A New York Mosque opponent appears to have accused “Kenny the carpenter,” a dark-skinned man confronted by demonstrators at a rally Sunday, of being an agent provocateur.
The initial exchange between the dark-skinned man and the crowd was captured on camera and the footage has since gained considerable momentum on the blogosphere. The video shows a man, identified only as a carptenter named Kenny by the videographer, making his way through the rally’s crowd as demonstrators chant “no mosque here.” After a mosque opponent approaches Kenny personally, a shouting-match erupts between he and other attendants.
In a video posted by Talk Radio News, a speaker tells the rally shortly after the incident that the exchange was intended to egg the crowd on.
“We had someone up here looking to cause trouble. Someone in here trying to make us all look like racists,” the speaker shouted. “We don’t have to prove s*** to anybody. This is our country.”
The footage from Talk Radio News features a different angle of the incident than the video that gained popularity Sunday. The original is here. The Talk Radio News version is here.
This is not the first time Conservative activists have accused individuals of being plants. During the tea party rallies amid the health care reform debate, a trend emerged wherein organizers dismissed attendants with racist signs as left-wingers intent on embarrassing the movement.
Justin Duckham and Benny Martinez contributed to this report.
Mosque Opponent Calls "Kenny The Carpenter" A Plant
A New York Mosque opponent appears to have accused “Kenny the carpenter,” a dark-skinned man confronted by demonstrators at a rally Sunday, of being an agent provocateur.
The initial exchange between the dark-skinned man and the crowd was captured on camera and the footage has since gained considerable momentum on the blogosphere. The video shows a man, identified only as a carptenter named Kenny by the videographer, making his way through the rally’s crowd as demonstrators chant “no mosque here.” After a mosque opponent approaches Kenny personally, a shouting-match erupts between he and other attendants.
In a video posted by Talk Radio News, a speaker tells the rally shortly after the incident that the exchange was intended to egg the crowd on.
“We had someone up here looking to cause trouble. Someone in here trying to make us all look like racists,” the speaker shouted. “We don’t have to prove s*** to anybody. This is our country.”
The footage from Talk Radio News features a different angle of the incident than the video that gained popularity Sunday. The original is here. The Talk Radio News version is here.
This is not the first time Conservative activists have accused individuals of being plants. During the tea party rallies amid the health care reform debate, a trend emerged wherein organizers dismissed attendants with racist signs as left-wingers intent on embarrassing the movement.
Justin Duckham and Benny Martinez contributed to this report.