The potential for homeless violence increases after a group from outside Dallas forced city staff including city marshal and homeless staff to surrender on a homeless sweep.
Reports say more than three dozen people showed up to stop the city’s efforts. City staff including the Office of Homeless Solutions and Marshals participated.
The group led by the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club carried long rifles. They obstructed the orderly tasks of city government. This led to the negotiated surrender where city staff left without doing their job.
This follows Dallas Police surrender to agitators with firearms at Dealey Montessori last year.
Per one report the city will not enforce whether people continue living in the homeless encampment under Interstate 45.
Homeless Violence
The presence of the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club reminds Dallas citizens of the George Floyd protests.
Dallas saw a number of outside groups come into the city to agitate for violence. It led to a police response that injured bystander civilians.
These groups seemed to be encouraged by city council efforts to defund the police led by council members Bazaldua, Blackmon, Narvaez, and others.
Several are concerned that the criminal problem of homelessness will continue as long as there is a protection racket. Some have theorized that the protection racket comes from local drug dealers using these camps as a buffer to encroach on new territory.
The group also appears to be raising money as an unregistered charity. It is unclear where this school supply money would go in the request above. Is it for a Dallas student or another student outside the area? Will it go to a college aged student?
There is no clear indication and beyond Instagram this appears to be an antifa style operation.