Protesters attacked police officers on both the East and West Coast this week. A protest in Boston saw Antifa members eat an animal heart in a bizarre turn of events. And in Seattle, even Trader Joe’s is not immune to political threats. Here are the craziest examples of leftist violence and intimidation from this week.
6. BLM Protesters in Rhode Island Throw Smoke Bombs, Bottles at Police
In Providence, R.I., a Black Lives Matter march for a man injured in a police-involved moped accident turned violent at night as protesters lobbed glass bottles and smoke bombs at police officers and set off fireworks, injuring officers and a K-9.
You can see in upper left-hand corner several objects hurled at police from protesters @ABC6 pic.twitter.com/NtVtgOPUrN
— Darren Botelho (@DarrenBotelho) October 21, 2020
Protesters running from direction of police department. Woman tells @ABC6 protesters throwing objects at police pic.twitter.com/kiUO62IN5V
— Darren Botelho (@DarrenBotelho) October 21, 2020
More fireworks going off pic.twitter.com/Uqzj9DKnC5
— Darren Botelho (@DarrenBotelho) October 21, 2020
5. Portland Antifa Militants Lob Projectiles, Call for Execution of Federal Officers
Antifa attacked federal law enforcement officers near the Immigrant and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., calling them “Nazis” and screaming that they “should be executed.”
ICE agents begin to move back to the facility. A glass bottle is thrown from one of the apartments above. pic.twitter.com/5R1BZpPkXt
— SCATS (@SCATSOTS) October 21, 2020
Antifa surround and harass a federal officer near the Portland @ICEgov facility. They call him a Nazi repeatedly. #PortlandRiots #antifa pic.twitter.com/sW1zJkyIuL
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) October 18, 2020