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>>headal+(OP)
I'm seeing false accusations of Antifa starting violence all over the place. It's the right-wing's boogieman-du-jours, and likely false-flag representation at best.

Edit: Downvoters– tell me why you're downvoting this?

Why would Antifa purposefully take actions that would deliberately cause an armed police response to otherwise-peaceful protests?

Edit 2 since I can no longer post responses: Clearly the misinformation campaign continues alive and well here on HN. Dare to defend those with less privilege and get downvoted to hell.

>>jachee+c5
It all depends on where the violence is directed.

People are protesting police killing a black civilian. Now, if Antifa were to show up, who would they attack, the protesters or the police? The police. If the alt-right showed up, who would they attack? The protesters. Well, who's getting attacked? Not the protesters. So that fits with it being Antifa rather than the alt-right...

... unless it's a false flag, or alt-right accelerationists. In that case, it could be either.

>>Animal+n7
Here in Pittsburgh, it was literally the latter.

>>jachee+G7
Sorry, literally the latter what? Violence aimed at protesters? Or accelerationists?

>>Animal+x8
False-flag instigators, intentionally escalating in bad faith to provoke a violent response from protesters and police alike.

EDIT - Watch the instigating jerk flip off the protesters who dared confront him as he triggers what would become a failure cascade of protests that had been peaceful for hours.

https://reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/gtn3ps/video_of_the...

>>jachee+Nc
What exactly makes you think that this person was a false-flag instigator?

>>depend+Fe
The fact that he flips off the protesters who try to stop him and continues instigating until the police escalate.

Did you watch the video?