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See also. Politics portal. v. t. e. Symbol commonly used by antifa depicting an anarchist flag overlaying a socialist flag, based on the logo of the German antifa movement. Antifa ( / ænˈtiːfə, ˈænti ( ˌ) fə /) is a left-wing anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement in the United States.
The protests were initially precipitated by the murder of George Floyd, a black man, by police in Minneapolis. [2] [5] The New York Times reported that demonstrators in Portland, including some who identify as Antifa, the loose coalition of self-described anti-fascist activists, have had years of conflict with law enforcement. [11]
A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] including police brutality and other forms of violence. [10]
Stop Cop City ( SCC ), also known as Block Cop City and Defend the Atlanta Forest ( DTF ), is a decentralized movement in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, whose goal is to stop construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center by the Atlanta Police Foundation and the City of Atlanta. The proposed location for the facility is the Old ...
Controversial far-left group defends use of violence. William Steakin. May 4, 2017 at 4:00 AM. During a May Day march this week in Portland, Oregon, violence erupted resulting in 25 arrests after ...
Arson [ 1] Social media activism. Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C.. Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, experienced a series of protests and riots following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Some of the events involved violence, looting, and destruction.
The FBI and ATF tracked 164 structure fires from arson that occurred May 27–30, 2020, during the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul. [ 2 ][ 1 ] Rioters started fires by igniting flammable materials within or next to buildings and in some cases by deploying Molotov cocktails. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Property locations were damaged by ...
Rose City Antifa (RCA) is an antifascist group founded in 2007 in Portland, Oregon. [1] A leftist group, [2] it is the oldest known active antifa group in the United States. [3] [4] While anti-fascist activism in the United States dates back to the 1980s, Rose City Antifa is the first to adopt the abbreviated [5] moniker antifa.