Silly Little Country

An Astonishing if Expected Response

A local community activist in Austin Texas, Brandon Darby, helps bring to justice two malicious people intent on perpetrating violence in Minnesota during the Republican convention.

"I feel like, as an activist, I played a direct role in stopping violence," Darby, 32, said in his first interview on his role.

One of the perpetrators had this enlightening thing to say (*apparently recorded):

McKay also told Darby, "It's worth it if an officer gets burned or maimed," the affidavit said.

A local community activist is cited:

"Everyone that knew Brandon has gone through a whole range of emotions. Clearly, he's betrayed the trust of the community, and all the communities he's worked with," said Lisa Fithian, a social-justice activist who worked with Darby in Austin.

What an astonishing reflection! The casual acceptance of the tilt to violence is disturbing.
Darby himself makes a lot of sense.

After Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005, Darby and others started the Common Ground Collective, which began by delivering supplies to people in the ravaged city.

Darby said he saw firsthand what happens when government fails to protect its citizens. "When I showed up in New Orleans, I was very angry at my government," he said.

But he said that while working there, he concluded that some activists seemed more intent on promoting radical agendas than helping people.

As for why he got involved with the FBI, Darby said it was because he discovered that people he knew were planning violence.

"Somebody had asked me to do something that would've resulted in hurting people, and I said no," he said. "So they started asking other people. At that point, that's when I went forward and contacted somebody in law enforcement."

And it is a good thing he did!

posted by Alan Adamson @ 3:40 PM