Conservative commentator Jack Posobiec has been harassed, branded a Nazi and chased away by a crowd of protesters, who gathered in Washington, DC useless set to tear down a statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Posobiec attended Friday’s demonstration calling for the removing of the Emancipation Monument in DC, dwell streaming the occasion to followers on-line. However as soon as noticed within the crowd, the pundit was surrounded by hostile activists, who demanded he go away the protest.
Extra video of violent black bloc militants attacking @JackPosobiec in D.C. They dumped liquid throughout him, hit him and tried to steal his cellphone. pic.twitter.com/DCrOq8ZUtB
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 27, 2020
Footage of the encounter shared on social media reveals demonstrators getting bodily with Posobiec, with one helmeted activist apparently attempting to steal his cellular phone as he was escorted away from Lincoln Park. In some unspecified time in the future, he was additionally doused with an unknown liquid.
As Jack was surrounded, among the rally members disagreed about whether or not they need to be blocking him, which led to a quick combat among the many activists. pic.twitter.com/1adJWzo822
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) June 27, 2020
The pundit was harassed for a number of blocks after leaving the principle protest space, ultimately flanked by safety personnel who evacuated him to security. As soon as he was gone, protesters continued a standoff with police, with one pushed the bottom after changing into aggressive with an officer.
He even bought in the best way of the police, tried to shove them and even blocked the police automobile whereas telling it to go away with Jack onboard. He appeared to guide the opposite Antifa insurgents by being as belligerent as doable. pic.twitter.com/0luldORYsx
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 27, 2020
Following the incident, Posobiec mentioned he had filed a police report and intends to press costs, although in opposition to whom was left unclear.
Assault, battery & tried robberty commited by antifa/blm on @OANN's reporter @JackPosobiec in DC
earlier this night.Clip courtesy of @BreitbartNews edited by moi .. God Blesshttps://t.co/qXrO1MgGg8 pic.twitter.com/QLYiDCks0c
— wlctv.ca (@wlctv_ca) June 27, 2020
Antifa rebel makes an attempt to silence an aged black man who’s attempting to stop the mob from tearing down the Emancipation Memorial in DC. This makes me so offended. pic.twitter.com/NeIxwIGhxv
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 26, 2020
Earlier on Friday, a black tour information who got here to the occasion as a counter-protester – chastising the group for desirous to tear down the Lincoln statue with out figuring out its historical past – was additionally hounded by activists. Although one protester apparently tried to mediate the dispute, one other is seen tearing a megaphone out of the tour information’s palms.
A black man opposes the woke white Black Lives Matter protesters who need to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in DC.
“Y’all don’t even know the historical past of this statue, however you need to tear it down!”
pic.twitter.com/jPgkSi2sFa
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 26, 2020
Listed here are activists on the Emancipation Memorial harassing @JackPosobiec as Don Folden, a DC tour information, leads him away from the rally. pic.twitter.com/WwOCPMlnJE
— Nic Rowan (@NicXTempore) June 27, 2020
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