Tag: Hypocrisy

“In a statement Monday evening, the SPLC acknowledged that police arrested an employee, but claimed that he had been acting as a legal observer with the National Lawyers Guild. The guild condemned every police arrest Sunday as an example of ‘ongoing state repression and violence against racial and environmental justice protesters,’ and the SPLC condemned escalating ‘policing tactics against protesters.’ Neither organization explicitly stated that the observer had not engaged in violence against police.”