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markodochartaigh

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1. I think that we can safely assume

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 03:48 PM

Jan 10

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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Hundreds of Anti-ICE Protesters Storm Minneapolis Hilton Hotel [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 10 OP

I think that we can safely assume markodochartaigh Jan 10 #1

They may be the enemy in some sense, but.... reACTIONary Jan 10 #18

Some people who act as black bloc protesters markodochartaigh Jan 11 #20

Stormed? So, they rolled inside the place, en masse, with automatic weapons and started busting down doors AZJonnie Jan 10 #2

Newsweek? Total shit. vanlassie Jan 10 #11

Newsweek is a GOP backer. The Madcap Jan 10 #12

Stormed? Exactly. See January 6th mjvpi Jan 10 #16

I have distant relatives in Minnesota. ananda Jan 10 #3

Mystery Owl posted on DU Status Coup's Livestream of the protest last night RockCreek Jan 10 #4

Probably the... 2naSalit Jan 10 #5

"Masked" orangecrush Jan 10 #6

Newsweek is not a reliable source. n/t rzemanfl Jan 10 #7

From the Associated Press, via Google News: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 #8

Agents provocateurs Wicked Blue Jan 10 #9

Of course this is what gets the biggest national media moniss Jan 10 #10

Sorry, not sorry angrychair Jan 10 #13

Glad I called and canceled my Hilton Account... EastBayGuy Jan 10 #14

It's also not the Cedar -Riverside area of Minneapolis, that's a few miles away JMCKUSICK Jan 10 #15

1 am 1/4 Norwegian also 1/4 Swedish NT JPK Jan 10 #17

Maybe they were just taking a "tour". ForgoTheConsequence Jan 11 #19

"Stormed," forsooth. Newsweek has become a completely worthless rag. n/t malthaussen Jan 11 #21

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