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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Police Violence Against Journalists Is Fascist, Being Anti Fascist is All American



"Preventing reconciliation and driving us apart is the goal of these radical groups, and we cannot let them succeed," Barr added.

"The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly."


Bill Barr, Putin's very own Lawn Ornament, Mob Tool, Organized Crime Cog, Money Laundering Asset for Sanctioned Oligarchs Dictators Murderers.....

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"There is no domestic terrorism statute and legal authority for the U.S. to designate any domestic organization as a terrorist group, as the Justice Department's domestic terrorism coordinator has said publicly on multiple occasions in recent years.

"As this tweet demonstrates, terrorism is an inherently political label, easily abused and misused," American Civil Liberties Union National Security Project Director Hina Shamsi said in response to Trump's post.

"There is no legal authority for designating a domestic group. Any such designation would raise significant due process and First Amendment concerns."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-terrorist-organization-gop-points-n1220321

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"In Minneapolis, Omar Jimenez was covering the protests ignited by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by the police.

Confronted by a phalanx of state policemen in riot gear, Jimenez offered to move back. “We’re getting out of your way. Just let us know. Wherever you want us, we will go.” 

He calmly identified himself as a CNN journalist and produced his credentials. Nonetheless, he was handcuffed and led away, as he continued to ask, peacefully and respectfully, why he was being arrested.

Soon after, his producer and cameraman were also cuffed and marched off. One can hear the distraught cameraman asking what to do with his camera, which was seized by the police – apparently unaware that it was still filming.

What the camera doesn’t show is that a few blocks away, a white journalist, also reporting for CNN, was treated by the police with consummate politeness. 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/31/what-the-arrest-of-a-black-cnn-journalist-on-air-taught-us

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