any ties to antifa or other militant groups it was nothing like a riot it was a sitin she said about 15 minutes before the 8 pm curfew boulton said she and her boyfriend joined a large crowd of marchers on interstate 35 he said politicians and law enforcement often cite the presence of outoftowners to justify greater police force against protesters those who traveled to minneapolis to protest floyds killing was tara houska a 36yearold attorney and member of the couchiching first nation from northern minnesota she said she did nothing to provoke the four officers who confronted her as an actual person who identifies with the political label of anarchist the only thing anarchists do is have meetings where they argue for five hours and get nothing done trump is my president but im not racist he wrote adding that he loves mexican food houska who attended college and law school in the city said she was with a group a couple blocks from where floyd died when police told them they were breaking curfew social media posts indicate only a few of those arrested are leftleaning activists including a selfdescribed anarchist the ap obtained copies of daily confidential intelligence notes distributed this past week to local enforcement by the department of homeland security that repeat without citing evidence that organized violent opportunists including suspected anarchist extremists could increasingly perpetrate nationwide targeting of law enforcement and critical infrastructure they replied they were going home she said and then the officers hit them with pepper spray and ziptied their hands those records have not yet been provided in chaos like that you cant determine who is legit and who isnt knotz said had i known that being out after curfew would be such a severe penalty i would have never done it nichols said adding that he missed his sons high school graduation while he was in jail the associated press analyzed court records employment histories social media posts and other sources of information for 217 people arrested last weekend in minneapolis and the district of columbia two cities at the epicenter of the protests across the united states president donald trump has characterized those clashing with law enforcement after george floyds death under the knee of a minneapolis police officer as organized radicalleft thugs engaging in domestic terrorism an assertion repeated by attorney general william barr barr put in charge of organizing the police and military response activated the fbis joint terrorism task force last weekend to target protest organizers after marching for hours west she broke away from the crowds and was walking back to her car through an alley alone when police arrested her early saturday on riot and curfew violation charges rupert who made an initial court appearance friday remains in federal custody we have been unable to verify the reporting through official channels the staging of improvised weapons at planned events is a common tactic used by violent opportunists the tuesday assessment