It turns out that major players in the Black Lives Matter protests really are being watched. A “crisis management” report from the cybersecurity firm XeroFox shows that the firm is monitoring key players such as DeRay McKesson and Johnetta Elzie, calling them “threat actors.” The report also showed that the company was “protecting” the online accounts of various Baltimore police and officials.
McKesson and Elzie both tell Mother Jones they were “not surprised” that they were being watched. “It confirms that us telling the truth about police violence is seen as a threat,” McKesson says. Both activists say they do not know why they were identified as physical threats.
But hey, this country is all about freedom of speech, right?
Team Blackness also discussed the GOP debate, Trump being Trump, and another unarmed civilian shot by police, this time in South Carolina.
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