still true, La Mesa is an affluent, predominantly white, white-collar bedroom community. Ostensibly the protest was about a black man who was arrested on Wednesday at the Grossmont Trolley Station in La Mesa. The complaint seems to be that a La Mesa cop was too rough. I've spent enough time on the trolley to see a lot of colorful characters hanging out at trolley stations and wished many times for a greater police presence. Fact is, the trolley is dirty and dangerous.

So thousands of people who may or may not have seen a video clip of some shoving were outraged enough to shut down I-8 and try to burn the La Mesa police headquarters. I don't believe any of those protesters/rioters live in La Mesa. I've been to La Mesa many times and those people didn't look like La Mesans to me. But they weren't black either so I figured, having seen videos of Antifa in action, that these people, some of them anyway, were Antifa. I was skeptical about their concern about racism and for the black guy who was arrested. This was not a sincere, legitimate protest of local community members about racism. It was a riot that was carefully coordinated with other riots across the country. I think their goal is to destabilize our country.

I guess my point is that if they can invade La Mesa, they could have invaded my town just as easily. Nobody got killed. I don't think any shots were fired. But rocks were thrown, windows were broken and graffiti was sprayed. It could have spiraled out of control. So, yeah, I'd classify it as terrorism.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-05-31 15:49||   2020-05-31 15:49|| Front Page Top

#6 
Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-31 16:11||   2020-05-31 16:11|| Front Page Top

#7 See my comment #8 here - my Mom was literally shaking, she said
Posted by Frank G 2020-05-31 16:12||   2020-05-31 16:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Nkw we can get down to some serious busunesd. Good hunting - no bag limit!
Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-05-31 16:15||   2020-05-31 16:15|| Front Page Top

#9 PIMF
Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-05-31 16:16||   2020-05-31 16:16|| Front Page Top

#10 That Minnesota AG Ellison...another real "winner". So, he's the AG of the state but he is complaining about an "endemic problem" within the Minneapolis Police Department. Uh, so, Ellison, you did NOTHING about it?
Posted by Clem 2020-05-31 16:24||   2020-05-31 16:24|| Front Page Top

#11 
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-31 16:48||   2020-05-31 16:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Regarding La Mesa, the locals were out cleaning up the next morning. Seems most of the rioters were not from the La Mesa.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-31 20:20||   2020-05-31 20:20|| Front Page Top

#13 It's already been done, apparently: "Department of Homeland Security has reportedly been warning about growing threat of violence between left-wing anarchists and right-wing nationalists since early 2016."

"US security officials have classified the left-wing group Antifa as "domestic terrorists", confidential documents have revealed."

In other news, Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Riots and Domestic Terrorism:

"Federal law enforcement actions will be directed at apprehending and charging the violent radical agitators who have hijacked peaceful protest and are engaged in violations of federal law.

To identify criminal organizers and instigators, and to coordinate federal resources with our state and local partners, federal law enforcement is using our existing network of 56 regional FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF)."

Some will say that Mr. Trump does not have the authority to declare Antifa a "Terrorist Group," but declaring them to be a "Domestic Terrorist Group" is a horse of a different color.

Thank G*d it is not mid-August...
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-05-31 20:54||   2020-05-31 20:54|| Front Page Top

#14 I wonder if the 'Black' community understands they're expendable to the hard Left's agenda, which is power by any means necessary. It's all for the revolution baby! Chumps.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-31 20:55||   2020-05-31 20:55|| Front Page Top

#15 Minnesota sign language dude cost me a dollar.

Oh, didn't know that is a dude? $1 over there.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-31 21:52||   2020-05-31 21:52|| Front Page Top

#16 # 5 Stay safe, Abu.

Hitting close to my home, too.

Time for the National Guard to smash these little savages.
Posted by Lex 2020-05-31 22:01||   2020-05-31 22:01|| Front Page Top

#17 Fecking shame of it is that the FBI, whome we desperately need to be functional against internal threats such as these, has been wasting time talent and resources on political targets thanks to Holder, Lerner, McCabe, and others in the Obama administrations. The domestic terror tracking withered while political targeting occupied the bulk of high level FBI and DOJ attention.

I wonder if we can demand the head of the FBI to resign over this massive failure of his agency? I have the perfect "temporary" replacement in mind.
Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-31 22:16||   2020-05-31 22:16|| Front Page Top

#18 It appears that, once Antifa has been declared a Terrorist Group, and their attacks the acts of a terrorist group, Prez can declare a National Emergency and enactment of the Insurrection Act.

Might even be able to "smashmouth" Jack Dorsey...
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-05-31 22:34||   2020-05-31 22:34|| Front Page Top

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