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kentuck

(111,097 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:50 AM Jun 2020

How much are outside interests driving these protests?

We're back to the "few bad apples" theory, as some have used to describe the police.

Are they simply "opportunity looters"? They use the legitimate protestors as cover to hide their dirty deeds? Do they even know the difference between George Floyd and Pink Floyd?

Do they self-identify as "Antifa"? Is that a catch-all phrase? Is it just a way to have fun?

How are these "outside interests" helping the cause? Is the only way to get people's attention is to burn something down?

Are these protests organized and planned? Who is organizing them?

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How much are outside interests driving these protests? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2020 OP
from what I saw on LA tv yesterday... dhill926 Jun 2020 #1

dhill926

(16,339 posts)
1. from what I saw on LA tv yesterday...
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 12:12 PM
Jun 2020

it looked mostly like opportunists. It may be different in other cities...

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