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War on Racism has some fascinating video and audio that may (and I say) may point to the possibility that the "fake" Minuteman video is in fact - "real".
From the SPLC
"...in Minutemen group is one of several armed Minuteman spinoffs now operating on the U.S.-Mexico border between Campo and Jacumba, Calif. Crooks told a reporter that he and friends made the fake video during talks about President George Bush’s proposed immigration reform bill.
Crooks had a number of other nativist extremist leaders convinced that his video was real and would damage their movement. In response to Crooks’ border shooting video, Jeff Schwilk, leader of the nativist extremist San Diego Minutemen, told his supporters he had a media strategy in place, “to minimize damage to the Minuteman movement.” Jim Gilchrist, director of another Minuteman group, banned his own members from contact with Crooks and his group and said that he would no longer provide Crooks’ group with supplies as in the past.
In late July, Crooks sent an E-mail to Gilchrist and other Minutemen leaders that contained a link to part of the chilling video depicting an immigrant being targeted and shot at through a night-vision scope. “This video shows how to keep a ‘Home Depot’ parking lot empty,” he wrote, jabbing at Gilchrist and others who, he suggested, could “Talk the Talk” but not “Walk the Walk.”..."
THE VIDEOCrooks had a number of other nativist extremist leaders convinced that his video was real and would damage their movement. In response to Crooks’ border shooting video, Jeff Schwilk, leader of the nativist extremist San Diego Minutemen, told his supporters he had a media strategy in place, “to minimize damage to the Minuteman movement.” Jim Gilchrist, director of another Minuteman group, banned his own members from contact with Crooks and his group and said that he would no longer provide Crooks’ group with supplies as in the past.
In late July, Crooks sent an E-mail to Gilchrist and other Minutemen leaders that contained a link to part of the chilling video depicting an immigrant being targeted and shot at through a night-vision scope. “This video shows how to keep a ‘Home Depot’ parking lot empty,” he wrote, jabbing at Gilchrist and others who, he suggested, could “Talk the Talk” but not “Walk the Walk.”..."
THE AUDIO
NOTE: I am not sure about the source of this material, so it should be approached with care. I am not going to make a call here other than the fact that I am not sure about the sourcing.
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