NBC news has decided to commit a Random Act of Journalism.

nbcnews.com - Far left groups encouraged peaceful protests turn violent experts say

Some far-left groups have encouraged peaceful protests to turn violent, experts say
Unrest in Los Angeles follows a recent pattern: Protests that break out remain mostly peaceful during the day, but at night agitators engage in fiery clashes with police.

You don't say, NBC.
You don't say.

Tell me more, Captain Obvious:

It’s part of a far-left online ecosystem that has proliferated in recent years, experts say. Some of the groups behind the accounts express contempt for peaceful resistance and glorify acts of violence — and even murders, like those of the UnitedHealthcare CEO and two Israeli Embassy staffers.

The leftist networks tend to be different from right-wing groups in that they are typically decentralized with no leadership structures. But they can be highly adept at using social media, and some have been working hard to amplify and celebrate the acts of violent protesters in Los Angeles.

“Whether they directly threw a Molotov cocktail is actually not as essential as the ecosystem of encouragement and coordination they have created,” said Joel Finkelstein, a co-founder of the Network Contagion Research Institute, a nonpartisan group that tracks online extremism.

As I have said many, many times on this board and on PA: the left operates under the old Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) model: small cells that receive common training but use fieldcraft and other techniques to allow them to operate independently...but towards a common goal. The small cells concept means that if one is rolled up the damage is contained.

'Rose City Antifa' and others are the names they operate under.

Since NBC gonna NBC they need to make it about the right and in so doing peddle one of the more pernicious lines

“It’s a little bit of anti-capitalist stuff in one case. A little bit of antisemitic stuff in another case,” he said. “I think that reflects the nature of those online leftist movements where there is no cohesive, central structure.”

Nonsense. The local antifa types collaborate with the likes of International ANSWER and other outfits to know what rallies to show up and do mischief. Much like the IRA had Sinn Fein as cover that's what these other outfits are for.

Can't wait for the Feds to Roll. Their. Behinds. Up.