One of the things you can always count on with the right is that they constantly accuse others of crimes of which they have a near monopoly. I can remember, though I was not yet thirteen, hearing Southern racists complaining on TV that their (n-word here) were perfectly happy, and that it was those outside agitators causing all the trouble.
So, what have we here:
During this morning’s press conference, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey all said that the criminal actors in this week’s protests seem to be from outside the community. Walz is now consulting with the Department of Homeland Security about the possibility of foreign intervention.
MSNBC host Joy Reid broke away from the presser to discuss the issue with Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison. In addition to the fact that Carter said that every person arrested last night was from outside the state, Ellison said there is video evidence of outside infiltration, too.
ELLISON: My reaction is that just a few days ago, on like the second day of protests, there was a man who was dressed in all black, he was a Caucasian person. He had a gas mask, black gloves, an umbrella. It was not raining, and he was smashing windows and apparently throwing incendiary devices into businesses that had nothing to do with the tragedy around Mr. Floyd. And so people, protesters photographed this.
The video is existing and you can see it. And they confronted him, who are you and he just walked away. That led me to believe that there is real legitimate evidence that this is a very serious operation being done to tarnish the legitimate protest that is going on. We need an investigation on who these people are and their identity and I will just say as I close, that when Jamar Clark protest was going on, a group of white supremacists went on Facebook announcing they were going to attack the protests, did so, but — and then shot people. They were caught and then they were prosecuted. So, we know that this kind of thing happens, it’s planned. We have no good reason to believe that it’s not happening now. It needs to be a separate and independent investigation.
Apparently, an oddly high percentage of those arrested have been white. I suppose the police should be congratulated for arresting them. Maybe they weren’t carrying assault weapons so the cops figured they weren’t entitled to the full measure of white privilege.
Just as an aside, another great example of Republicans doing what they accuse others of doing is voter fraud. I don’t know of a high profile voter fraud case that didn’t involve a Republican.