WaPo study: antifa presence = violence

[Mr Mannn]

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1493002463829532675

Research conducted at Penn State looked at what happens when #antifa showed up to BLM events in 2020. The findings were published in Washington Post & confirm what I’ve reported: Antifa’s presence greatly increased the risk of violence & injuries.

https://thepostmillennial.com/washington-post-penn-state-research-antifa-presence-protests-increased-risk-violence?utm_campaign=64470
Washington Post: Penn State research finds Antifa presence at protests 'greatly increased the risk of violence'

"When antifa did attend protests, the incidence of violence was extremely high compared to the level at protests it did not attend."

A report on Antifa was published in The Washington Post—conducted by a team of researchers that analyzed Black Lives Matter and Antifa protests—that found that Antifa's presence at such events "greatly increased the risk of violence."

Two sociology academics at Penn State analyzed data on the 2020 civil unrest and concluded the presence of Antifa at an event made violence much more likely.

The research found that Antifa's appearance at racial justice protests saw higher numbers of injuries and property damages than protests where they didn't appear.

"One of the most important reports on #antifa published in the mainstream press..." explained The Post Millennial's editor-at-large Andy Ngo, whose investigative reporting on Antifa has made international headlines. "They found what I did: Antifa's presence is the biggest predictor for violence."

This week in DUH!
Lots more at link, but when even WaPo notices...this is a pretty significant observation.

[SVPete]

It took a university study to figure this out? Or was this a way to shift shared blame onto mostly-white Antifoids and absolve mostly-black BLMers?

[Drafe Hoblin]

It took a university study to figure this out? Or was this a way to shift shared blame onto mostly-white Antifoids and absolve mostly-black BLMers?

Yeah, we're probably reaching a termination-point where 'communist thinkers' are abandoning these groups and fashioning a new spear-tip...  I don't detect one yet.  But it may follow the model of a GoFundMe, which will spread offline into some sort of activism. 

[Old n Grumpy]

Washington Post: Penn State research finds Antifa presence at protests 'greatly increased the risk of violence'

NO SHIT!!! they must have hired someone with a working brain, albeit way to late.

[Zathras]

Washington Post: Penn State research finds Antifa presence at protests 'greatly increased the risk of violence'

And just how much of the taxpayers money went into finding out about this little bit of "Thank You Captain Obvious"?

[freedumb2003b]

Yeah, we're probably reaching a termination-point where 'communist thinkers' are abandoning these groups and fashioning a new spear-tip...  I don't detect one yet.  But it may follow the model of a GoFundMe, which will spread offline into some sort of activism.

GoF*ckMe