New: Data shows right-wing vigilantes & paramilitaries have confronted or attacked anti-racist protesters about 500 times since cops killed George Floyd in May. This includes at least:

64 assaults
38 attacks by car
9 shootings
3 deaths

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-vigilantes-kenosha_n_5f4822bcc5b6cf66b2b5103e

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“There just isn’t anything else to compare it to,” @areidross said. “I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.”

Ross said the data includes abt 2 dozen instances of cops supporting or collaborating with right-wing vigilantes & paramilitaries. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-vigilantes-kenosha_n_5f4822bcc5b6cf66b2b5103e">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whi...
. @nick_w_estes talked to me about the history of white vigilantes in the U.S.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-vigilantes-kenosha_n_5f4822bcc5b6cf66b2b5103e">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whi...
The story also includes this handy guide to the far-right paramilitaries that have been confronting protesters this summer, courtesy @PRAEyesRight https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-vigilantes-kenosha_n_5f4822bcc5b6cf66b2b5103e?phq">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whi...
“We need to seriously reconsider the permissiveness with which we are allowing armed paramilitaries to roam the streets of our nation’s towns & cities," @VetAnthropology said. “There’s nothing normal about this. We don’t want to be living in a war zone” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-vigilantes-kenosha_n_5f4822bcc5b6cf66b2b5103e?phq">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whi...
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