[RedState] The year was 2009. A 22-year old black man was shot and killed while being detained by police at a BART station in Oakland, CA. In the days following rioting ensued, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage occurred.That event was considered to be the first of a new fight for civil rights. Where peaceful protests occurred, they were justifiable and necessary. The fight against police brutality is not a fight against the police. Unfortunately, the peaceful movement has been co-opted by organizations that use violence as a means of attempting to steer public policy. (see Occupy Movement, Antifa)
In 2010 and the birth of the Occupy Wall Street movement, cities across the country faced violent outbursts from leftist groups for years. Almost every major US city faced threats of violence from communist forces unless they cowered to the agenda. They were (and are) literally the definition of domestic terrorists. (see FBI definition of terrorism)
Michael Brown, Vonderrit Meyers, Eric Garner, Antonio Martin, Freddie Gray, Mansur Ball-Bey, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Sylville Smith, and Keith Lamont Scott. Each of these shootings of young minorities led to violent riots across the country, all of which took place before Trump ever set foot in the Oval Office. Each was met with marches that almost always turned violent with the destruction of property and the assault of citizens and police officers alike. Even up until recently, Democrats were siding with encouraging rioting and violence as a result of the treatment of minority men by police.
Yet, as Democrats march toward November, they now want to place the blame for the violence that has plagued our country for over a decade on a man who has been President for less than a third of that time.
Even if you follow beyond Trump’s inauguration (which dem protestors also turned violent), violent actions almost exclusively originate with leftist organizations and were endorsed and supported by dem leaders. If Trump truly is to blame, and Democrats believe violence and destruction are justified, either they believe that violence is an answer to a political spat or they agree Trump is bringing the necessary change to the US they claim they want.