{"id":1861,"date":"2023-03-09T10:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:51:05","slug":"its-no-wonder-people-think-j6-was-more-violent-than-blm-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1861","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s No Wonder People Think J6 Was More Violent Than BLM Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1862\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-30.png 894w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-30-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-30-770x506.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-30-293x193.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-30-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-30-390x257.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>BLM Riots\/https:\/\/www.patrioticalternative.org.uk\/when_conspiracy_theories_become_reality_part_7<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who maintain that justice in America has not been politicized in recent years may not be paying attention. There is no page on the DOJ website for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2023\/03\/07\/antifa-forest-creatures-set-fire-to-cop-city-in-atlanta\/\">\u201cAntifa riots<\/a>\u201d or the \u201cBLM riots.\u201d Even a search on the DOJ website using the same keywords yields scant results. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/search.justice.gov\/search?affiliate=justice&amp;query=blm+and+antifa+riots\">21 entries<\/a>&nbsp;that do pop up using those keywords describe \u201cfar-right individuals\u201d who allegedly targeted BLM or Antifa on January 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are, however, pages of data devoted to the J6 protest, all neatly organized under the heading of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/capitol-breach-cases\">\u201cCapitol Breach Cases.<\/a>\u201d Almost daily, at least one or more people are charged for crimes related to January 6 if you wander over to the DOJ\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\">press release<\/a>&nbsp;page. And, while there is no page on the FBI website dedicated to the BLM\/Antifa riots, there is an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/capitol-violence\">FBI \u201cwanted\u201d page<\/a>&nbsp;for \u201cU.S. Capitol violence\u201d with videos and Wanted posters depicting suspects and a tipline for the hunted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the DOJ\u2019s statistics, as of March 7,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/virginia-man-found-guilty-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-related-capitol-breach\">about 1,000 people<\/a>&nbsp;have been arrested in \u201cnearly all 50 states for crimes\u201d related to the Capitol breach. Investigative reporter Julie Kelly posted a series of screenshots on her Twitter timeline with additional statistics from the DOJ. To date, UncoverDC has found no such statistics on the crimes committed by Antifa or BLM on any of the governmental websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49807\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-12.12.45.png?resize=696%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49807\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-12.12.45.png?resize=696%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49807\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stats on J6 charges\/https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most plea deals are for misdemeanors.<br><br>Btw \u201cinterfering\u201d does a lot of heavy lifting in assault charges <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CN5w7bOCxo\">pic.twitter.com\/CN5w7bOCxo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Julie Kelly \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@julie_kelly2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1633506650979024898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UncoverDC spent some time scouring the internet for data on the BLM riots related to costs, arrests, and jail time. The results were telling. In September 2020, Axios pulled data on the cost of riots and civil unrest from the World Economic Forum website and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iii.org\/article\/civil-disorders-and-insurance\">Insurance Journal<\/a>. The original data came from the insurance industry-related data analytics&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verisk.com\/insurance\/products\/property-claim-services\/\">website<\/a>&nbsp;Verisk and the Insurance Journal. The report from the Insurance Journal has since&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iii.org\/page-not-found?attempt=fact-statistic\/facts-statistics-civil-disorders\">\u201cgone missing<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2020\/09\/16\/riots-cost-property-damage?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\">Axios<\/a>&nbsp;emphasizes that the \u201cprotests that took place in 140 U.S. cities this spring [2020] were mostly peaceful.\u201d However, a look at the costs seems to indicate something different. The \u201cvandalism and rioting\u201d from the George Floyd riots alone, according to Axios, \u201cresult[ed] in at least $1 billion to $2 billion of paid insurance claims\u2014eclipsing the record set in Los Angeles in 1992 after the acquittal of the police officers who brutalized Rodney King.\u201d Vandalism at the Capitol on January 6 allegedly cost $1.4 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49816\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-13.19.58.png?resize=696%2C586&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49816\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-13.19.58.png?resize=696%2C586&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49816\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Axios\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2020\/09\/16\/riots-cost-property-damage?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2020\/09\/16\/riots-cost-property-damage?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Verisk mapped a timeline of civil unrest in the U.S. between May 24 and October 11, 2020. An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verisk.com\/insurance\/products\/emerging-issues\/perspectives\/a-dangerous-new-era-of-civil-unrest-is-dawning-in-the-united-states-and-around-the-world\/\">article<\/a>&nbsp;on the website entitled \u201cA dangerous new era of civil unrest is dawning in the United States and around the world\u201d contends the civil unrest index in the United States went up steeply in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United States has seen its standing on the index sharply deteriorate\u2014falling from the 91st riskiest jurisdiction in our Civil Unrest Index in the second quarter of 2020 to the 34th most by the fourth quarter of 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49813\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-12.45.06.png?resize=696%2C136&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49813\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-12.45.06.png?resize=696%2C136&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49813\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Civil Unrest Index\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verisk.com\/insurance\/products\/emerging-issues\/perspectives\/a-dangerous-new-era-of-civil-unrest-is-dawning-in-the-united-states-and-around-the-world\/\">https:\/\/www.verisk.com\/insurance\/products\/emerging-issues\/perspectives\/a-dangerous-new-era-of-civil-unrest-is-dawning-in-the-united-states-and-around-the-world\/&nbsp;<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49810\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-12.29.56.png?resize=696%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49810\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-12.29.56.png?resize=696%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49810\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2021\/02\/2020-protests-changed-insurance-forever\">Verisk Data\/From WEF website\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AP Reporting: More Than 10,000 Arrests Of&nbsp; Left-Leaning Activists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/american-protests-us-news-arrests-minnesota-burglary-bb2404f9b13c8b53b94c73f818f6a0b7\">An AP article<\/a>&nbsp;from June 2020 attempts to \u201ctally\u201d the arrests and damage caused by the \u201cU.S. protests.\u201d According to AP reporting, \u201cMore than 10,000 people\u201d were arrested \u201cin protests decrying racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s death.\u201d The article also states, \u201cthe count grew by the hundreds each day,\u201d with \u201cmost of the national arrests\u201d concentrated in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, and Philadelphia,\u201d all left-leaning cities where BLM and Antifa protestors might be. \u201cHundreds were arrested on burglary and looting charges,\u201d and for those who rioted in Minnesota, \u201c80 percent were from out of state.\u201d Most notably for the purposes of this article, the AP writes that \u201cit is not known how many of the people arrested were locked up.\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Other reports at the time describe robust online fundraising that helped pay for bail and legal fees. The NYTimes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/VW6IX\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cprogressive and racial justice groups\u201d had amassed a \u201ccascade of donations\u201d totaling $90 million for bail funds alone\u201d by mid-June 2020. By June 4,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/american-protests-us-news-arrests-minnesota-burglary-bb2404f9b13c8b53b94c73f818f6a0b7\">according to the AP<\/a>, $2 million had been raised to help the \u201cmore than 3,000 people arrested in demonstrations since Floyd died on May 25.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the reporting in LA, \u201cthe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actlocal.network\/organizations\/peoples-city-council-freedom-fund-l-a\">Peoples City Council Fund<\/a>, as of Wednesday night, had gathered more than $2 million for arrested protesters there through the online fundraising platform GoFundMe. More than 46,000 people donated mostly small amounts, some just $10 or $20.\u201d The money was slated to go to Black Lives Matter LA and the National Lawyers Guild, \u201ca progressive group that has been defending civil rights activists since the 1930s,\u201d according to the AP. Vice President Kamala Harris&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KamalaHarris\/posts\/if-youre-able-to-chip-in-now-to-the-minnesota-freedom-fund-to-help-post-bail-for\/10158943194687923\/\">solicited donations<\/a>&nbsp;in June 2020 for \u201cthose protesting on the ground in Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fear of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2023\/01\/14\/the-6-most-shocking-recent-revelations-of-government-censorship\/\">censoring<\/a>, online bullying,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2021\/09\/07\/paypal-deplatforms-independent-news-outlet-uncoverdc\/\">de-platforming, and demonetization<\/a>&nbsp;has made it extraordinarily difficult to raise money for J6 defendants, many of whom have been held in jail, unheard of in U.S. history on this scale, and unconstitutional. An overwhelming number of the J6 defendants have felt pressured to accept plea deals for crimes they did not commit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legacy Media Bias: Reporting on BLM and Antifa Is Unbalanced<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is very difficult to find fair reporting and data on BLM or Antifa riots. Even when the AP discusses the Capitol riots side-by-side, the differences in the rationalizations for each are both mind-bending and common. The Capitol breach, allegedly \u201cfueled by baseless conspiracies\u201d from Americans who were distraught with the 2020 elections, is commonly referenced as one of the worst violent insurrections in our country\u2019s history. Kamala Harris&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/kamala-harris-pearl-habor-911-comparison-jan-6-speech-2022-1\">compared it<\/a>&nbsp;to Pearl Harbor and 9\/11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, BLM violence is wholly justified because of \u201csystemic racism.\u201d The \u201cvast majority of [BLM] demonstrations were peaceful.\u201d For example, this Jan. 2020 article from the AP comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[T]he two events were fundamentally different. One was an intentional, direct attack on a hallowed democratic institution, with the goal of overturning a fair and free election. The other was a coast-to-coast protest movement demanding an end to systemic racism that occasionally, but not frequently, turned violent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mob at the Capitol was fueled by baseless conspiracies propagated by Trump that the election was stolen from him through massive fraud. The rioters acted on the president\u2019s direct urging to \u201cfight like hell.\u201d They attacked police with pipes and chemicals and planted bombs. They were met largely with restraint by law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unrest that followed Floyd\u2019s death included vandalism, arson and looting, but the vast majority of demonstrations were peaceful. Some of the worst violence was in Portland, where thousands of protesters turned out nightly for weeks. Some hurled fireworks, rocks, ball bearings and bottles at federal agents and a member of a right-wing extremist group was gunned down by an Antifa supporter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridging Divides Initiative<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While researching civil unrest in America, UncoverDC found the Bridging Divides Initiative (<a href=\"https:\/\/bridgingdivides.princeton.edu\/THD\">BDI<\/a>), a \u201cnon-partisan research initiative that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States.\u201d The organization is, unfortunately, both typical of our findings and appears to be anything but \u201cnon-partisan.\u201d None of the organizations below represent conservative bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49824\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-14.32.22.png?resize=696%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49824\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-14.32.22.png?resize=696%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49824\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BDI\/Partnerships\/https:\/\/bridgingdivides.princeton.edu\/sites\/g\/files\/toruqf246\/files\/documents\/Threats%20and%20Harassment%20Report.pdf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The BDI Threats and Harassment&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bridgingdivides.princeton.edu\/sites\/g\/files\/toruqf246\/files\/documents\/Threats%20and%20Harassment%20Report.pdf\">report<\/a>&nbsp;provides a dataset and observations of events collected between January 1, 2020, and September 23, 2022. It is a \u201cfirst-of-its-kind longitudinal study\u201d out of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bridgingdivides.princeton.edu\/sites\/g\/files\/toruqf246\/files\/documents\/THDataset_PressRelease_19Oct2022.pdf\">Princeton University<\/a>&nbsp;to \u201csystematically evaluate events of threats and harassment across the United States using event-based public data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the summer of 2020, BDI launched its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acleddata.com\/special-projects\/us-crisis-monitor\/\">U.S. Crisis Monitor<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cto provide the public with real-time data and analysis on political violence.\u201d The Crisis Monitor is a joint project with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acleddata.com\/about-acled\/\">ACLED<\/a>. The project did not track violence&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acleddata.com\/acleddatanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlm_uploads\/2020\/07\/US-Crisis-Monitor_FAQs_UpdFeb2021.pdf\">\u201cmotivated<\/a>&nbsp;by personal or purely criminal motives.\u201d It is an ongoing \u201cliving dataset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BDI also utilized a dataset produced by ADL, whose motto is \u201cFighting Hate for Good.\u201d While it is primarily an organization that focuses on the defamation of Jewish people, in this case, ADL collected data on three targeted areas of threat to \u201cdemocratic society\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2022\/10\/07\/how-election-deniers-became-domestic-terrorists\/\">elections<\/a>, education, and public safety.\u201d Maybe it is a coincidence, but these three threat categories have garnered much attention from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2022\/06\/08\/bidens-dhs-national-terrorism-advisories-prioritize-domestic-terrorism\/\">current administration<\/a>&nbsp;as the focus of \u201cright-wing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2021\/01\/29\/who-decides-who-the-terrorists-are\/\">domestic terrorists<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings from the initial report seem to support the notion that the grievances that pose the worst threats center on elections, COVID mandates, CRT, and LGBTQ+-related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49826\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-14.41.08.png?resize=510%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49826\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-14.41.08.png?resize=510%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49826\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BDI\/ADL Threats and Harassment Report\/https:\/\/bridgingdivides.princeton.edu\/sites\/g\/files\/toruqf246\/files\/documents\/Threats%20and%20Harassment%20Report.pdf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of BDI\u2019s partners is ADL, which has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/research-centers\/center-on-extremism\">Center on Extremism (COE)<\/a>&nbsp;that bills itself as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/research-centers\/center-on-extremism\">premier tracker<\/a>&nbsp;of \u201cextremist trends, ideologies, and groups across the ideological spectrum.\u201d Among the current articles on its website is one about the \u201cwhite supremacist and virulently antisemitic\u201d individuals whose&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/backgrounder\/national-justice-party\">National Justice Party<\/a>&nbsp;allegedly \u201cco-opted\u201d the East Palestine derailment. The article contends that the group is \u201cusing the incident to advance their claims that the political system is in place to disadvantage and overlook white people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most concerning, however, is the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/tools-to-track-hate\/heat-map\">interactive heat map<\/a>&nbsp;produced by ADL that allegedly tracks, in&nbsp;<em>a non-partisan manner,<\/em>&nbsp;extremist murders, terrorist plots and attacks, police shootouts, and all manner of White Supremacist incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s look at the difference in the map when you filter for ideology. Honestly, it is completely absurd, and the data speaks for itself unless one honestly believes that Right Wing activists commit most violence in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49827\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-14.55.10.png?resize=487%2C445&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49827\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-14.55.10.png?resize=487%2C445&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49827\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ADL Heatmap\/https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/tools-to-track-hate\/heat-map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The map below is filtered for the last four categories; Left Wing, Islamist, Unknown, and Other:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49828\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-14.58.57.png?resize=696%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49828\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-14.58.57.png?resize=696%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49828\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ADL\/Heat Map Filtered for Left-Leaning Bias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This second map is filtered for the top three\u2014Right Wing violence only. The results? Come on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49829\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-15.01.13.png?resize=696%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49829\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-15.01.13.png?resize=696%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49829\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ADL\/Heat Map\/Right Wing Violence only<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Independent Journalists May be Only Hope<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It may be possible to find organizations that track violence committed by the Left; however, it is very difficult to find reporting from legacy media. UncoverDC did find reporting from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mtracey.medium.com\/two-months-since-the-riots-and-still-no-national-conversation-12a7e3e4e006\">Michael Tracey in 2020<\/a>&nbsp;for Medium. He is not exactly right-leaning, but he did make an effort to report fairly on the events of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracey wrote that the riots of 2020 \u201cexhibited features which belie any easy historical parallel. For one thing, consider their enormous geographic scope.\u201d However, he also states that despite the widespread \u201csignificant riots,\u201d there was very little national conversation or coverage. And despite being a journalist, \u201cattuned to media coverage,\u201d it was only when he \u201cpersonally visited\u201d the affected cities that he \u201clearn[ed] of the damage.\u201d Tracey explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThese riots exploded with such intensity, across so many jurisdictions, and within such a contained period of time\u2014roughly speaking, a one-week stretch beginning May 28, the day the chaos in Minneapolis\/St. Paul reached a grisly apex\u2014that no other instance of past civil unrest seems quite analogous. Complicating matters is that the riots occurred in tandem with a protest movement [BLM] now&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/07\/03\/us\/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">believed to be<\/a>&nbsp;the largest ever in U.S. history\u2014one which saw demonstrations, vigils, and general rancor extend even into the most unassuming expanses of suburban and rural America.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And yet, I heard from hundreds of people across the United States and world who were shocked that they\u2019d have never been aware of what happened in Minneapolis\/St. Paul, if not for my&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtracey\/status\/1277339435257024516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dinky little Twitter thread<\/a>. When I visited a month after the peak of the riots, much of this major American metropolis still lied in ruins.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Americans do not even use Twitter, by the way. Tracey offers several explanations, including media bias, bitterness toward Trump, and an apparatus that is&nbsp;<em>\u201cextremely reluctant to produce any coverage which might reflect poorly on said \u201cmovement\u201d and potentially undermine its moral and political legitimacy.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;Whatever the reasons are for the lack of data and reporting, his investigation shows a nation of small towns with neighbors and business owners burdened with economic distress, damage to property, and suffering that touched all races and creeds. He states at one point in his column that the&nbsp;<em>\u201cenormity of the scale of the riots\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;required&nbsp;<em>\u201cdrastic local measures to preempt or curtail the chaos\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>\u201cnext to no attention from national media.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>In many cases, community members feared being hurt by the very organization they supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_49831\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-15.22.20.png?resize=545%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-49831\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.uncoverdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-08-at-15.22.20.png?resize=545%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49831\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Tracey\/https:\/\/mtracey.medium.com\/two-months-since-the-riots-and-still-no-national-conversation-12a7e3e4e006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He spoke with many in these communities. One such interview is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cYou think you\u2019re getting justice, but you\u2019re just tearing up your own community,\u201d a black woman in her 40s who runs a bakery in a predominantly black part of Milwaukee\u2014in which significant, but conspicuously undercovered riots took place\u2014told me. She added that she would be livid if she found out that her daughter, in her early 20s, ever participated in such activities and was generally condemnatory of those responsible for causing the chaos. (Many people online have made it clear that they don\u2019t believe me, but I swear I have not \u201ccherry-picked\u201d any of these interviewees).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his travels, Tracey spoke with an immigrant from Sierra Leone, a notoriously war-torn and violent country, who said, \u201cI grew up in a war zone, and I\u2019ve never seen anything like it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracey then asks an excellent question,\u00a0<em>\u201cWhat does it say that these kinds of experiences have barely impinged on the national consciousness?\u201d\u00a0<\/em>I would say it\u2019s no wonder at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2023\/03\/09\/its-no-wonder-people-think-j6-was-more-violent-than-blm-riots\/\">https:\/\/www.uncoverdc.com\/2023\/03\/09\/its-no-wonder-people-think-j6-was-more-violent-than-blm-riots\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who maintain that justice in America has not been politicized in recent years may not be paying attention. There is no page on the DOJ website for the&nbsp;\u201cAntifa riots\u201d or the \u201cBLM riots.\u201d Even a search on the DOJ website using the same keywords yields scant results. The&nbsp;21 entries&nbsp;that do pop up using those keywords describe \u201cfar-right individuals\u201d who allegedly targeted BLM or Antifa on January 6. 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