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They said 80% and released no info, which they could because as you said, they do log it. And again, even if it is a high number, its not indicative that the arrests are just outside aggressors (anarchists, far right groups, general looters, etc). People do show up to just protest and all the arrests aren't just for property destruction so its feasible that some people from neighboring states are in the arrest record that got picked up for breaking curfew and whatever else they're charging non-violent protestors with.
And sorry, they absolutely do travel to reek havoc. Hell, there is a far left anarchy group that literally TRAVELS THE WORLD to cause riot and disrupt. They infiltrate protests like this, show up and cause riots at WTO meetings G7 (8, 20 ever how many countries in attendance), etc (there's no evidence that they are in these current riots btw. I'm just using it as an example). And that's on the extreme end of an example of people that will look for any reason to jump in on a volatile situation. There's absolutely people in neighboring states that would cross over state lines to take advantage of a situation like MN. You are dead wrong on this. I suggest doing more reading on the history of riots in this country for the last 100 years (where you're also read that the myth of "paid off by leftist organizations" has been around for the entire time with no concrete proof either). Hell, you don't even have to do that. Just go re-read about the Unite The Right rally from a couple of years ago. That was nothing but Far Right nationalists groups traveling from across the country to instigate and cause trouble. People will travel for this shit.
And once again, Antifa is not a centralized organization no matter how many times uninformed people or outright biased right wing news repeats it. "Antifa" is a blanket term. It stands for "anti-fascists". It's more a set of ideas and protest strategies. There's no structure, there's no coordination. There are groups that have "antifa" in their names but these groups often aren't even aligned with each other at all. Some solely exist to monitor, document, and counter act Far Right nationalist groups (hence the name anti-fascists). Some have don't even fight for the same things. Describing a potential protester as "Antifa" is meaningless because there is no defined group and structure. It could mean any number of different things, none of which is the "far left terrorist and rioter" description that some are trying to portray it to mean. It doesn't work like that. It's way more broad and complicated. It isn't like the other end of the spectrum where the Far Right has many defined, organized racists, fascists, and white nationalist groups.
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