Odette Youssef

Six, by comparison, were far-right actors. Still, an internal report from the Department of Homeland Security suggests top officials were interested in a single predetermined narrative. Focusing on the drawn-out rioting in Portland, Oregon… The head of Intelligence Gathering, quote, stated that the violent protesters in Portland were connected to or motivated by Antifa.

This, even though his analysts had no evidence of that. But it wasn't just Trump and some administration officials who manipulated public perceptions of the unrest that summer.

This, even though his analysts had no evidence of that. But it wasn't just Trump and some administration officials who manipulated public perceptions of the unrest that summer.

This, even though his analysts had no evidence of that. But it wasn't just Trump and some administration officials who manipulated public perceptions of the unrest that summer.

Pete Simi is a sociology professor at Chapman University. He says extremists did what they always do. They clocked the high level of uncertainty among the public and swooped in. Simi says the movement for racial justice also created its own problems in retrospect. The defund the police slogan ultimately wasn't helpful.

Pete Simi is a sociology professor at Chapman University. He says extremists did what they always do. They clocked the high level of uncertainty among the public and swooped in. Simi says the movement for racial justice also created its own problems in retrospect. The defund the police slogan ultimately wasn't helpful.

Pete Simi is a sociology professor at Chapman University. He says extremists did what they always do. They clocked the high level of uncertainty among the public and swooped in. Simi says the movement for racial justice also created its own problems in retrospect. The defund the police slogan ultimately wasn't helpful.

And experiments with so-called autonomous zones, areas with no police, produced troubling stories, including a 16-year-old fatally shot in Seattle's.

And experiments with so-called autonomous zones, areas with no police, produced troubling stories, including a 16-year-old fatally shot in Seattle's.

And experiments with so-called autonomous zones, areas with no police, produced troubling stories, including a 16-year-old fatally shot in Seattle's.

And that the argument that these protesters were part of a larger, sinister plot has endured.

And that the argument that these protesters were part of a larger, sinister plot has endured.

And that the argument that these protesters were part of a larger, sinister plot has endured.

The claim that Black Lives Matter is a Marxist or terrorist organization is now common on the right. It was expressed in a podcast three years ago by Joe Kent, a man who is now Trump's pick to direct the National Counterterrorism Center.

The claim that Black Lives Matter is a Marxist or terrorist organization is now common on the right. It was expressed in a podcast three years ago by Joe Kent, a man who is now Trump's pick to direct the National Counterterrorism Center.

The claim that Black Lives Matter is a Marxist or terrorist organization is now common on the right. It was expressed in a podcast three years ago by Joe Kent, a man who is now Trump's pick to direct the National Counterterrorism Center.

Yes, and survey numbers suggest that many Americans may agree. A Pew survey this month finds that support for the Black Lives Matter movement has fallen 15 percentage points from where it was five years ago. And on policing, the pendulum has swung as well.

Yes, and survey numbers suggest that many Americans may agree. A Pew survey this month finds that support for the Black Lives Matter movement has fallen 15 percentage points from where it was five years ago. And on policing, the pendulum has swung as well.

Yes, and survey numbers suggest that many Americans may agree. A Pew survey this month finds that support for the Black Lives Matter movement has fallen 15 percentage points from where it was five years ago. And on policing, the pendulum has swung as well.

Just last week, the Department of Justice announced that it was ending consent decrees and investigations of police misconduct in multiple cities. including Minneapolis. But this assertion that maybe racism will go away if we stop talking about race, you know, it could be very dangerous. Well, talk to me about that. People see social inequity.