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Fake Instagram profile links Illinois shooting suspect to far-left antifa
AFP via MSN ^ | 7/07/22 | Daniel Funke

Posted on 07/09/2022 3:54:04 AM PDT by Libloather

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"Bobby Crimo aka 'Awake The Rapper' the Highland Park shooter was an Antifa Far Left extremist," says a July 4, 2022 tweet with hundreds of likes and shares.

The post includes two photos. One appears to depict 21-year-old Robert Crimo wearing a hat sporting the letter "A," while the other purportedly shows his Instagram profile featuring an anti-fascist logo.

Screenshot of a tweet taken July 6, 2022 "Antifa" is short for anti-fascist, a term that describes a broad, loosely affiliated coalition of left-wing activists. AFP has previously reported on how the movement has been falsely blamed for everything from fires on the West Coast to the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

Other posts sharing the purported screenshot of Crimo's Instagram profile have circulated on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, according to CrowdTangle, a social media insights tool. The Gateway Pundit, a conservative website that has previously published misinformation, also shared the image.

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This screenshot taken July 6, 2022 shows Robert Crimo's now-deleted website. Some social media posts sharing the image of Crimo's supposed Instagram profile indicate the page was newly created. The account, whose handle did not resemble any of Crimo's other social media profiles, appears to have had few followers and was recently updated before being removed.

The symbol used on Crimo's social media does not appear to be associated with any antifa imagery. AFP did not find any exact matches, but some reports said it resembles a symbol used by some far-right groups.

AFP found no other evidence that the Instagram account being shared belonged to Crimo. AFP reached out to Instagram for additional comment.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Local News
KEYWORDS: afp; antifa; antifaapologists; banglist; crimo; danielfunke; fakefactchecker; illinois; instagram
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May look up Hunter on the AFP Fact Check. Could be good.
1 posted on 07/09/2022 3:54:04 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Antifa was instrumental in the January sixth “incident “ in my opinion.


2 posted on 07/09/2022 4:08:27 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: HighSierra5

Feds arrest Navy reservist who blames Antifa for Capitol riot

“The Antifa kept sending people up the staircase and trying to get people to come and we’re all like ‘no, we’re not going to follow you,’”

https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-arrest-navy-reservist-who-blames-antifa-for-capitol-riot/


3 posted on 07/09/2022 4:13:27 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

Fact Check from AP- any fact that may hurt the left isn’t true.


4 posted on 07/09/2022 4:20:38 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: FlipWilson

The truth would be considered misinformation to a pack of habitual liars.


5 posted on 07/09/2022 4:34:22 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Leep

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid032ncfxpREngGeMYj5rqwJfUKD2fB3xo5goNqcbM6kmNgeFkj8LroBVxTj37M6K9Dal&id=100064032468878


6 posted on 07/09/2022 4:37:55 AM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: Libloather

To find a connection to a right leaning group, this evidence would be more than overwhelming. To find a connection to a left leaning group, no amount of evidence would be sufficient. In fact, the more evidence there was, the deeper the media would bury it.


7 posted on 07/09/2022 4:47:13 AM PDT by Spok (Don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raininqg.)
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To: Libloather

The Antifa "A" logo has the letter A inside a circle. Could be he didn't bother. Could be he meant something else. Most of these shooters have no steady ideology and by their social media, seem to bounce around between a lot of mixed ideologies. Perhaps they're just unstable, like their families.

8 posted on 07/09/2022 4:56:17 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: HighSierra5
Antifa was instrumental in the January sixth “incident “ in my opinion.

I've heard a few theories - that Jan. 6th was filmed on a sound stage in Santa Monica, that the riot was totally peaceful, and this one - that Trump supporters were actually Antifa actors.

While contradictory, they do have a common thread (BravoSierra).
9 posted on 07/09/2022 5:03:36 AM PDT by Observator
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The circled A has long been an anarchist symbol. I don’t think it’s an Antifa logo.


10 posted on 07/09/2022 5:30:34 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Libloather

Well, this proves it. You can’t spell “MAGA” without the letter A. There can be no doubt that Crimo is a Trump supporter, and all Trump supporters should be arrested and jailed before they can commit more mass killings. /liberal logic


11 posted on 07/09/2022 5:39:28 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (We are living in 1984. We have always been living in 1984.)
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To: Pollard

The A here is probably for Awake his ‘stage’ name.


12 posted on 07/09/2022 5:43:39 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: Observator

Observator
Since Apr 25, 2022


It is obvious Antifa types were involved in stirring up trouble on 6 January 2021.


13 posted on 07/09/2022 5:46:33 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Crim

Sorry, I don’t do Facebook.


14 posted on 07/09/2022 5:52:04 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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It is obvious Antifa types were involved in stirring up trouble on 6 January 2021.

What is that based on, other than you posting it on the Internet?

In my opinion, it's obvious the Flying Spaghetti Monster was stirring up trouble on January 6th. And you know the police will never prosecute him because they're biased against pasta.
15 posted on 07/09/2022 6:06:38 AM PDT by Observator
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To: gundog
True, it is an old Anarchist symbol but antifa uses it also.


16 posted on 07/09/2022 6:07:44 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: KobraKai

Good point. Probably what it is.


17 posted on 07/09/2022 6:08:44 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: KobraKai

Or Grade A douche.


18 posted on 07/09/2022 6:30:05 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Observator

So noob, you think it’s BS that Antifa was involved and lead the assault on the 6th.


19 posted on 07/09/2022 6:42:59 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Libloather

Loosely affiliated ?

They have a Flag !
And have had that same flag since their commie founding in the 1930s Hitler Germany.

Loosely my arse.


20 posted on 07/09/2022 6:43:15 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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