Remember those heated summer days when we were told that a city engulfed in riots was experiencing “almost peaceful protests”? Well, here we are, five years later and it turns out some of those descriptions may have originated from a little-known government agency, the Community Relations Services. This agency had been involved in manipulating racial tensions and media narratives under Title 10 of the Civil Rights Act.
To explore this further, hosts of “Blaze News | Mission,” Matthew Peterson, Jill Savage, and Blaze Media Editor, welcomed BlazeTV host Orron McIntyre onto the show.
According to McIntyre, “Title 10 of the Civil Rights Act mandated community relations services aimed at preventing conflicts between different communities in the U.S.” It sounds good in principle, but, as he points out, “What actually happened is this agency managed expectations around violence, particularly between Black and white communities.”
He emphasizes that, while, yes, “white individuals may face some violence from minorities,” there’s an effort to control the narrative surrounding these events. “This puts a lot of pressure on local media,” he notes, “coordinating law enforcement’s statements, sometimes even preparing them beforehand for the victims’ families.”
“It’s about manipulating the public’s understanding of race relations in America,” McIntyre states.
He draws attention to a racially charged altercation involving a group of white individuals and Somali and Congolese immigrants, which sadly led to the death of a white man named Donald Justy in Lewiston, Maine in 2018.
CRS quickly commented on the situation, asserting, “It was unfolding, but I’ve confirmed no backlash against this,” highlighting the control the victim’s family had over the narrative.
McIntyre elaborates that CRS had already been active in Lewiston, managing the Somali resettlement efforts, which allowed them to predict tensions and prepare for any potential backlash against the Somali community once violence emerged.
“They were already crafting a narrative… making sure there would be no negative backlash against the Somali community,” he explains.
Yet, it seems CRS’s reach stretches even further.
“To this day, we continue to train leftist activists, even threatening to revoke FCC licenses for stations that fail to hire black newscasters in a way that could be deemed positive action,” McIntyre adds. He goes on to say that people running this organization acknowledge that their mission is to prevent backlash against minority groups following violence from whites, underscoring their control over public perception to downplay the severity of many crimes.
The situation grows even murkier as CRS is known to “deny most FOIA requests” and has special protections to avoid testifying before Congress or in court. “Even the memos they generate vanish from public record,” he shares.
Because of this, the agency has managed to operate “under the radar for a long time,” possessing a level of confidentiality comparable to the FBI, according to McIntyre.
“This is incredibly concerning,” Peterson remarks. “It goes beyond what many people believed the federal government could be up to. What are their real objectives?”
To catch his full insights, check out the video above.
