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1. CiPHPe+E2[view] [source] 2020-06-22 12:00:22
>>itcrow+(OP)
> Stewart Baker, an attorney at the Washington, D.C. office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and a former assistant secretary of policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said the BlueLeaks data is unlikely to shed much light on police misconduct, but could expose sensitive law enforcement investigations and even endanger lives.

But then there was this: https://twitter.com/NatSecGeek/status/1273329710576152581

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2. trentn+ii[view] [source] 2020-06-22 13:57:15
>>CiPHPe+E2
From the tweet you linked: Even the cops know random damage attributed to #antifa are really "white racially motivated violent extremists...posing as Antifa members."

It is a distinction without a difference.

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3. iomcr+Gv7[view] [source] 2020-06-24 14:01:24
>>trentn+ii
I took the quote to imply possible categories like copagandists, white supremacists, Nazis, KKK, or even random apolitical opportunists, which is a distinction with a huge difference. After all, Trump did announce something like "Antifa did it" instantly after the riots started while law enforcement across the board has been struggling to find any evidence. It does smell like an astroturfed misinformation campaign intended to drown out criticisms of widespread systemic police brutality.
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