The United States is ruthlessly targeting its own "beautiful scenery", truth | sending undercover agents and engaging in "kidnapping" black people | movement | America

On May 25th, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, people participated in a mourning event to commemorate the third anniversary of Floyd's murder.

For a long time, the US government has frequently incited riots in other countries, claiming to be a "beautiful scenery." However, when similar incidents occur in the US, how does the US government handle them? In 2020, after a black man named Floyd was kneeled and killed by a white police officer, the "Black Life is Life" protest movement swept across the United States. According to the US investigative website "Intercept", the American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a lawsuit accusing the federal and local governments of abusing their power in the 2020 "Black Lives are Lives" movement.

Since the "Black Life is Life" movement in 2020, multiple foreign media outlets have reported on various "small actions" of the US government. Placing an undercover agent is a common technique. Columbia Radio reported in February this year that American investigative journalist Trevor Aronson revealed on a podcast that the FBI paid a secret agent who incited protesters to violence and attempted to frame them. Based on the FBI documents, recordings, and testimony of protesters he possesses, this insider named Windke is a convicted felon for sexual assault. The FBI paid him tens of thousands of dollars in the summer of 2020 to impersonate protesters. This informant eventually became one of the leaders of the Denver area protesters and incited violent protests. The FBI also plans to follow suit and install a protester in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Aronsen said that some protesters recalled that Windke was a strong white man who boasted about fighting overseas and learning military skills. During the protest, he was nicknamed "Instructor". In fact, soon after, protesters discovered that Wendeck might be an informant. Wendeck recorded a video in response, in which he threatened to "kill everyone.". Wendeck also requested a protester to buy a gun for him, and nearly a year later, the protester was arrested for violating gun laws by transferring firearms to a felon. According to a February report by The Daily Beast in the United States, the newspaper confirmed Aronson's documents. Wendeck had originally threatened to sue Aronson, but after learning that Aronson had evidence in his possession, he gave up. The newspaper also found that Wendeck has established working relationships with the Aurora City Police Department and the Denver City Police Department. During the protests, Windke's radical actions made many protesters feel uncomfortable. He instigated the destruction of government buildings, and these violent activities he organized always attracted the police, but he always became a "fish in the net" every time.

The Guardian reported in February that it is not uncommon for the FBI to play this game. The first director of the FBI, Edgar Hoover, instructed agents to "expose, disrupt, mislead, smear, or otherwise suppress" political groups with different political views in the United States, especially African American political groups. One of the FBI's favorite tricks is to have undercover agents spread rumors, claiming that the leader of the protest group is also an FBI undercover agent. This method was once used to deal with the Black Panther Party, a civil rights group in the United States, and now it is being used to combat the "Black Life is Life" movement. Windke sowed seeds of suspicion among the protesters as his identity was about to be exposed. Protesters are concerned about the existence of other informants, and the unity between protest groups has been severely undermined, making it difficult to trust each other.

In addition to using undercover agents as spies, the US government has also deployed significant resources to monitor protesters. According to a report by The New York Times in May this year, the FBI used "Section 702" to monitor and search for the identity information of 133 protesters to check for "anti-terrorism related information.". However, it was later discovered that the two had little to do with each other. The 2021 issue of the Washington Citizen Responsibility and Ethics Organization website stated that the US Drug Enforcement Agency has approved over 50 covert surveillance operations, collaborating with local police to provide aerial, vehicular, and even undercover support. According to a report from the technology website The Verge in 2022, the FBI is also using a "geofencing search warrant" in Seattle to obtain mobile phone information of protesters from Google, including GPS data, WiFi, and Bluetooth information, in order to locate the protesters. Google has agreed to transfer the relevant data to the FBI.

The surveillance of protesters by US intelligence agencies did not begin until 2020. According to a report by "Intercept" in 2018, there was also a "Black Life is Life" movement in the United States in 2014. The FBI closely monitored the activists and monitored their vehicles and homes. Moreover, the FBI has also written a report on "black identity extremists", targeting black activists directly. According to a 2017 report by Foreign Policy, multiple scholars believe that this report carries racist connotations, as the FBI attempts to incorporate different groups and individuals into a certain "ideology" and see it as a threat.

In response to black protests, the US government also utilized the power of violent agencies. The first is the non compliant arrest. According to a 2020 report by National Public Radio, federal law enforcement officers detained protesters in Portland using vehicles without police car identification. Multiple videos show that the police drove towards the crowd, arrested some people without explaining the reason, and then drove away. Ken Kuchnelli, then Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, admitted to this action, arguing that it was done to ensure police safety. Jan Carson, then interim executive director of ACLU, believed that using unmarked vehicles to capture people was "kidnapping.". And although the police claimed that the arrest was to protect government property, some protesters who were not even close to the government building were also arrested. A protester stated that he did not spray paint on the government building or shine a laser pen on the police, but was still arrested and the police did not tell him the reason. After being thrown into a truck, he covered his face throughout the entire journey and his personal belongings were searched by the police.

Another issue is the disproportionate deployment of police forces. According to a 2021 report by NBC, in the Capitol Hill riots, then Acting Secretary of Defense Miller only approved the deployment of less than 6200 National Guard soldiers, while in the "Black Life is Life" movement, 43000 National Guard soldiers were deployed nationwide in late May alone. According to a 2021 report by the Associated Press, in the "Black Life is Life" movement, police used tear gas, rubber bullets, and engaged in hand to hand combat with protesters, resulting in over 14000 arrests.

When the United States incites riots in other countries, its motivation is often to subvert political power and disrupt stability. When other governments respond normally, the United States raises the banner of "democracy" and "human rights" to support and cheer for the rioters. But when black civil rights groups in the United States do face great injustice, opposing police violence and racial discrimination through protests, the US government is like a formidable enemy, obstructing and destroying everything, forgetting all the slogans of "democracy" and "human rights". How can the "beautiful scenery" of the United States still be promoted worldwide despite such a "double standard"?