President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy appear in a motorcade in Texas. Kennedy was shot in the same car. (Getty)
Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it.
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Protzman has continued to make wilder and wilder claims, including false assertions that the Ukraine war was a cover to unmask President Joe Biden’s criminality and that Melania Trump was the Queen of Russia.The group has also posted images of some of the most prominent members, including Protzman himself, making Nazi salutes. One of the members of the group told VICE News at the time that it was done for “just some laughs” and to “make fun of you guys who falsely report us as a cult.”
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For the last seven months, an open-source researcher who is known as Karma has spent countless hours monitoring this group’s activities, flagging Protzman’s increasingly erratic behavior, and helping families get their loved ones back. She believes that calling followers to Dallas this weekend will result in more hardship and pain.“Michael Protzman has caused irreparable damage to his followers’ families, tearing apart husbands, wives and children,” Karma told VICE News. “Protzman asking more of his followers to come to Dallas on the 11th is worrying because more than likely some will stay on past that date and more families will be torn apart.”Protzman or other members of his group did not respond to VICE News’ request for comment.