The NYPD’s “Outside Agitators” Narrative Is an Excuse for Force (www.motherjones.com)

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Cops never lie. /s

[-] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The cops ARE the outside agitators to justify the use of force.

Agent provocateur and such

[-] oo1@kbin.social 3 points 1 week ago

The narrative suffered another public embarrassment when what appeared to be an ordinary bike lock was offered as evidence that sinister individuals had infiltrated the city’s elite campuses.

this close they always look like landscape.
https://youtu.be/6cQ3f13Oq7c?t=116

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