LOS ANGELES, CA – On October 24th, Black Lives Matter and their sympathizers held what was coined as the “Say Their Names Graveyard Protest” in Los Angeles, apparently holding a demonstration to pay homage to those whom they felt were wrongfully killed by police officers.
During said endeavor, a black man holding an American flag was accosted, assaulted and even was subjected to people trying to steal his flag.
Terrible. https://t.co/QLaetzSoUZ
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) October 25, 2020
This man that they were assaulting and harassing also happens to be a veteran.
During the video captured during the scene that played out, you can see the group of hostile BLM supporters circling the man, with numerous people shoving him and casting him out of the area as though he were a leper.
It’s going down in Los Angeles right now. Looks like a Patriot being assaulted by a group of ideas (Antifa) for having an American flag. Supposed to be some graveyard protest. Link in tweet below for live. https://t.co/RfJqw5qv4w pic.twitter.com/x9HijGDrtE
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) October 25, 2020
One man approaches him from behind to take his American flag, which he was able to retrieve eventually. But the crowd continue to provoke, assault and harass this man who was doing nothing more than holding an American flag.
After a series of shoves and intimidation tactics, the man yells at the aggressive crowd:
“I’m a veteran. I served my country! I bled for my country!”
But that still didn’t faze the crowd – they wouldn’t even allow this man the freedom of mobility, with the miscreants shouting while laying hands on him “you’re not going that way,” in reference to literally impeding his freedom of movement in whatever direction he so pleased.
This wasn’t some area that was private property – it’s clearly a public street.
And yet these aggressive individuals felt literally empowered and emboldened to tell not just another American – but a veteran – that he’s not allowed to exercise the freedoms that he literally fought for.
This is a sad situation. A man gets beaten for having a flag. And, they call the right intolerant and violent. They are totally subverted, and demoralized. I don’t think one could possibly reason with them. They are programmed.
— batorbaiter_02 (@joe86163341) October 25, 2020
Additional videos from the incident shows that the crowd continued to forcibly move this man against his will – shoving, hounding, intimidating in a manner that is completely unlawful.
Yet LA-OC.tv referred to the entire event as “nonviolent”.
If someone is being targeted, assaulted and forcibly moved – then that is the very definition of violent.
After the BLM crowd were done assaulting a black man for holding an American flag, they decided to take to the streets of downtown Los Angeles to start acting as traffic directors, since they clearly feel as though they own the street.
jesus, took them this long to realize blocking emergency vehicles was bad optics
how long until they realize attacking patriots, free speech advocates, and the working class is also bad optics?
— Mosseon (@Mosseon) October 25, 2020
Video shows them at least, albeit slowly, allowing an ambulance to go about its way. But after letting the ambulance through, they immediately repositioned to once again hinder the traffic in the area, with two of the meddlers holding umbrellas in front of them in front of a line of traffic.
And if that weren’t all the more nuisance-laced, here’s the same crowd of protesters telling a police officer in an unmarked vehicle that he can’t drive toward the area where they blocked traffic.
Amazingly, the officer was pretty calm, and kindly stated that in order for him to leave the area, people need to move out of the way.
So BLM can order an officer to turn around. Lol
— /EScapemyfate (@failingsensES) October 25, 2020
In response to the officer’s pretty level-headed noting that he does need some clearance to leave the area in his car, the miscreants began insulting the officer as he was backing up his unmarked unit.
At least one person showed that he could not care less what these wannabe BLM traffic enforcers were trying to pull. When the crowd tried to stop a driver of a silver sedan, the driver stated “shut the fuck up pussy,” and kept driving.
Some of the BLM folks then began to chase his car, but then all the sudden slowed their role toward the driver after someone mentioned “he has a gun”. Clearly, the driver of the silver sedan was in no mood for the BLM nonsense and traffic directing.
Swear one of these days they’re gonna fuck with the wrong one whos gonna get out and pop the trunk on them.
— Alejandro (@Azarazua94) October 25, 2020
And he continued to drive right on through the area that they attempted to forbid him from going through.
Someone commented on the video noting that these BLM protesters are going to mess “with the wrong one” eventually – however, it seems that they were at least able to recognize that the driver of the sedan fit the bill of the “wrong one” and retreated.
These instances of violence and intimidation have been ongoing now for months. In San Bernardino, California, protesters were seen damaging vehicles and attacking motorists in the street just days earlier.
Here’s that report.
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA- Dozens of protesters filled the streets on Friday, October 23rd to demonstrate against a recent officer-involved shooting of a black man in Southern California.
SAN BERNARDINO: A White BLM supporter keys a Hispanic man’s car after BLM protesters shut down an intersection (baseline/waterman) pic.twitter.com/mXVGvqQHgx
— Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) October 24, 2020
Fox News reported that the protesters marched down a street, blocking traffic at an intersection near where the officer-involved shooting incident took place. According to videos circulating social media, they yelled and screamed, shouting, “Abolish the police!” and “F- the police!.”
At one point during the violent protest, a BLM demonstrator punched a female driver in the face while another BLM demonstrator keyed her car.
Here are 4 images taken from the video released clearly showing the thug pulling a gun from his pocket while wrestling with the officer. These “protesters” have no basis and should be dealt with harshly before they destroy the city. Just troublemakers! pic.twitter.com/y8Tv7KzNRT
— Ben Cottman (@BenCottman) October 24, 2020
The officer-involved shooting incident was captured on video by a bystander, showing that the officer discharged his duty weapon on a man who wrestled with the officer, and then drew a gun on him. In response to this shooting, Black Lives Matter (BLM) rioted and shut down an intersection in San Bernardino.
According to authorities, they received a disturbance call at the King Tut Liquor store near the intersection of Baseline Street and Waterman Avenue around 11:30 p.m..
San Bernardino police Sgt. John Echevarria said in a statement:
“There was a man jumping on vehicles in the parking lot location.”
Audio from the 911 call made before officers arrived on scene supports that statement. The female who called mentions a man jumping on top of cars and can be heard saying, “he’s just going crazy.” Within minutes, an officer was on scene and immediately called for backup as he ordered the man down.
Echevarria said:
“The suspect refused to follow those commands and attempted to walk inside the store behind me. The store was occupied by employees and citizens.”
Regarding the last Press Release we just published, here is video of the incident. The images can be graphic, therefore, Viewer Discretion is Advised. Investigation #2020-114893. pic.twitter.com/9VM3oOZNQp
— San Bernardino PD (@SanBernardinoPD) October 23, 2020
The responding officer’s body camera was on and filming as he approached the man. A few moments later, the camera goes black as they wrestled to the ground. The audio kept recording and the officer can be heard saying, “Stop fighting, dude.”
The suspect was later identified as 35-year-old Mark Matthew Bender Jr., of San Bernardino. Bender had previously been arrested for domestic violence, theft, drug possession, DUI, possession of a firearm, and an arrest for attempted murder.
After the incident, police confirmed that Bender had a gun, which was found at the scene. Authorities also confirmed that the gun was not registered. Echevarria said that the officer spotted the gun during the fight.
He said:
“The officer saw the weapon and during the struggle was able to disengage during the fight for control of that suspect and was able to back away and protect himself by discharging his weapon.”
Back in September, violent protests erupted in Lancaster, PA., following an officer-involved shooting. In a statement following the fatal shooting, the Lancaster District Attorney’s office said that the man, who was identified as Ricardo Munoz, was armed with a knife when the officer had discharged his duty weapon.
Protesters out in the intersection of West Chestnut Street and North Prince in Lancaster city in response to police involved shooting that occurred Sunday afternoon. @LancasterOnline pic.twitter.com/sstzzefznf
— Blaine Shahan (@BlaineShahanLNP) September 14, 2020
The encounter was captured on the officer’s body camera and released by the Lancaster Bureau of Police shortly after the incident took place. Hours after the shooting, protesters gathered outside of the police station. Police said that a group in excess of 100 people gathered on the access ramp on the west side of the station.
The statement said:
“A public address system was used to provide several warnings that if the group did not move from the ramp, that chemical munitions would be deployed. The group failed to follow the instructions and chemical agents were used to disperse the crowd.”
In addition, violent protesters damaged a county vehicle that was parked in front of the police station and glass bottles and rocks were thrown at officers. Doors and windows at the police station were shattered and several arrests were made into the early morning hours.
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