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Violent protestors descend on New York City, carrying signs and shouting chants demanding “Death to America”

Violent protestors descend on New York City, carrying signs and shouting chants demanding “Death to America” 1

New York, N.Y. – Friday, September 4, 2020 a group of 150 Black Lives Matter protestors smashed windows and decorated the storefronts of lower Manhattan chain stores and banks with graffiti. Eight were arrested.

The list of stores damaged included two Starbucks, five banks, and a Duane Reade had their windows busted. Three of the banks damaged were on Seventh Avenue, between 14th and 20th streets.

This caused an estimated $100,000 in damage according to the New York Police Department. Police recovered two stun guns, some smoke grenades, spray paint, tools for burglary and more.

A flier circulating on social media read:

“No Good Cops, No Bad Protesters.”

It told people to meet at the Manhattan Courthouse on Centre Street at 6 p.m. The protest had been advertised on Twitter by groups referring to themselves as “New Afrikan Black Panther Party” and the “Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement.”

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This demonstration called for  “amnesty for all” protesters and demanded the charges against those who were arrested in the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor protestors be dropped.

The protest began at Foley Square at 6 p.m. They lit garbage can fires and, as they made their way north, scrawled graffiti everywhere.  At one point the crowd grew to 300 people near Lafayette and Canal in Manhattan.

The group could be heard chanting as they walked down the streets:

“Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground.”

The banners they held said “Free all political prisoners,” and “death to America.”

The crowd, however, seemed to ignore City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who resides at 15th Street and Seventh Avenue.

The suspected reason is that Johnson called for an investigation into counter protestors who drove a black Ford Taurus, with a bull bar in front, that sped through a Black Lives Matter March around 8 p.m. on Thursday at West 46th Street and Broadway.

After the protests some workers returned to their stores to clean up and board their storefronts. Jason Liang asked NBC 4 New York:

“It’s disheartening. You have the right to do whatever you want, but why do you have to hurt other people’s property?

A minimum of over 150 protesters responded to the death of Daniel Prude by gathering in the streets for a rally in Times Square. Prude was a black man who died in March.

He was in Rochester, NY and police placed a spit hood over his head. His brother called for help, after he started acting erratically.

Video of the encounter was made public last week.  

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<p>Eight were arrested that night. The ages ranged between 19 and 30. Two protestors were not from New York City, rather they were from Portland and Iowa. All were charged with rioting. Some had additional charges for possession of weapons and possession of burglary tools.</p>

<p>The arrested protestor from Portland is Jade O’Halloran, 30, arrested for rioting and two counts of weapons possession. She returned to New York, after spending all summer in Portland, to attend school. O’Halloran  originally hailed from Brookland, according to the <a href=”https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-vandals-arrested-manhattan-daniel-prude-protest-20200905-mgpg2hfbpja3fl5cigg5sdffgy-story.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>New York Daily News.</a></p>

<p>Officers said they recovered two Tasers from O’Halloran’s front pocket and backpack. She denied it, stating that she was not a part of the Antifa movement.</p>

<p><strong>“I went out to take care of people that were hurt. I spent all summer washing faces of tear gas and bear mace, when people are screaming in agony. And then I come here and it’s like, ‘Oh, this violent Antifa breaking windows’ and it’s so not true. I didn’t come here for this. I came here for school.” </strong></p>

<p>Another person arrested was  20-year-old Clara<a href=”https://nypost.com/2020/09/05/wealthy-nyc-woman-busted-in-blm-rampage/”> Kraebber according to the New York Post</a>. Her mother is a wealthy Upper East Side architect. Her father is a Columbia University child and adolescent psychiatrist. Kraebber faces a federal rioting charge. She has officially been charged with misdemeanor vandalism.</p>

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<p>She’s been protesting since she was at least 14 years old as a student at the elite Hunter College High School. Now, she is a history undergrad at Rice University.</p>

<p>One law enforcement source who was at the protest told The Post.</p>

<p>“This is the height of hypocrisy. This girl should be the poster child for white privilege, growing up on the Upper East Side and another home in Connecticut.</p>

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Eight were arrested that night. The ages ranged between 19 and 30. Two protestors were not from New York City, rather they were from Portland and Iowa. All were charged with rioting.

Some had additional charges for possession of weapons and possession of burglary tools.

The arrested protestor from Portland is Jade O’Halloran, 30, arrested for rioting and two counts of weapons possession. She returned to New York, after spending all summer in Portland, to attend school.

O’Halloran originally hailed from Brookland, according to the New York Daily News.

Officers said they recovered two Tasers from O’Halloran’s front pocket and backpack. She denied it, stating that she was not a part of the Antifa movement.

“I went out to take care of people that were hurt. I spent all summer washing faces of tear gas and bear mace, when people are screaming in agony. And then I come here and it’s like, ‘Oh, this violent Antifa breaking windows’ and it’s so not true. I didn’t come here for this. I came here for school.”

Another person arrested was 20-year-old Clara Kraebber according to the New York Post. Her mother is a wealthy Upper East Side architect. Her father is a Columbia University child and adolescent psychiatrist. Kraebber faces a federal rioting charge. She has officially been charged with misdemeanor vandalism.

She’s been protesting since she was at least 14 years old as a student at the elite Hunter College High School. Now, she is a history undergrad at Rice University.

One law enforcement source who was at the protest told The Post.

“This is the height of hypocrisy. This girl should be the poster child for white privilege, growing up on the Upper East Side and another home in Connecticut.

Elliot Rucka, 20, of Portland was among those arrested as well, according to the NYPost. Rucka is the son of two accomplished comic book writers. Greg Rucka, a New York Times best-selling author.

He has worked on popular comic books such as Batwoman, Detective Comics, Action Comics. His mother,Jennifer Van Meter, has written  for Dark Horse, DC and Marvel Comics.

Watch: Antifa militant breaks down in hysterical sobs as Portland police arrest her for rioting

The editorial analysis is brought to you by a staff writer for Law Enforcement Today.

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PORTLAND, OR – Her name is Natalie Van Norman.  She’s only 19.  And she’s apparently a self-declared Antifa militant… who sobbed like a baby when police arrested her in the riots this weekend.

For a moment during the arrest, she looked like a scared little girl, and not one of the Antifa fighters who are out to destroy democracy.

Any help from “the man” will destroy the purity of her hatred of them.

Rivulets of blood fell down her face, around her nose and lips, staining her teeth and mask that she wore under her chin. Her eyes were covered with blue swimming googles, that also fastened down her curly hair. She was caught.

Of course fellow protestors blamed the cops.

This came during the 100th day of Portland Protest celebrations.

Police declared an unlawful assembly and arrested 27 people. They weren’t supposed to march through Portland towards a police building.

They did.

Officers greeted them.

They heard DJLRAD, a term of endearment for the man who drove around making the the same announcement.

He told them the rules, to stay off the streets and private property or they could be cited, arrested, tear gassed, have crowd-controlled agents used on them or impact munitions used on them.

Around midnight, police ran down the street. They did their normal drill, pushing protestors out of the area.

They arrested those who didn’t follow orders. 

The protest was now officially a riot.

Van Norman was one of those detained, and she was bleeding from an abrasion on her head.

Van Norman lays on the ground, her face to the side towards the police officer as they use the plastic ties on her hands. She tries to speak, her words incoherent as they are broken up by helpless sobs.

Her Comrades, knowing they can’t help her, because either they are not strong enough, or are too scared, stay a respectable distance and take photos of her while she cries, and video her arrest, like good friends.

They block her face as another police officer, donned in his full riot gear, order them to back up. Nothing to see here.

Violent protestors descend on New York City, carrying signs and shouting chants demanding "Death to America"

As another collegue of hers is pinned down, she screams:

“Where the F***” are my rights?”

Yet, even then we can still hear van Norman’s helpless sobs as she knows that this will not end well for her.

Police probably terrified Van Norman, a Redondo Beach, California resident, as she watched them use smoke devices, and impact munitions and stun grenades.

If only those people would disperse, but she couldn’t escape. She watched her fellow protestors throw rocks, full beverage cans, and water bottles at the police.

Violent protestors descend on New York City, carrying signs and shouting chants demanding "Death to America"

Medics tried to treat her, and put her in the ambulance, but she wasn’t going for that. Oh no. The ambulance was a sign of capture, and she would be arrested at the hospital as a trick.

She jumped out of the ambulance and ran away, as any terrified wounded animal would do, abrasion be damned.

But, instead of doing what most people would do, go home and try to take care of herself, she went back to protesting. Apparently, that’s the way to heal bleeding.

But even then, her twitter peeps helped her out. Because, you know, that’s what Antifa does, if they can’t rescue you, they send mom and dad’s money to you! Jobs are for suckers. 

Many even took her side on Twitter:

To ensure that Van Norman would be taken care of, they even wanted to make it well known where her location was so that Antifa members could call in and check on her. Apparently, they are a pack herd, these Antifa folks, and they try to take care of their own.

At least that’s what they tell themselves.

Either way, it’s apparent that our dear friend Natalie Van Norman is going to have a hell of a weekend, and having your head on concrete kind of hurts.

It might also be wise to tell her friends not to give her location if she ran from the ambulance. You know police are at the hospital waiting to take their arrestees in.

Sometimes, it’s hard to figure what these people are thinking. We could understand a young impressionable 19 year old scared for her life with violence around her. Violence she participated in. But, being locked up, especially in Portland, Oregon is not the end all, be all.

Harmeet Dhillon said it best, when she said wait until federal prosecutors start the charges. The sad part is, she never heard the warning that most people hear: Don’t piss off the feds.

She wasn’t the only rioter this weekend who was a few fries short of a Happy Meal:

Portland rioters throw molotov cocktail at police, lighting protestor on fire. Police then save his life.

PORTLAND, OR – One minute, they’re screaming at police and attacking them.  The next… the officers are saving them.  

The Portland protestors met at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Ventura Park in what marked the 100th consecutive day of riots.  The location is near the Portland Police East Precinct – which seems to be one of their favorite places to visit.

Police showed up, asking protestors to abide by basic safety guidelines and laws.

We’re told that within minutes, the crowd turned violent.  People started throwing Molotov cocktails and screaming “fuck the police”.

At that point, it was declared a riot.  The crowd continued to escalate the violence, throwing rocks at officers and continuing to toss explosive devices.

In response, the crowd set off fireworks.

Again, the Portland police once again told the crowd that the celebration was no longer a protest, but a riot. They told them to leave immediately, and to go east.

In an attempt to block officers from moving forward, the rioters launched a huge fire in the middle of the street.

Police could be heard ordering that people clear the area. They gave the rioters the list of appropriate reasons to clear the area. The police warned the rioters that they could be subject to arrest, citation or crowd control agents etc.

The rioters responded by firing more commercial mortars at the officers… who responded by firing off tear gas.

Reports indicated the scene looked like a war zone.

The police begin their march….

Then protestors decided that they would try to throw a Molotov cocktail at the line of police cars and officers, in hopes that they could turn an officer into an effigy.  But alas, they lit one of their own on fire.

The glass broke and the crowd let out a gasp as a figure turned to face the blaze.

Then to the horror of the crowd, a person ran with their pants on fire.

The figure moved quickly escape the fire, but it only grew larger and larger as if he walked on the flames. He ran towards the crowd.

A person in the crowd can be heard saying:

“F***ing idot.”

The man caught on fire did not think to, or rather chose to ignore the establishment’s saying of “Stop, drop, and roll.”

He fell, and some of his fellow rioters jumped on him to try to help their burning comrade. He fought them. Today, he learned a powerful lesson. Fire hurts, and rubber makes fire burn more. One of his comrades can be heard saying:

“Take your shoes off!”

But then the police come to the rescue, being the villians that they are, and one says oh so calmly:

“Smother it.”

And the burned rioter learned another lesson that day. Fire goes out when it is smothered, not by running.

From another angle we can see the fire burning close to the people. A man emerges from the flames like in those really epically bad super hero movies. He dances around trying to escape the flames. One person in the crowd says:

“Holy sh*t.”

Another person commands:

“Get down! Get down!”

The man on fire falls to the ground and rolls as two people try to help him beat out the fire. Others try to help beat the flame out of him. Someone says:

“Stop, drop and roll…shit!”

Well at least someone learned something in school.

The voices repeat the same as above. Smother it. Take your shoes off. But then a voice emerges:

“There he is!”

The rioters showed their appreciation of the police the only way they knew how.

They threw more firecrackers at them, hurled insults at them, and what can only be viewed as a thank you fire, as these rioters are simple minded human beings.

We can only guess at their emerging language of violence.

More firebombs were thrown at the officers.

They decided to fill the air with smoke and to set cars on fire. Car alarms go off, and a white light being held by a protestor can be seen as they walk toward the smoke. The police repeat themselves. The police keep their line and continue to march behind the protestors.

 It’s not over yet. Police decide to make their move and sprint in to make arrests. Police run unafraid of some lady screaming:

“F*** you!”

Apparently, these people do not know any other words except vulgarities. This makes it hard for the police to communicate with them, as the vulgarities can mean many different things.

The police start pouncing on the disrupters. They have many protestors on the ground, and being placed under arrest.

The protestors seemed to split, and then join together a couple of times. They seem like pack animals.

Below, it can observed that the Anti-Fa and Black Lives Matter cannot comprehend why they are behind arrested. There are many questions being asked like:

“What did I do?”

“Why are you arresting me?”

A crowd remains in the street.

Police say they’ll spend the better part of Sunday trying to recover from the attacks.

Man arrested 4 times in Portland riots. The city released him three times. Now the feds are stepping in.

PORTLAND, OR – A man from Washington state was arrested four times within a four week period for rioting in Portland, which in three of those instances this man was bailed out or released. Now the federal government has stepped in, and has charged the man following a fourth arrest.

The Department of Justice recently charged 26-year-old Kristopher Michael Donnelly civil disorder, which according to federal law could see Donnelly in prison for five years.

Donnelly’s first documented arrest during the Portland riots occurred on August 5th, where authorities say that Donnelly was caught on film using a hammer to smash the windows of the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct.

The DOJ also noted that Donnelly was among those throwing objects at police and even assaulted an officer when police were trying to arrest him that evening.

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Donnelly was booked into jail for charges of rioting, criminal mischief, second-degree disorderly conduct, interfering with a peace officer and resisting arrest. His bail was set at $5,000 at the time, which was paid, and he was subsequently released.

But it didn’t take long for Donnelly to be out allegedly rioting again, as he was arrested again on August 8th. The Portland Police had declared a riot on the evening of the 8th outside of the Penumbra Kelly Building, which authorities say Donnelly was part and parcel to said riot.

Violent protestors descend on New York City, carrying signs and shouting chants demanding "Death to America"Kristopher Michael Donnelly Aug 8 arrest – MCDC

After getting charged with second-degree disorderly conduct, interfering with a peace officer and rioting – the judge ordered Donnelly released without bail.

Moving on to the evening of August 22nd and the early morning hours of the 23rd, there was yet another riot in Portland.

Police officers and even a medic were under attack from rioters, where baseball sized rocks  and bottles were hurled and fires were set. Once again – Donnelly was arrested for rioting, interfering with a peace officer and resisting arrest.

Violent protestors descend on New York City, carrying signs and shouting chants demanding "Death to America"Kristopher Michael Donnelly Aug 23 arrest – MCDC

And he bailed out again according to records.

Then on August 30th, there was an unlawful assembly declared when officers were met with the likes of rocks and even eggs thrown at them.

Like clockwork, Donnelly was said to have been there and was arrested. This instance saw him charged with second-degree disorderly conduct and interfering with a peace officer.

Violent protestors descend on New York City, carrying signs and shouting chants demanding "Death to America"Kristopher Michael Donnelly Aug 30 arrest – MCDC

Although, this time there was no bail for Donnelly.

On September 2nd, Donnelly was handed over to federal authorities in order for him to make an appearance for the charges levied federally in relation to his alleged criminal acts from August 5th and August 8th mentioned in the federal complaint.

The federal case against Donnelly was said to have been investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.

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In other federal cases linked to the Portland riots, the DOJ also announced that a Seattle man has been charged by criminal complaint with civil disorder, after shooting a firefighter with a ball bearing during a protest in downtown Portland on July 13th. 

According to court documents, a firefighting crew was working to put out a fire burning in the middle of an intersection that was blocking traffic in downtown Portland. A crowd of close to 300 people were in the immediate area, with some who were assaulting law enforcement officers, committing acts of vandalism, and destroying property.

One of the firefighters was walking across the street to go brief his team when he was stuck in the chest with a round metal ball bearing. The suspect, since identified as Jesse Herman Bates, 38, of Seattle was armed with a “write rocket” style slingshot. 

A Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw Bates on camera, and identified him as the slingshot shooter. Bates was also identified by his clothing. According to police, when they spotted him near a white tent in Lownsdale Square, he was holding a crowbar.

When officers proceeded to confront him about the slingshot, and to inform him that he was under arrest, he ran with the crowbar in hand. Officers then shot less-than lethal munitions to stop Bates from running towards them with the crowbar.

Bates was hit with the less-than lethal munitions on his backside, causing him to drop the crowbar. He was then taken into custody and then later released. Bates was found carrying a stash of other weapons at the time of his arrest.

Items found included a switchblade knife, flares, umbrellas, spray paint, pyrotechnics, half-inch glass slingshot ammunition, and two slingshots. He was booked at the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of felony assault, felony assault of a public safety officer, interfering with a police officer, carrying a concealed weapon, and disorderly conduct.

According to reports, he was quickly released without bail by the county. On August 25th, Seattle Police Department’s Robbery Unit received his outstanding warrant, and immediately issued a state-wide notice.

Seattle officers checked Bates’ last known address and learned that he was known to frequent Cal Anderson Park in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. On September 1st, officers on bicycle patrol spotted Bates near the park and arrested him without incident. He was then transferred to the District of Oregon by the FBI.

Bates made his initial appearance in federal court before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. The judge ordered his release pending further court proceedings. If convicted, Bates faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. 

In another, unrelated incident, Michelle Peterson O’Connor, 31, of Portland is facing a federal charge of civil disorder after authorities said she threw a helmet at an officer. According to reports, O’Connor threw a helmet at an officer that was making an arrest during an unlawful assembly in the early morning hours of August 24th.

The helmet struck the officer in the head. O’Connor was initially arrested for attempted assault in the second degree, interfering with a peace officer, and disorderly conduct in the second degree. Police said that they made 23 arrests over the course of the night of August 24th.

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