Black Lives Matter Supporters Threaten To Riot

Is U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch coordinating with Black Lives Matter activists to disrupt the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions so that martial law will be declared and the elections suspended/indefinitely postponed?  This allegation is the subject of hundreds of articles regarding a series of purported direct messages between three leading Black Lives Matter activists.

What we do know

On Friday, June 10, 2016, Black Lives Matter (BLM) leader and former Baltimore Mayoral Candidate DeRay McKesson claimed that someone hacked into his phone and took control of his twitter account. DeRay McKesson reported the hack to The Baltimore Sun. On June 11, 2016, a twitter user who calls himself The Saint (@TheSaintNegro) tweeted what he claims are private direct-message conversations that occurred on June 10 between DeRay McKesson and Johnetta Elzie, in which the two discussed coordination of plans to cause the declaration of martial law through disruptive protests and direct action at the upcoming Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA.

 

The messages claim

reported as follows:

JOHNETTA ELZIE: "Have you spoken with Mrs. Lynch [Attorney General Loretta Lynch] recently about the plan for the summer and fall leading up to the elections."

DERAY MCKESSON: "We spoke two weeks and they want us to start really pushing how racist Trump is now instead of waiting so the others can start getting the protesters ready to shut both conventions down."

DERAY MCKESSON: "If we can get both conventions shut down for messing over Bernie and for having racist Trump, then get martial law declared so Obama can stay in office we will win. Call you soon when I get to my dads so I can use his landline and we can talk more on this."

DERAY MCKESSON: "We have to make sure that we use our voices to keep people disrupting Trump all summer and through the fall so martial law can be declared...."

SAMUEL SINYANGWE: "I wanted to touch base with you about the summer of chaos. So far we have over 2,000 people bused in from different cities and another 6,000 to 8,000 expected to drive into Cleveland for the Convention."

SAMUEL SINYANGWE: "They will not be ready for the crowds we are bringing and they will blame Trump for it, especially if we shut it down. The GOP will have to replace him at that point or we will continue the disruptions nationwide."

DERAY MCKESSON: "I will pass the info along. Good work, Sam. You never let us down. It's so important we stop Trump. He can not be president. He will destroy everything we worked so hard for and we can't trust...."

DERAY MCKESSON: "...today and he [Sam?] confirmed that there will be around 10,000 protesters disrupting the [Republican] convention. Plans are being made for other cities as well for upcoming Trump events. Ads have already been placed looking for people to help. I know you don't care for them [white people] but this is the time we need our white allies doing a lot of the work for us. They are the ones who listen the best."

JOHNETTA ELZIE: "That will put fear into the GOP and the country when they can't have their convention for all their racist supporting Trump. We've worked too hard and closely with the Obama administration to have that racist ass take it all away and Hillary.... You know I can't stand those white allies, but yo right this is the best to use them. They hang on every word you say and will do whatever is asked. I just hate all that kiss ass they try to do. Like that changes who they are."

DERAY MCKESSON: "We have a lot of white allies volunteering for Trump's campaign to pass along information to us before it's made public so we know when rallies are coming up before they are announced. That way we can plan major disruptions in those cities in advance. We just have to keep our names out of this and let these [white] people do the work for us by pushing how Trump's racist ways will destroy...."

JOHNETTA ELZIE: "That's all those white people are good for in my eyes. I couldn't imagine even pretending to like that racist ass Trump even to get info on his events. I'll be glad when we shut his ass down."

DERAY MCKESSON: "With the support we have from Mrs. Lynch and the help we've got from Sam and others it won't be hard to cause enough...."

Other related events

At the Aspen Ideas Festival, DeRay McKesson discussed plans for protests during the DNC and RNC, as reported by USA Today.  He also discussed reservations regarding Hillary Clinton and his total distain for Donald Trump, whom he called "evil."

You can watch the video of the interview here.

It is interesting to note that Attorney General Loretta Lynch and DeRay McKesson were both speakers at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival. There are speculative reports of the two meeting during this event. What is known is that DeRay has been in attendance at  meetings with the Attorney General over the past year.

We know that Samuel Sinyangwe had an exchange with a follower on twitter asking about the above messages. Samuel claims they are "photoshopped tweets Trump supporters are dumb enough to believe". 

We also know that following the release of the messages above, federal agents from the FBI, DHS, and Secret Service began knocking on the doors of BLM activists and community organizers in Cleveland asking about their plans for disrupting the RNC.  Yesterday evening (July 5, 2016), DeRay posted the following message on twitter referencing an article about Donald Trump:

DERAY MCKESSON: "he has to be stopped."

 

Analysis and Conclusion:

I have asked technicians that are experts in Photoshop to review the purported messages.  These technicians reported that the images are either legitimate or done by someone with significant skills. They tell me that to replicate the images would take hundreds of hours. They also reported that the images are exactly 576×1024 pixels at 24 bit depth 96dpi with no detectable fragments or overlays. They reported that the images are what would be expected from an HTC One phone. They also reported that in order to replicate the images as presented with various scroll positions would be extremely difficult. This information, coupled with the known facts above lead me to the following conclusions:

1. The Black Lives Matter leadership and membership would prefer that Barack Obama remain in office.
2. Significant protests are being orchestrated by the Black Lives Matter leadership for both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
3. Most likely the images are real. Their existence could either be factual as reported above or part of an elaborate hoax to generate support for protests concocted by the Black Lives Matter leadership.
4. Whether the images are real or not, there are no facts that confirm the participation of the Attorney General.
5. If the reported discussions and support of the Attorney General are factual, we will find out soon enough.