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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 24 Aug 2017

    "We're not racists." Private militias bring uncertainty and weapons to protests. https://usat.ly/2v9K86C  (Getty)pic.twitter.com/kx1Qlz5it7

    12:35 PM - 24 Aug 2017
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      2. patrick trail‏ @patrick_trail 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Whole lot of LARP.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Philip MacQuarrie‏ @monkeynaut1966 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @patrick_trail @USATODAY

        Notice the plate carriers are empty? 'cause plates are heavy and carrying them is haaard.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Uncle Daddy's Friend‏ @daddy_friend 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        What would happen if blacks showed up armed like these idiots,we'd have 1970s Oakland all over again, and they wonder why blacks protest

        2 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
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      2. thecharminglib•rarian•‏ @thecharminglib 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        They're wearing MILITARY gear made for soldiers to wear to war. Where is their training and regulations? There is no reason for this...😒

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Kim Chrystie‏ @KimChrystie 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        How can they not be arrested? #scary

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Brian McGill‏ @bmcott67 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @KimChrystie @USATODAY

        For what????? No they can't be!!! They didn't do anything wrong wake up

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. winspinner‏ @jinkash704 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @bmcott67 @KimChrystie @USATODAY

        Imagine if black dudes walked around with machine guns.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Philip MacQuarrie‏ @monkeynaut1966 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Nothing more than grown ass men playing at GI Joe. These losers only exist to make Civil War re-enacters look cool.

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      1. Táchii'nii Asdzáán‏ @TAsdzaan 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        This is frightening.

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      1. Shark White‏ @SharkWhitedagr8 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Regardless of intent, they are making a bad situation worse with the potential of lethal. This has to stop now.

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      1. Brian Batie‏ @brianbassplayer 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Yeah right. Even the kkk is telling that lie nowadays.

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      2. Mary Murphy‏ @macmurph 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Why bring guns?

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      2. #TakeAKnee‏ @3rdWorldSun 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        If they were Brown people in a Muslim country .@realDonaldTrump would automatically label them TERRORISTS

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Nichole Mayers‏ @NicholeM718 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @3rdWorldSun @USATODAY @realDonaldTrump

        The guns give them testicular fortitude. #noballs

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. #TakeAKnee‏ @3rdWorldSun 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @NicholeM718 @USATODAY @realDonaldTrump

        That's a dominant trait with ammosexuals

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Ms.M‏ @Myia24 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        If people of color were to carry these weapons in public in this manner .. jail! To bad the police and legal don't treat everyone the same

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Arcticbabe2006 🐘‏ @Arcticbabe2006 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Myia24 @USATODAY

        No, they'd be shot dead

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