Earlier on Monday, my colleague Sister Toldjah shared an update on the Black Lives Matter violence and mayhem in Louisville, Ky., in the wake of the death of Breonna Taylor by local police officers in March. She wrote that “[a]fter BLM escalated their tactics last week in harassing and/or assaulting pedestrians and restaurant patrons, and damaging property, the Louisville PD has had enough – and is banning street protests for the foreseeable future.”
And Nick Arama wrote last week about Mafia-esque, strong-arm tactics by BLM groups against Louisville business owners.
But it’s worth asking if there’s more going on behind the scenes that can only worsen the situation in the Bluegrass State.
An activist group called Until Freedom posted an event flyer on its Instagram account Saturday. But that wasn’t all it heralded.
On August 8th, Amina Elahi, a reporter with WFPL, Louisville’s NPR affiliate, shared an entire thread of images and video from Louisville on Saturday, showing scenes from the so-called rally.
One video in particular stands out, because of who’s speaking:
Sound on to hear Linda Sarsour of Until Freedom describing protest efforts in Louisville. She says members of the group moved here today to support the goal of achieving justice for Breonna Taylor. pic.twitter.com/etPWuY7ip8
— Amina Elahi (@aminamania) August 8, 2020
If the name Linda Sarsour sounds familiar, it should. Sarsour is well-known as a trainer of radical activist tactics. She was one of the co-founders of the Women’s March activist group in 2017, along with Tamika Mallory and Bob Bland. As RedState’s Brandon Morse reported last September, all three were ousted from the group’s leadership over their open, anti-Semitic bigotry.
But just like the Occupy movement, these people don’t just disappear. They change the name of their umbrella group and continue on. Now, Sarsour and Mallory, along with two others, continue to spread their hatred and violent tactics under the name “Until Freedom.” And they’ve relocated to Louisville.
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