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babylonsister

(171,065 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:44 AM Mar 2015

Conservative organization busted trying to get peaceful protestors to say they want to kill police

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Fri Mar 20, 2015 at 07:16 AM PDT
Conservative organization busted trying to get peaceful protestors to say they want to kill police

by Shaun King

Project Veritas sounds harmless, right? It isn't.

Started by shameless self-promoter James O'Keefe, Project Veritas sends undercover operatives with hidden cameras to try to trick people into making harmful statements. This past January, during a season of protests in New York City, O'Keefe and the Project Veritas pushed one of their employees too far and fired him when he wouldn't do their dangerous bidding.

O'Keefe, according to documents obtained by Talking Points Memo, ordered one of his employees, an American Muslim, to try and get peaceful protestors to say they'd like to kill NYPD officers. The man refused on the grounds that it violated his faith. His supervisor, who has brothers that are retired NYPD officers, also refused to follow through on it, and now claims in a lawsuit that he was fired for his refusal.

Here is Mohammed Alhomsi's account of what he was told to say:

As a minority and a Muslim, I know what it's like when the police treat me unfairly. They have even searched my little daughter's body. Can you believe that? Do you know what it's like to have your rights violated because of the color of your skin or because of your name? -PAUSE-

Sometimes, I wish I could just kill some of these cops. Don't you just wish we could have one of the cops right here in the middle of our group? -PAUSE-

What would you do if we could get Officer Pantoleo (who killed Eric Garner) right here in this crowd? What would you do to him?

In the current climate, with sincere tensions between police and the community, this type of action is unethical, dangerous, and indeed crosses a line, even in the era of gotcha politics.

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Conservative organization busted trying to get peaceful protestors to say they want to kill police (Original Post) babylonsister Mar 2015 OP

James O'Keefe is a thug and an idiot Gothmog Mar 2015 #1

Well, he's a liar.... daleanime Mar 2015 #3

This needs a FULL-COURT PRESS. Conspiring to incite cop killing and FRAME the black protestors for blm Mar 2015 #2

If memory serves, babylonsister Mar 2015 #4

Well, it's a RW 'tactic' that I don't think we can ever afford to ignore and blm Mar 2015 #5

O'Keefe is Godlike to Fox News world wide wally Mar 2015 #6

Zero tolerance for assholes at protests. Even window-smashers. arcane1 Mar 2015 #7

O'Keefe has a lot of nerve to even use the word "veritas" cyberswede Mar 2015 #8

kicking - your post deserves more eyeballs. blm Mar 2015 #9

K & R. n/t FSogol Mar 2015 #10

Must say that I'm somewhat shocked that more DUers aren't keyed to this story blm Mar 2015 #11

So, O'Keefe's probation has ended, obviously ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2015 #12

Gothmog

(145,242 posts)

1. James O'Keefe is a thug and an idiot

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:51 AM

Mar 2015

O'Keefe claims to be a journalist and that claim is sad and wrong

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

3. Well, he's a liar....

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 12:03 PM

Mar 2015

blm

(113,061 posts)

2. This needs a FULL-COURT PRESS. Conspiring to incite cop killing and FRAME the black protestors for

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:51 AM

Mar 2015

the incitement.

There is no way this can be legal.

JAIL this criminal.

babylonsister

(171,065 posts)

4. If memory serves,

Reply to blm (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 12:05 PM

Mar 2015

you called this, didn't you.

blm

(113,061 posts)

5. Well, it's a RW 'tactic' that I don't think we can ever afford to ignore and

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 12:16 PM

Mar 2015

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we have very little corpmedia that will feature it as a news report, let alone the widespread coverage the subject deserves.

I try to keep it out there as a possibility when the story we are fed by some officials doesn't ring true.

As a longtime supporter of SPLC we tend to be more aware of the stories around the country that do not get national coverage.

PS: I am well aware some here would like to pretend this isn't a reality we need to deal with….but….it is. The Bundy Ranch episode and spate of cop killings afterwards should have corrected their perception.