Just to set the stage, a video was released earlier this week involving the death of a black man, Daniel Prude, in police custody in Rochester. He actually died in March.
There were marches earlier in the week. So you knew it wasn’t going to be good come the weekend, and it’s not looking good right now. They are completely out of their minds.
Thousands came out, estimated around 5,500 people.
Protestors have begun marching, while demanding justice for Daniel Prude. There are thousands of people here,
Strength in numbers.@13WHAM pic.twitter.com/CzjwMzOeSl— Theophilus Kendall (@Therealtkendall) September 5, 2020
— Gino Fanelli (@GinoFanelli) September 5, 2020
Crowd moves past our station on East Ave. Some of the cars include supporters. This is looking from our Skydeck looking towards Union. @news10nbc pic.twitter.com/WbNxnw3c1R
— Andrew Hyman (@WHEC_AHyman) September 5, 2020
But then the “peaceful” protest, as always, went south.
Sure sounds like a threat to the cops:
#rochester #Police have blocked off bridges leading into downtown. Several hundred protesters are attempting to march towards the #roc public safety building to protest the murder of #danielprude #rochesterprotests pic.twitter.com/S2wvDUr495
— Maranie R. Staab (@MaranieRae) September 5, 2020
Going through residential neighborhoods:
“Outta your homes and into the streets,” chants in #Rochester #NewYork pic.twitter.com/2rNs57p5uf
— CIA-Simulation Warlord 🇺🇸😈🇺🇸 (@zerosum24) September 5, 2020
Then it got really out of hand, as they chanted, “We shut s**t down!.” They not only shut down traffic, but they were going into businesses, demanding that they shut down. Or else.
This is full-on Red Guard time, scary stuff, as they stormed the Ox Stone bar, demanding that they shut down, smashing things.
In Rochester New York BLM is shutting shit down so don’t try to go out and eat because now they’re trashing your restaurant pic.twitter.com/qIqWohYL5X
— Karli 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) September 5, 2020
Here they are storming inside another restaurant, smashing things and people are fleeing, scared to death, then with more shots from the first restaurant.
Rochester, N.Y.: #BLM rioters swarm a restaurant and knock over the dining tables. pic.twitter.com/lxa0b5hHeh
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 5, 2020
They’re even coming through the windows. Imagine what the folks in the restaurant were thinking.
So how are Democrats and media going to justify what’s going on here? This is flat out terrorism to try to get what they want, whatever that is, it has very little to do with justice.
I can’t wait to hear from a reporter picnicking in a Rochester park tomorrow how everything is so totally fine. https://t.co/XnzF192OeF
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) September 5, 2020
#Rochester: Rioters heading to Police Station, and the front of the group all have shields
Keep in mind that this group is over 5,500 protesters@Chronolxgical
— FJ News Reporter (@FJNewsReporter) September 5, 2020
Cops declare an illegal assembly.
Protest in Rochester declared an illegal assembly. Pepper balls shot into the crowd #HappeningNow #rochesterprotests pic.twitter.com/jkjze9w1c5
— @SCOOTERCASTER (FNTV) (@ScooterCasterNY) September 5, 2020
“We have nothing to lose but our chains!” They have no chains, except the chains of socialism.
Scuffle with a counter protester pic.twitter.com/uXqFxwFTkg
— Gino Fanelli (@GinoFanelli) September 5, 2020
They were pelting the cops with bottles and other projectiles.
— Gino Fanelli (@GinoFanelli) September 5, 2020
But some deleted videos of the attacks on the cops, saying “don’t record crimes.”
"If you ain't police do not record crimes" – Rochester Black Lives Matter activist.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 5, 2020
Tear Gas has been dispatched in Rochester NY #rochesterprotests #protests #HappeningNow pic.twitter.com/NEOwT5XYuQ
— @SCOOTERCASTER (FNTV) (@ScooterCasterNY) September 5, 2020
A bus stop has been set on fire as hundreds of protesters remain on court street in downtown rochester. #roc #danielprude @News_8 pic.twitter.com/3WVcQxSwtR
— Atyia Collins (@Atyia_Collins) September 5, 2020
Rochester Police shoot multiple rounds of pepper balls at Black Lives Matter protesters on Court St. Friday night. @DandC pic.twitter.com/uVbDnI551n
— Shawn Dowd (@sdowdphoto) September 5, 2020
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