The attempted assassination of Donald Trump increased concerns that progressives are inciting political violence. The social media from attempted assassin Thomas Crooks has not been released, despite the fact authorities instantly confiscated his phone. Initial media reports boasted that he was a registered Republican. However, the founder of Gab said, based on Crooks’ posts, which Gab provided confidentially to the FBI, "as of 2021, Crooks was a pro-lockdown, pro-immigration, left-wing Joe Biden supporter."

In recent years, Antifa and BLM have compiled a history of violence nationwide. However, due to woke or threatened DAs, after they are arrested, the charges are almost always dropped or never brought at all. Their rioting is dismissed as “peaceful protests.”

Over 90% of the charges against BLM nationwide related to the 2020 riots were dismissed, according to Truthout. In San Francisco, 100% of the cases were dropped. Without citing any evidence, such as reading police reports, the article speculated, “Such a high percentage suggests that the police may have been arresting people simply to suppress dissent.”

But according to The New York Post, “Former NYPD Chief of Patrol Wilbur Chapman said that the district attorneys’ offices and the courts had ‘allowed people who committed crimes to go scot-free.’”

In Arizona, charges against Antifa rioters were dismissed in 2022 after ABC-15 broadcasted negative coverage of law enforcement. ABC-15

Conservative journalist Andy Ngo has covered much........

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