A furloughed photographer who documented protests starting on May 31 expected to find white supremacists behind widespread looting but instead found anarchists, according to a New York Times opinion column.
Quinn thought the supervisors would be tied to white supremacy groups, instead, he found a group of "Insurrectionary anarchists."
Quinn decided to march alongside groups of "Black bloc" anarchists across the country to learn more about them, according to Stockman.
Anarchists advertised the protests on social media, drawing "Cultlike energy" to events in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., Quinn told Stockman.
He marched with protesters who launched fireworks at a federal court building in Portland, Oregon, and with protesters who heckled diners in Washington, D.C. The protests following the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 weren't born of anger but were strategically organized and advertised on social media by anarchists who thought their actions could advance social justice, Quinn said, according to Stockman.
On the third day of protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, anarchist publication CrimethInc reported black-clad individuals breaking windows, vandalizing police cars, and starting fires before disappearing in the crowd of protesters, Stockman wrote.
Some anarchists participate in pacifist civil disobedience, while others justify committing crimes like arson and looting by saying it wears down the capitalist economic system, according to an anarchist podcast Stockman reviewed.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/01/photographer-anarchists-white-supremacist-protest-riot-looting/
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