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I'm not familiar with cointelpro. Never heard of it until Bronco mentioned it in this thread.

WIKI has a pretty good explanation:

COINTELPRO (syllabic abbreviation derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram) (1956–1971) was a series of covert and illegal[1][2] projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations.[3][4] FBI records show that COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed subversive,[5] including feminist organizations,[6] the Communist Party USA,[7] anti–Vietnam War organizers, activists of the civil rights movement or Black Power movement (e.g. Martin Luther King Jr., the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panther Party), environmentalist and animal rights organizations, the American Indian Movement (AIM), independence movements (such as Puerto Rican independence groups like the Young Lords), and a variety of organizations that were part of the broader New Left. The program also targeted the Ku Klux Klan in 1964.[8]

In 1971 in San Diego, the FBI financed, armed, and controlled an extreme right-wing group of former members of the Minutemen anti-communist para-military organization, transforming it into a group called the Secret Army Organization that targeted groups, activists, and leaders involved in the Anti-War Movement, using both intimidation and violent acts.[9][10][11]

The FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception; however, covert operations under the official COINTELPRO label took place between 1956 and 1971.[12] COINTELPRO tactics are still used to this day and have been alleged to include discrediting targets through psychological warfare; smearing individuals and groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the media; harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence, including assassination.[13][14][15][16] The FBI's stated motivation was "protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order".[17]

Beginning in 1969, leaders of the Black Panther Party were targeted by the COINTELPRO and "neutralized" by being assassinated, imprisoned, publicly humiliated or falsely charged with crimes. Some of the Black Panthers affected included Fred Hampton, Mark Clark, Zayd Shakur, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu-Jamal,[18] and Marshall Conway. Common tactics used by COINTELPRO were perjury, witness harassment, witness intimidation, and withholding of evidence.[19][20][21]

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover issued directives governing COINTELPRO, ordering FBI agents to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" the activities of these movements and especially their leaders.[22][23] Under Hoover, the agent in charge of COINTELPRO was William C. Sullivan.[24] Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy personally authorized some of the programs.[25] Although Kennedy only gave written approval for limited wiretapping of Martin Luther King's phones "on a trial basis, for a month or so",[26] Hoover extended the clearance so his men were "unshackled" to look for evidence in any areas of King's life they deemed worthy.[27]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
 
I'm not familiar with cointelpro. Never heard of it until Bronco mentioned it in this thread.

Did some klan work but mostly focused on targeting and discrediting civil rights and left wing groups in the 50’s through the early 70’s, but the tactics gained and used still seem to pop up in moments like this from time to time indicating they are, in fact, still used today.
 
WIKI has a pretty good explanation:

COINTELPRO (syllabic abbreviation derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram) (1956–1971) was a series of covert and illegal[1][2] projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations.[3][4] FBI records show that COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed subversive,[5] including feminist organizations,[6] the Communist Party USA,[7] anti–Vietnam War organizers, activists of the civil rights movement or Black Power movement (e.g. Martin Luther King Jr., the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panther Party), environmentalist and animal rights organizations, the American Indian Movement (AIM), independence movements (such as Puerto Rican independence groups like the Young Lords), and a variety of organizations that were part of the broader New Left. The program also targeted the Ku Klux Klan in 1964.[8]

In 1971 in San Diego, the FBI financed, armed, and controlled an extreme right-wing group of former members of the Minutemen anti-communist para-military organization, transforming it into a group called the Secret Army Organization that targeted groups, activists, and leaders involved in the Anti-War Movement, using both intimidation and violent acts.[9][10][11]

The FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception; however, covert operations under the official COINTELPRO label took place between 1956 and 1971.[12] COINTELPRO tactics are still used to this day and have been alleged to include discrediting targets through psychological warfare; smearing individuals and groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the media; harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence, including assassination.[13][14][15][16] The FBI's stated motivation was "protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order".[17]

Beginning in 1969, leaders of the Black Panther Party were targeted by the COINTELPRO and "neutralized" by being assassinated, imprisoned, publicly humiliated or falsely charged with crimes. Some of the Black Panthers affected included Fred Hampton, Mark Clark, Zayd Shakur, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu-Jamal,[18] and Marshall Conway. Common tactics used by COINTELPRO were perjury, witness harassment, witness intimidation, and withholding of evidence.[19][20][21]

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover issued directives governing COINTELPRO, ordering FBI agents to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" the activities of these movements and especially their leaders.[22][23] Under Hoover, the agent in charge of COINTELPRO was William C. Sullivan.[24] Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy personally authorized some of the programs.[25] Although Kennedy only gave written approval for limited wiretapping of Martin Luther King's phones "on a trial basis, for a month or so",[26] Hoover extended the clearance so his men were "unshackled" to look for evidence in any areas of King's life they deemed worthy.[27]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

That's helpful, and so I've read a bit of that before, but never knew there was a name for it. :9:
 
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It’s a racist radio show showing a contextless clip signal boosting the dividE and conquer strategy of right wing trolls, that a few tweets after is cheering on a cop assaulting a civilian. From a poster that only started to care about this event when it provided opportunities to bad mouth black people and lefties.

....You aren’t missing anything of value
 
It’s a racist radio show showing a contextless clip signal boosting the dividE and conquer strategy of right wing trolls, that a few tweets after is cheering on a cop assaulting a civilian. From a poster that only started to care about this event when it provided opportunities to bad mouth black people and lefties.

....You aren’t missing anything of value

Fright wing trolls, lol.
 
Wrong. Anarchist, not anti-fascists. But if calling them the wrong name gets Bill Barr to prosecute, then hey. :shrug:

You may be right. But, I don't know how you can tell if the kid in respirator is ANTIFA, an anarchist, a big fan of Rage Against the Machine, or just some skater punk who thinks those clothes look cool. And, I have no idea why the other guy is yelling at him or what he did to get yelled at.

Edit: Although I'd lean toward skater punk who thinks those clothes look cool since any organized anarchist group or ANTIFA group usually know enough to cover their faces so they can't be identified later.
 
You may be right. But, I don't know how you can tell if the kid in respirator is ANTIFA, an anarchist, a big fan of Rage Against the Machine, or just some skater punk who thinks those clothes look cool. And, I have no idea why the other guy is yelling at him or what he did to get yelled at.

Edit: Although I'd lean toward skater punk who thinks those clothes look cool since any organized anarchist group or ANTIFA group usually know enough to cover their faces so they can't be identified later.
Speaking of cointelpro, antifa is rife with right wing infiltration who love to ratchet up the violence
A good rule of thumb: if there is an anti-antifa post by this poster, it most likely came from the Proud Boys
 
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