Protesters attacked police officers on both the East and West Coast this week. A protest in Boston saw Antifa members eat an animal heart in a bizarre turn of events. And in Seattle, even Trader Joe's is not immune to political threats. Here are the craziest examples of leftist violence and intimidation from this week.
6. BLM Protesters in Rhode Island Throw Smoke Bombs, Bottles at Police
In Providence, R.I., a Black Lives Matter march for a man injured in a police-involved moped accident turned violent at night as protesters lobbed glass bottles and smoke bombs at police officers and set off fireworks, injuring officers and a K-9.
You can see in upper left-hand corner several objects hurled at police from protesters @ABC6 pic.twitter.com/NtVtgOPUrN
— Darren Botelho (@DarrenBotelho) October 21, 2020
Protesters running from direction of police department. Woman tells @ABC6 protesters throwing objects at police pic.twitter.com/kiUO62IN5V
— Darren Botelho (@DarrenBotelho) October 21, 2020
More fireworks going off pic.twitter.com/Uqzj9DKnC5
— Darren Botelho (@DarrenBotelho) October 21, 2020
5. Portland Antifa Militants Lob Projectiles, Call for Execution of Federal Officers
Antifa attacked federal law enforcement officers near the Immigrant and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., calling them "Nazis" and screaming that they "should be executed."
ICE agents begin to move back to the facility. A glass bottle is thrown from one of the apartments above. pic.twitter.com/5R1BZpPkXt
— SCATS (@SCATSOTS) October 21, 2020
Antifa surround and harass a federal officer near the Portland @ICEgov facility. They call him a Nazi repeatedly. #PortlandRiots #antifa https://t.co/sW1zJkyIuL
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) October 18, 2020
4. BLM Protesters Storm Trader Joe’s in Seattle
Black Lives Matter protesters marched into a Trader Joe’s in Seattle to demand they give more money to black communities. They also called for the resignation of Mayor Jenny Durkan.
BLM protesters rush inside a Trader Joe’s again in Seattle. For weeks, they’ve been protesting the grocery store and telling them to give money to black communities. https://t.co/NjUbkppdXA
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) October 23, 2020
3. ‘More Dead Pigs’: Anti-Police Protesters Graffiti Northwestern’s Weber Arch
Students at Northwestern University vandalized the campus’s iconic Weber Arch with various anti-police slogans, calling for "more dead pigs" and the abolition of police departments. The signature Antifa "A" was affixed to the arch as well.
Sent from a friend — a graffitied @NorthwesternU’s iconic Weber Arch.
Spray painted:
-'More dead pigs"
-'F*** UCPD"
-What appears to be 'Allahu Akhbar" (in Arabic)
-Anarchy 'A" pic.twitter.com/PC8xSTzm6v— Dylan Gresik (@DylanGresik) October 18, 2020
More from my friend. Multiple spots near Sheridan and the Arch. Graffiti also targeting Northwestern police.
-'ACAB"
-'F*** NUPD"
-'Abolition Now" pic.twitter.com/rCuHP8Dfbs— Dylan Gresik (@DylanGresik) October 18, 2020
2. Boston Antifa Members Burn Flag, Eat Heart, Curse Law and Order
Protests took a macabre turn in Boston this week, as Antifa members burned the American flag and ate an animal heart—all while invoking the name of a Hindu deity. "F— Trump!" and "F— Twelve!" they screamed. "Praise to the chaos gods!"
Antifa burn the US flag and eat a heart symbolic of the President during an anti-democrat violence protest in #Boston #Massachusetts on 10.18.2020 pic.twitter.com/eLdOW8YNyg
— Al The Great (@realAlTheGreat) October 18, 2020
1. Counterprotesters Attack Black Free Speech Rally Organizer, Knock His Teeth Out
Counterprotesters in San Francisco last weekend punched the organizer of a free speech rally in the face, knocking some of his teeth out. The rally was held near Twitter’s headquarters to protest the censorship of conservative voices on the social media platform. Twitter and Instagram have both since suspended the organizer’s account. His assailant was later arrested and charged with a hate crime.
https://twitter.com/jr_umanzor/status/1317548268088291328