BLM and Antifa often get blamed for white supremacist violence

This appeared in The Millennial Source

The head of the US Department of Justice, Attorney General William Barr, has accused the “far left” of causing violence across the country. Yet, investigations conducted by the DOJ have more often than not determined that white supremacists have been responsible for the violence and destruction.

Following the death of George Floyd, a Black man, at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota last May, protests flared up across the United States. The police killing of Breonna Taylor in her Louisville, Kentucky home, as well as the “modern-day lynching” of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia by a white father and son were also inciting incidents.

The protests were organized by Black Lives Matter (BLM) groups, but they were joined by adherents of the anti-fascist, or Antifa, movement. When riots, looting and violence broke out at various protests, many on the political right blamed BLM and Antifa. President Donald Trump even vowed to have Antifa designated as a terrorist organization.