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33 Arrests: ‘Antifa’ Mob Assaults Police, Elderly Woman, Trump Supporter; Engulfs Free Speech Rally

By Craig Bannister |
August 21, 2017 | 3:42 PM EDT

Antifa activists agitate. (Screenshot)

Thousands of so-called “Anti-Fascist’ (Antifa) activists overwhelmed a free speech rally in Boston, Mass., on Saturday, resulting in 33 arrests.

The Boston Police Department (BPD) posted a Tweet on Saturday, imploring the Antifa protesters to stop throwing objects – including rocks, bottles and urine – at them. Six activists were arrested for assault and battery, three of which were charged with assaulting police officers. Four were charged for carrying a dangerous weapon. The BPD has posted details of all 33 arrests, charges, and names of suspects.


The Associated Press reports that black-clad activists accosted an elderly woman holding an American flag and chased and cursed at a Trump supporter:

“There have been some confrontations involving counterprotesters, including a group that grabbed an American flag out of an elderly woman's hands, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground.”
“TV cameras showed a group of boisterous counterprotesters chasing a man with a Trump campaign banner and cap, shouting and swearing at him. Other counterprotesters intervened and helped the man safely over a fence to where the conservative rally was to be staged.”

This wasn’t the first time Antifa activists have assaulted police. In June, Antifa activists in Portland, Oregon threw chemicals, feces and urine at police officers, The Blaze reported at the time:

“Portland, Oregon Police Chief Michael Marshman revealed on Friday that riot cops forced Antifa protesters out of local parks during a Jun. 4 protest after the anti-fascist group began launching balloons filled with feces, urine and chemicals at law enforcement.

“In an open letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, Marshman also noted that protesters ‘may have been using ‘gopher gassers,'’ which are “small rodent poison gas devices.”

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/33-arrests-antifa-mob-assaults-police-elderly-woman-trump-supporter-overwhelm

BPD Officers Arrest 33 Suspects for Disruptive Behavior During Rally on Boston Common

August 20, 2017T


BPD Officers Arrest 33 Suspects for Disruptive Behavior During Rally on Boston Common: On, Saturday, August 19, 2017, 33 individuals were arrested for failing to behave in a respectful and responsible manner. In the days leading up today’s event, both Mayor Walsh and Commissioner Evans asked, encouraged and urged all those attending today’s events to be on their best behavior and to embrace nonviolence over violence. Thankfully, the majority of those attending did just that. Unfortunately, not everybody understood the importance of good behavior.

The names of those arrested during today’s events are as follows:

1. Zhen XIE, 33, MALDEN, Assault & Battery on a Police Officer and Resisting Arrest

2. Trevor Carey, 24, SHEWSBURY, Disorderly Conduct

3. Devante Phillips, 25, DORCHESTER, Disturbing a Public Assembly

4. Matthew Krinscherff, 25, BROOKLINE, Disturbing a Public Assembly

5. Shawn Vieira, 25, BOSTON, Disturbing the Peace and Unlawfully Carrying a Dangerous Weapon (Knife)

6. Delroy Richardson, 25, BROCKTON, Disturbing the Peace and Resisting Arrest

7. Thomas Ensley, 36, VERMONT, Disturbing a Public Assembly, Resisting Arrest Person and Disorderly Conduct

8. Joshua Jenkins, 31, PLYMOUTH, Disturbing a Public Assembly, Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct

9. Marlon McCalister, 30, BROOKLINE, Disturbing a Public Assembly and Resisting Arrest

10. Ayesha Kazmi, 40, BOSTON, Disturbing a Public Assembly, Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct

11. Victoria Mallada, 24, FITCHBURG, Disturbing a Public Assembly, Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct

12. Kimberly Carlisle, 39, BOSTON, Disturbing A Public Assembly, Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct

13. Mohammed Eldeb, 23, SOMERVILLE, Assault & Battery on a Police Officer and Resisting Arrest

14. Antwane Strickland, 26, REVERE, Disturbing a Public Assembly

15. Tony Massey, 42, BOSTON, Disturbing a Public Assembly, Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct

16. John Lari, 25, Eugene, OR, Disturbing a Public Assembly, Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct

17. Edson Dasilva, 28, QUINCY, Disturbing a Public Assembly, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest

18. 15-year-old female from CAMBRIDGE, Delinquent to wit Assault & Battery by Means of Dangerous Weapon (2 counts), Delinquent to wit Disorderly Conduct

19. Timothy Thorley, 32, WEYMOUTH, Disorderly Conduct and Affray

20. Casey Gonzalez, 30, LOWELL, Disorderly Conduct and Affray

21. Nathan Mizrahi, 38, Norwich, NY, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition

22. Adan Daroba, 22, BOSTON, Assault & Battery

23. Solomon Clarke, 19, BOSTON, Disorderly Conduct, Disturbing Public Assembly and Resisting Arrest

24. Roberto Bonila, 20, CHELSEA, Assault & Battery by Means of Dangerous Weapon (Knife)

25. Ashla Munroe, 24, SOUTH DENNIS, Affray

26. Shaun Petty, 33, TAUNTON, Assault & Battery by Means of Dangerous Weapon (Knife), Assault & Battery on a Police Officer and Resisting Arrest

27. Chase Kroll, 37, SOMERVILLE, Disorderly Conduct, Disturbing Public Assembly and Resisting Arrest

28. Derek Hanlon, 25, BOSTON, Disorderly Conduct, Disturbing Public Assembly and Resisting Arrest

29. Siron Cromwell-Harrison, 23, CHELSEA, Disorderly Conduct, Disturbing Public Assembly and Resisting Arrest

30. William Papagianopoulos, 30, BURLINGTON, Disturbing the Peace

31. James Kelley, 39, DORCHESTER, Disorderly Conduct, Disturbing Public Assembly and Resisting Arrest

32. Patrick Richardi, 46, Miami, FL, Drinking Alcohol in Public

33. Mark Szczwsuil, 50, TEWKSBURY, Trespassing

http://bpdnews.com/news/2017/8/19/nw...2siyofkbizrvki

Oh, very good - now let's see some meaningful punishment.

It would be nice if their mug shots could be posted.

Oops!!! The people they attacked were wearing "No GMO" shirts and "Black Lives DO m Matter" shirts. What a stupid bunch of bloodthirsty little thugs.

Supremacists Nowhere in Sight as Antifa Threatens Free Speech Rally in Boston

Updated on August 19, 2017

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Boston Free Speech Rally


Telling local news radio station WBUR that "if you are a Nazi, a KKK, we don't want you here," the organizers of a Boston rally billing itself as "Boston Free Speech"specifically denounced Nazism and white supremacists while maintaining they had the right to espouse views which were unpopular with swarms of counter-protesters, the organizers of whom labeled the Free Speech participants as "white supremacists."

Gathered at the bandstand on the Boston Common, the Boston Free Speech rally speakers included a Republican candidate for US Senate, Shiva Ayyadurai, who is challenging Elizabeth Warren. Ayyadurai's supporters held signs which said "No GMOs - Stop Monsanto" and "Black Lives DO Matter." The speeches opened with a prayer and a moment of silence for Heather Heyer, who was killed in Charlottesville last week by an alleged white supremacist.

Another speaker was Samson Racioppi, a LIbertarian candidate for Congress. Also on the speakers list was Brandon Navon, a 2012 delegate for presidential candidate Ron Paul. The Anti-Defamation League page on the rally faulted Navon for:"[propagating] the conspiracy theory that DNC staffer Seth Rich was murdered for political reasons."

The Anti-Defamation League declined to describe the event as a white supremacist rally, saying at its blog:

"Unlike Charlottesville, the Boston event, as currently planned, is not a white supremacist gathering."

In a Facebook message last Tuesday Boston Free Speech wrote:

"This Free Speech Movement is dedicated to peaceful rallies and are in no way affiliated with the Charlottesville rally on 8/12/17

While we maintain that every individual is entitled to their freedom of speech and defend that basic human right, we will not be offering our platform to racism or bigotry. We denounce the politics of supremacy and violence. We denounce the actions, activities, and tactics of the so-called Antifa movement."

Antifa is shorthand for anti-fascists, groups of left-leaning protester who fashion themselves after the anti-fascist brigades of Europe in the 1920s and 1930s.

Although the majority of the approximately 40,000 counter-protesters were peaceful, a number threw punches at police, and had to be pushed back as they swarmed free speech rally participants, who were escorted away to waiting police vehicles for their safety. ABC News reported that 27 counter-protesters were arrested. In one instance, a woman who was standing among the "Fight Supremacy" counter-potesters and holding an American flag had her flag grabbed and fell to the ground as she was being pulled away (VIDEO BELOW.)

Boston Free Speech, as the original rally participants call themselves, said on its Facebook page:

"We are a coalition of libertarians, progressives, conservatives, and independents and we welcome all individuals and organizations from any political affiliations that are willing to peaceably engage in open dialogue about the threats to, and importance of, free speech and civil liberties..."

Police tangle with police escorting Free Speech Rally participants off Boston Common


Despite the Boston Free Speech organizers taking pains to make clear that Nazis, KKK, and white supremacists were not welcome in their midst, the organizers of the counter-protest persisted in describing the rally as one of "white supremacists, writing in their Facebook page:

"On Saturday, August 19th, White Nationalists are converging on Boston Common to reinforce their white supremacist ideology and attempt to intimidate queer and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, POC) communities."

The header for the Facebook page put up by organizers of the counter-protest advertised "Fight White Supremacy."

No swastikas, KKK signs, or other recognizable symbols of white supremacy could be seen among the Boston Free Speech participants.
https://hubpages.com/politics/Boston...e-Supremacists