ADL all but endorses Antifa

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They concede that Antifa violence is "problematic", but they urge everyone to "reject attempts to claim equivalence between the antifa and the white supremacist groups they oppose"

https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/who-are-the-antifa-a-primer-for-law-enforcement

Emphasis is my own:

> [The police's] task, to secure both safety and First Amendment rights, has been made more difficult not only by the white supremacists and other bigots who have shown up in Charlottesville, Berkeley and Boston, but also by **a relatively small number of counter-protesters who engage in confrontational tactics, including violence, in their opposition to the right-wing extremists**

Here, the AlDL reveals their motivation addressing Antifa. Scarequotes abound.

> Additionally, violence plays into the “victimhood” narrative of white supremacists and other right-wing extremists and can even be used for recruiting purposes. Images of these “free speech” protesters being beaten by black-clad and bandana-masked antifa provide right wing extremists with a powerful propaganda tool.