Riots exploded over the weekend in a variety of cities with radical leftists claiming they were acting in “solidarity” with the anarchists in Portland.
Rioters not only targeted Portland and Seattle, but other cities, attacking police and courthouses.
Remember when the chant was just about defunding the police last month? Give them what they want, give them an inch and they want a mile. Now they’ve moved on to the real goal: abolition of all cops and prisons, as we reported earlier. That’s part of why they’re going after courthouses, the symbols of American rule of law and the justice system, which they seek to upend and tear down. The rule of law is the bedrock of America.
This was Los Angeles where they hit the federal courthouse and the federal detention center:
Breaking:
Antifa/BLM have broken windows and assaulted officers in the LA Metropolitan Detention center.#losangeles #blm #antifa pic.twitter.com/GbesxC8BRK
— Anthony (@realanthonyc) July 26, 2020
3 buildings windows/doors were destroyed and officers were assaulted in 2/3. I was there, take a look.
“Peaceful Demonstrators” pic.twitter.com/fWiYAUxKVJ
— Anthony (@realanthonyc) July 26, 2020
Elderly man brought to tears to see the violence that is Antifa/BLM.
At first I thought he had been hurt, but he was crying from disbelief at the violence.
At one point he says “it wasn’t supposed to be like this”. pic.twitter.com/dbOJIPNnTQ
— Anthony (@realanthonyc) July 26, 2020
Police tried to clear one woman from the street and they are then attacked by multiple people who try to de-arrest each other. LAPD drops them all.
Antifa rioters charged police in Los Angeles while they were conducting an arrest. pic.twitter.com/I7JnR7G276
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 26, 2020
In Aurora, Colorado, they destroyed the courthouse, also setting it on fire in significant damage to the building.
Breaking: Police declare an unlawful assembly as anti-police brutality protests in Aurora, Colorado, turn violent. Rioters vandalized and set a courthouse on fire in the area. pic.twitter.com/ZPAdiVwKAY
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) July 26, 2020
#AuroraProtest tonight Protesters caused major damage to the courthouse, breaking into the building setting fire to an office. pic.twitter.com/hM6eSE6jQR
— Joshua Rodriguez (@Joshuajered) July 26, 2020
UPDATE: The protestors have torn down the wooden window coverings and are using them as shields.
Others are still breaking windows on the courthouse and attempting to get inside of the building.
Protestors need to leave the area or you are subject to arrest.
— Aurora Police Dept. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@AuroraPD) July 26, 2020
In Oakland, California, they went after the police and the Alameda County Courthouse, spray painting it will “kill judges,” other anti-cop slogans and starting a fire inside the building.
Some within the crowd of 100s of demonstrators vandalized the police station. Breaking windows, spray painting, shooting fireworks and pointing lasers at officers and helicopters. We ask for organizers to keep the protest peaceful. #WallofMoms pic.twitter.com/SGU6Y7PULg
— Oakland Police Dept. (@oaklandpoliceca) July 26, 2020
Antifa has set a fire in the Alameda County courthouse in Oakland, CA. pic.twitter.com/MNWrpHgJ2u
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 26, 2020
Crews spent the morning boarding up the Oakland Police Department after windows were smashed last night. @KTVU pic.twitter.com/Ex2wPj8Hv1
— Sara Zendehnam (@szendehnam) July 26, 2020
They just keep trying to jack up the violence more and more and more than a little troubling that there are so many people involved in such actions.
Federal authorities really need to grab the leaders in all these actions and they need to look at the funding behind this for people to have masks, fireworks and the ability of some to travel from city to city.
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