Fri Jun 19 01:24:04 2020
<9e126bf3> this shit is so fake, they are trying to engineer into existence this group called “The Boogaloo” that is supposedly causing all the violence blamed on Antifa who they say actually doesn’t exist… total madness <https://www.chron.com/news/article/As-Trump-warns-of-leftist-violence-a-dangerous-15347940.php>
— As Trump warns of leftist violence, a dangerous threat emerges from the right-wing Boogaloo movement
— WASHINGTON – A far-right extremist movement born on social media and fueled by anti-government rhetoric has emerged as a real-world threat in recent weeks, with federal authorities accusing some of its adherents of allegedly working to spark violence at largely peaceful protests roiling the nation. At a time when President Donald Trump and other top U.S. officials have claimed – with little evidence – that leftist groups were fomenting violence, federal prosecutors have charged various supporters of a right-wing group, which calls itself “the Boogaloo Bois,” with crimes related to plotting to firebomb a U.S. Forest Service facility, preparing to use explosives at a peaceful demonstration and killing a security officer at a federal courthouse. Prosecutors even successfully argued before a federal magistrate in Texas over the weekend that a drug possession suspect with alleged Boogaloo ties should be denied bond because Facebook and Instagram posts he’d made advocating violence against National Guardsmen and threatening to kill looters showed he was a “threat to the community.” The Boogaloo are more of a violent anti-government ideology than a formal movement, say those who study extremist groups. They say they cannot identify a leader, headquarters or command structure, just loosely affiliated social media pages ranging from explicitly violent to merely commercial, peddling Boogaloo-themed merchandise. But the visibility of Boogaloo supporters at recent protests – dressed in trademark Hawaiian shirts and carrying assault rifles – had alarmed researchers who for months had warned about the danger the group posed. Now federal prosecutors in California, Texas, Nevada and Colorado appear to be endorsing those concerns with a series of criminal charges against self-described Boogaloo supporters, whose arrests often were…
<9e126bf3> > “The Boogaloo are more of a violent anti-government ideology than a formal movement, say those who study extremist groups. They say they cannot identify a leader, headquarters or command structure, just loosely affiliated social media pages ranging from explicitly violent to merely commercial, peddling Boogaloo-themed merchandise.”
<9e126bf3> > “The role of social media in incubating the movement and spreading its ideology has prompted several researchers to compare the Boogaloo to foreign militant groups, such as ISIS, which used memes and other forms of online messaging to spread extremist rhetoric, raise money and recruit new members.”