Information Liberation | Aug. 12, 2018
By Chris Menahan
“Peaceful” antifa members attacked reporters and fought with police while screaming a host of obscenities during a march in Charlottesville on Saturday.
NBC News crew and reporter Cal Perry shared video of themselves being attacked:
Antifa Protesters Attack NBC Reporter @CalNBC & The Entire Camera Crew In Charlottesville, VA pic.twitter.com/LYgiCFm64o
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 12, 2018
Yeah. We’re getting a lot of this. Protesters trying to grab our camera. #Charlotsville https://t.co/xIWLXPdkLt
— Cal Perry (@CalNBC) August 12, 2018
The protesters were very angry the media filmed their public march:
Protesters very aggressive with media. #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/CSYNyvBbeG
— Cal Perry (@CalNBC) August 12, 2018
They also fought with police:
Crowd size and scuffle on Water Street with Police no idea what happened pic.twitter.com/JqiSOw3B5F
— Allison Wrabel (@craftypanda) August 12, 2018
During their march earlier in the day, they chanted, “all cops are racist” and “cops and Klan go hand in hand”:
Protesters in #Charlottesville, VA are chanting, “all cops are racist.” pic.twitter.com/Z3cTD1Lyh4
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 12, 2018
In an area to the east of the Rotunda at UVA: pic.twitter.com/xkpS4bpzaf
— Allison Wrabel (@craftypanda) August 11, 2018
The UVA rally has taken the street in #Charlottesville with black bloc at the lead pic.twitter.com/19Z8TzaLN3
— Scott Heins (@scottheins) August 11, 2018
#Charlottesville Shows Up!!! pic.twitter.com/mjNMHicotp
— #RunMeMyReparations (@ZyahnaB) August 12, 2018
What’s important to remember, as Mitt Romney reiterated in an attack on President Trump on Friday, is these are great patriots fighting for all that embodies America.
