{"id":43587,"date":"2016-07-17T07:38:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T11:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=43587"},"modified":"2016-07-17T07:45:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T11:45:34","slug":"deray-mckesson-johnetta-elzie-soros-paid-professional-protesters-growing-the-astroturf-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=43587","title":{"rendered":"Deray McKesson &#038;  Johnetta Elzie: Soros-paid Professional Protesters Growing the Astroturf Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>REPORT: Ferguson Riots Were a Coordinated Astroturf Movement \u2013 Its Leaders Were Trained in Soros-Funded Agitation<\/h1>\n<p>by Jim Hoft<br \/>\nGAREWAY PUNDIT<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ferguson protests\u00a0and riots were\u00a0never a grassroots movement.<br \/>\nThe mob action was\u00a0a carefully coordinated Soros-funded astroturf movement bent on destruction.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-netaaaa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-310471\" src=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-netaaaa.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-netaaaa.jpg 740w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-netaaaa-300x285.jpg 300w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-netaaaa-370x351.jpg 370w\" alt=\"deray netaaaa\" width=\"740\" height=\"702\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nProfessional race activists <strong>Deray McKesson<\/strong> and <strong>Johnetta Elzie<\/strong> (ShordeeDooWhop), pictured here in Baltimore, helped whip up the Ferguson mobs. This year <em>Fortune<\/em> Magazine named these two professional activists two of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2015\/03\/fortune-names-ferguson-riot-leaders-in-list-of-worlds-greatest-leaders\/\"> world\u2019s greatest leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many conservatives rightly smelled a rat in the supposed organic race-riot movement that sprang up so quickly in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014 after the shooting death of robber Michael Brown. After burning the Ferguson and Dellwood, Missouri business districts to the ground the radical left has relentlessly sought to recreate the same discord and disinformation in various locations around the U.S. Ferguson #BlackLivesMatter protest leaders have been flown to New York, South Carolina, Milwaukee, Selma, and more recently to McKinney, Texas and Hillary\u2019s campaign relaunch in New York.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeRay-Hillary-relaunch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-314580\" src=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeRay-Hillary-relaunch.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeRay-Hillary-relaunch.jpg 521w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeRay-Hillary-relaunch-300x104.jpg 300w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeRay-Hillary-relaunch-370x129.jpg 370w\" alt=\"DeRay Hillary relaunch\" width=\"521\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, every day patriots and online conservative investigators still fight to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7zGRHeGc8j0\">shine truth<\/a>, anywhere \u201cthe movement\u201d tries to sow its twisted seeds to foment anger, feed bitterness, and breed division.<\/p>\n<p>Much has been printed about the paid protesters and Soros connections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>**<\/strong> Nearly <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/in-ferguson-mo-a-long-road-getting-back-to-business-1434335882\">half of the roughly 500 businesses<\/a><\/strong> operating in Ferguson and adjacent communities, such as Dellwood and Jennings, suffered property damage or lost revenue as a result of the coordinated Ferguson protests and riots.<\/p>\n<p>In May black Ferguson activists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2015\/05\/breaking-ferguson-protest-leaders-paid-5000-a-month-to-disrupt-riot\/\">staged a protest<\/a> at the office of MORE (Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment) to complain that the group\u2019s white leaders collected tens of thousands of dollars in donations off of the Black Lives Matter movement without paying the Black participants their fair share. It was during these protests that Ferguson activists admitted that fellow protesters were making <strong>MORE THAN $5,000 a month<\/strong> to <strong>disrupt cities, damage property and attack police!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to these protests MORE<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2015\/05\/breaking-secret-list-reveals-over-80-organizations-individuals-were-getting-paid-to-protest-ferguson\/\"> released a list of names and amounts paid out<\/a> to protesters and protest groups who agitated and harassed police night-after-night in Ferguson last fall and winter.<\/p>\n<p>The list of <strong>over 80 groups and individuals<\/strong> was posted on Twitter by an irate protester.<br \/>\nVia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weaselzippers.us\/224034-more-proof-of-paid-protesters-ad-asking-for-protesters-to-travel-to-protest-list-of-payouts-to-ferguson-protest-organizers\/\">Weasel Zippers<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-payout-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-312549\" src=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-payout-1.jpg\" alt=\"more payout 1\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-payout-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-312550\" src=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-payout-2.jpg\" alt=\"more payout 2\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: This is just the list that we know about\u2026 What else are they hiding? And which groups, individuals are linked to Democratic politicians?<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE (Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment) and OBS (Organization for Black Struggle) also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weaselzippers.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-18-at-10.08.02-PM.png\">advertised<\/a> for paid protesters in Ferguson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-payout.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-new-size wp-image-312548\" src=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-payout-575x803.png\" alt=\"more payout\" width=\"575\" height=\"803\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the protest leaders who showed up in Ferguson shortly after Michael Brown\u2019s death was <strong>DeRay McKesson<\/strong> from Minneapolis. DeRay and fellow activist <strong>Johnetta Elzie<\/strong> (ShordeeDooWhop) were nationally recognized and celebrated by the liberal media as two of the top stars of the violent protest mob.<\/p>\n<p>We now know that DeRay McKesson has been working with and for Soros-funded groups since he was in junior high school. \u00a0We know this because DeRay released his resume online this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-new-size wp-image-314551\" src=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-1-575x732.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-1-575x732.jpg 575w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-1-236x300.jpg 236w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-1-370x471.jpg 370w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-1.jpg 603w\" alt=\"deray resume 1\" width=\"575\" height=\"732\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-new-size wp-image-314552\" src=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-2-575x737.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-2-575x737.jpg 575w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-2-234x300.jpg 234w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-2-370x474.jpg 370w, http:\/\/16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/deray-resume-2.jpg 603w\" alt=\"deray resume 2\" width=\"575\" height=\"737\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DeRay says he\u2019s been living off of savings for the past nine months as he\u2019s turned up in Ferguson, Baltimore, New York City, Milwaukee, Selma, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2015\/06\/09\/celebrity-blacklivesmatter-protester-recognizes-lots-of-familiar-faces-in-mckinney-texas\/\">McKinney<\/a> and this past weekend he was at Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign relaunch in New York state.<\/p>\n<p>DeRay and Charles Wade, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solange_Knowles\">Solange Knowles<\/a>\u2018s stylist, the founder of Op Help or Hush have <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/EgoAltered02\">known each other for three years<\/a>. Wade and McKesson were regular Ferguson protesters. That means the two have been affiliated well before Michael Brown went on his crime spree. DeRay has used his capacity, as Charles calls it, to push \u201cthe movement\u2019s\u201d agenda far and wide.<\/p>\n<p>DeRay has long been known for his skill at \u2018community organizing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He served as president of his class at Bowdoin College, as well as president of Bowdoin Student Government. While at Bowdoin, DeRay reportedly grew close to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/president\/profiles\/karen-mills.shtml\"> Bowdoin President Barry Mills<\/a>, whose wife, Karen Gordon Mills, served in the Obama Administration. DeRay just happened to <a href=\"http:\/\/bowdoinorient.com\/article\/10139\">stay on the couch<\/a> of an unnamed Bowdoin alum when he first descended on Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Bowdoin, DeRay <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wetheprotesters.org\/about\/\">worked for<\/a> the Harlem Children\u2019s Zone, run by none other than Bowdoin alums Druckenmiller and Geoffrey Canada. Coincidentally, Geoffrey served on the Open Society Institute\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/deray\/status\/567410858540552193\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"567410858540552193\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard MediaCard--mediaForward customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<p><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\"><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/deray\/status\/567410858540552193\/photo\/1\">View image on Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Throwback, meeting HCZ&#39;s Geoff Canada. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ocyw6Yo57q\">pic.twitter.com\/ocyw6Yo57q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; deray (@deray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deray\/status\/567410858540552193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DeRay also worked for \u201cthe movement\u201d linked <a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2015\/06\/10\/teach-for-americas-professional-taxpayer-subsidized-agitators\/\">Teach For America<\/a>, another radical Soros-funded group.<\/p>\n<p>But DeRay\u2019s ties to Soros and \u201ccommunity organizing\u201d seemingly date back even further, to <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.baltimoresun.com\/2001-12-02\/news\/0112020060_1_mckesson-youth-resources\">McKesson\u2019s teen years<\/a>, at least. Suffice it to say, DeRay has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoinbound.com\/kids-are-bowdoin-bound\">tied to Soros<\/a> for more than a decade, through many programs.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps DeRay\u2019s long and numerous apparent ties to Soros explain how he was so quickly dispatched to Ferguson, Missouri to take control of the protesters and become the powerfuls\u2019 approved and promoted voice on the ground. As DeRay said, \u201cPeople will come out into the streets to confront a system that is corrupt.\u201d Yet, DeRay seems to be molded, directed, and funded by some of the most powerful men in that very \u201csystem.\u201d It looks as if someone may be pulling the strings behind the scenes to foment rage as this astroturf anti-police movement spreads from Ferguson to other points in America.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2015\/06\/report-ferguson-riots-were-a-coordinated-astroturf-movement-its-leaders-were-trained-in-soros-funded-agitation\/\">http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2015\/06\/report-ferguson-riots-were-a-coordinated-astroturf-movement-its-leaders-were-trained-in-soros-funded-agitation\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REPORT: Ferguson Riots Were a Coordinated Astroturf Movement \u2013 Its Leaders Were Trained in Soros-Funded Agitation by Jim Hoft GAREWAY PUNDIT The Ferguson protests\u00a0and riots were\u00a0never a grassroots movement. 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