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Matthew Gertz
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Here's the first half of the batshit OANN segment Trump just tweeted. It alleges the 75 year old man assaulted by Buffalo police officers was an antifa operative, based on a report from Conservative Treehouse.
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Here's the rest of it, which says that media are "fan[ning] the flames of national unrest" by promoting this "far-left provocation" to hurt Trump and help China.
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The report is by Kristian Rouz, a Russian national also on the payroll of the Kremlins official propaganda outlet, Sputnik: https://www.thedailybeast.com/oan-trumps-new-favorite-channel-employs-kremlin-paid-journalist
(video at twitter dot com)
sop
(10,243 posts)DanTex
(20,709 posts)It's kind of hilarious that "One America News" runs a conspiracy theory segment narrated by a guy with a Russian accent.
underpants
(182,877 posts)Maybe using a male was enough for them
SledDriver
(2,059 posts)Pretty far gone I suppose
sop
(10,243 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,634 posts)mucifer
(23,565 posts)I got the sense he is a loud hippy type who could be using harsh words. I have seen those guys at protests.
They could have easily murdered him for exercising his first amendment rights.
It's really fucked up.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)A reporter mixed up someone else the Buffalo mayor was talking about, and that got corrected. OANN would have known that before they made this report, but they used it anyway, because the lie it useful for them:
Brown said state police officers were involved in the arrest of the protester, Myles Carter, last Monday and that the city does not have the ability to take action against them.
What we were informed of is that that individual was an agitator. He was trying to spark up the crowd of people, Brown told reporters, according to a recording of his comments reported by radio station WBEN.
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Can you walk us through what the volatility is when a 75-year-old man walks up to the police officers with something in his hand. Obviously we dont know what that was. But what is the volatility there? a reporter asked Brown.
I didnt speak in relation to the volatility of that individual. I spoke in terms of volatility of the situation, Brown responded.
Editor's note: WBEN initially reported that Brown said Gugino was described as a "major instigator," and an earlier version of this story included incorrect information as a result.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/501500-buffalo-mayor-says-protester-tackled-by-state-police
There's a recording of the press conference here, though the press questions are more or less inaudible: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2679799058791486
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Im not reading it on the exact same goddam cell phone.
We have long left sanity behind.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)It may be reasonable to say he was trying to get a bluetooth connection; what for is pure speculation. It could just be "try and get and identity for this MFer who is hassling me".
nolabear
(41,991 posts)If theyd had any real belief at the time he was doing something illegal that phone would have been evidence. There was no attempt to arrest, secure, anything.
cayugafalls
(5,643 posts)and the guns, mace, ammo and such and ask why they needed all that for a peaceful protest.
My speculation is as better than any Russian Agent who works for Vlad.
Trump is a traitor for using an obvious Russian Asset to spread false information via his twitter feed.