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Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

[off topic] If you’re at a peaceful demonstration and see someone getting ready to throw a rock at a cop be ready to stop them. Cops love to send in provocateurs so they can have a reason to bust heads.

Back in the day, Union demonstrators had their own goon squads to make sure things stayed quiet.

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random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yes. Oldest authoritarian trick in the book.

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Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
They are called agitators, it happened a lot during blm protests, there was prominent right wing influencers MO is to be an agitator at these eventsm

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- muusemuuse@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  When they were protesting here in Akron, some asshole put out giant pallets of bricks all along the protest route. Fuckheads.
  
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