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markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
1. I think that we can safely assume
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 04:48 PM
Jan 2026

that any protest with more than three people will be known about in advance by authorities. They can infiltrate any protest that they want to with instigators to incite violence.

If you see anyone acting violently or destroying property, they are the enemy.

Get as much photographic evidence as you can safely get. Take pictures of the footprints that their shoes leave, every detail of their clothes. Follow them if possible and get pics of their vehicle.

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I think that we can safely assume markodochartaigh Jan 2026 #1
They may be the enemy in some sense, but.... reACTIONary Jan 2026 #18
Some people who act as black bloc protesters markodochartaigh Jan 2026 #20
Stormed? So, they rolled inside the place, en masse, with automatic weapons and started busting down doors AZJonnie Jan 2026 #2
Newsweek? Total shit. vanlassie Jan 2026 #11
Newsweek is a GOP backer. The Madcap Jan 2026 #12
Stormed? Exactly. See January 6th mjvpi Jan 2026 #16
I have distant relatives in Minnesota. ananda Jan 2026 #3
Mystery Owl posted on DU Status Coup's Livestream of the protest last night RockCreek Jan 2026 #4
Probably the... 2naSalit Jan 2026 #5
"Masked" orangecrush Jan 2026 #6
Newsweek is not a reliable source. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2026 #7
From the Associated Press, via Google News: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 #8
Agents provocateurs Wicked Blue Jan 2026 #9
Of course this is what gets the biggest national media moniss Jan 2026 #10
Sorry, not sorry angrychair Jan 2026 #13
Glad I called and canceled my Hilton Account... EastBayGuy Jan 2026 #14
It's also not the Cedar -Riverside area of Minneapolis, that's a few miles away JMCKUSICK Jan 2026 #15
1 am 1/4 Norwegian also 1/4 Swedish NT JPK Jan 2026 #17
Maybe they were just taking a "tour". ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2026 #19
"Stormed," forsooth. Newsweek has become a completely worthless rag. n/t malthaussen Jan 2026 #21
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