Black Man Live Streaming Minneapolis Protest Swatted by Alt Right Racists

Prominent Streamer Derrick Branch drove to the protests in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday night to protest the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who had been killed by the police earlier this week.

Branch stood at the protest while live streaming the events from his personal Facebook page, chanting in unison “I Can’t Breathe” with fellow protectors and encouraging his local followers to come out and stand up in the name of the dead.

Branch did not know that his stream had been hijacked and rebroadcast from a fascist YouTube channel owned by user lucky43113 with over 17,000 people watching the bursts of violence manifest before their eyes as Branch narrated what he saw around him. The YouTube user was also dual streaming the local Minneapolis police scanner.

The first few mentions of a “Black man in a hood with a gun” that came across the scanner happened while Branch was talking.

He continued to read his comments.

“Protesters just said someone out here is flashing a gun? Someone else confirm that.” Branch said as he quickly moved back from the scene. “This shouldn’t happen. We can’t do this. Violence never fixes violence, Man. I wish people didn’t do things like this, it makes it worse for us.”