Thursday, July 14, 2016

U.S. Army Is Warning Its Personnel To Avoid 37 American Cities For Fear That Anti-Police Demonstrations May Turn Violent

Reuters/Sait Serkan Gurbuz

Washington Times: U.S. military told to avoid 37 American cities for fear anti-police protests may turn violent

The Army last week warned all military personnel in the United States to avoid 37 American cities this week over concerns that anti-police protests, dubbed “Days of Rage,” are planned and could turn violent.

The July 8 notice from the U.S. Army North said there is a potential for violence or criminal activities in the aftermath of the shootings of five Dallas police officers.

The Army notice appears based on an online rumor, since denied, that the anarchist hacker group Anonymous had called for nationwide protests Friday in the U.S. cities.

Snopes.com reported Tuesday that the rumor calling for Days of Rage protests is false and is based on an identical false posting that circulated online and in emails in August 2014, related to the Ferguson, Missouri, protests against police.

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2 comments:

TWN said...

The protesters are very lucky that the Police are constrained, if unleashed it won't be pretty, not sure how much longer they can keep a lid on this, it will not end well I suspect.

opit said...

TWN Given that the meme has been that violence is expected since Barack Obama was confirmed elected, I would also expect that any thought that the police are to be restrained be dispensed with.