Armed Vigilantes Receive Warm Police Reception Amid Protests
▻https://theintercept.com/2020/06/19/militia-vigilantes-police-brutality-protests
A former Albuquerque City Council candidate who ran on a tough-on-crime platform shot a protester at an anti-police brutality demonstration on Monday and was arrested alongside members of a right-wing militia group. The shooting is an extreme example of a trend that has played out across the country as armed vigilantes pledging to protect property have shown up at protests — in many cases with encouragement or even explicit collaboration from law enforcement. The shooter, Steven Ray Baca, (...)
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