Tampa is a great example if youre familiar because the arrest records show that the protest was alrgely a peaceful protest until LOCALS from the USF area turned it violent.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY OUTSIDE AGITATORS AND THEY ARE NOT ALL LEFTISTS (LOL). IN FACT, THERES A CONFIRMED CASE OF A WHITE SUREMACIST GROUP TRYING TO START A RIOT AS "ANTIFA"
BUT city by city news and arrest records confirm mostly peaceful, mostly local people protesting the underlying lack of civil justice for minoroties.
So, this is pretty representative, the Charlotte News:
https://www.wfae.org/post/update-local-people-continue-dominate-arrests-charlotte-unrest
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police arrested another 25 people Sunday night and early Monday morning in what police characterize as riots following peaceful protests.
Of the 19 whose arrest records included an address, 18 were from Mecklenburg and surrounding counties. One report listed a Tacoma, Wash., address, but the person had previous arrests in Mecklenburg County. Three listed no address and three were juveniles, so no identifying information was included.
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In Charlotte, some local organizers involved in the fight against police brutality have said that they didn't know who organized a Friday night rally outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police station on Beatties Ford Road and that they didn't recognize people who were throwing things at police that night.
Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham, who represents the Beatties Ford Road area, said in an interview with TV station WCNC: “Many of the individuals are not from Charlotte. They are from out of town. They’re agitating and instigating public violence and that’s not the way to solve our problems -- certainly not here in Charlotte.”
Former Charlotte City Council member LaWana Mayfield posted on Twitter: “Why would you let out of towners come to our city & and lead in tearing it up?”
It’s difficult to tell whether speculation about outsiders in the Charlotte protests is accurate. But the sheriff's department arrest records show 49 of the 70 people arrested over the last four days list addresses in and around Charlotte.
SOME OF THE OUTSIDE AGITATOR STUFF IS UNDOUBTEDLY TRUE, BUT ITS ALSO LOCAL OFFICIALS COVERING FOR THE BAD BEHAVIOR OF THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO MOST ARREST RECORDS.
FURTHER, AT LEAST 140 CITIES REPORTED WITH DEMONSTRATIONS YESTERDAY (PROBABLY MORE) BUT HOW MANY WERE ACTUALLY VIOLENT? HOW MANY WERE JUST NOT COVERED BECAUSE THEY WERE PEACEFUL
This disconnect between the number of actual peaceful demonstrations and Trump's call for Military crackdown/Civil war (essentially) should be very concerning
