I really think we need to stand with security operations on this on the sidelines.

The hard core side of the Black militants are using this as a recruiting and intelligence gathering tool, waiting to pounce when the opportunity is right, but not directly involved with this stuff very much.

Turns out the alternative news reporter who drew down on people in Portland was being approached by one of the Black Panther enforcer types who was probably about to beat him down. Far as I could tell from examining the video evidence and looking at the numbers, the real Panthers and militants on the ground numbered less than ten. Dispersed in the crowd and not leading the organization. They were using it to recruit and as a proving ground for a few people after having had their own meeting nearby, but they are NOT running Black Lives Matter.