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Mark the protests that took place Sunday evening in Lancaster, Pa., as the “jump the shark moment” for the militant Black Lives Matter political movement.
Rioting and other lawless behavior broke out after a police officer was forced to shoot and kill a 27-year-old man seen on bodycam video brandishing a knife over his head in a threatening manner as he ran at the cop.
If ever there was a justified shooting, the video released Sunday captured it. At the same time, the concept of justified force seems to elude the left.
A police officer shot a man sprinting at him with a kitchen knife and they’re now rioting in Lancaster, PA over it.
If we’re ever going to get somewhere with justice, there has to be differentiation between justified and unjustified force. pic.twitter.com/5m0bgFuyuw
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) September 14, 2020
The deceased suspect, 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz, reportedly had a criminal history of stabbing people.
BlazeTV reporter Elijah Schaffer was on the scene and tweeted a series of videos of people protesting for little more than the sake of protesting — there were reports of wild rumors about the earlier shooting making the rounds online.
In the video below, a State Trooper patrol vehicle is attacked:
LANCASTER: BLM riots kick off in Lancaster, PA after an officer involved shooting of a man armed with a knife
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
The violent mob was seeking a confrontation and didn’t bother to wait for police to come to them, according to Schaffer.
Instead, they began approaching a local precinct in an attempt to provoke them:
PENNSYLVANIA: BLM protesters move closer to police who are now putting on riot gear for a possible counter offensive pic.twitter.com/fTu3w9sJqG
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
Spoiling for a fight, scuffles even broke among unruly Black Lives Matter protesters:
PENNSYLVANIA: a scuffle breaks out between BLM protesters but peacemakers are able to calm it down pic.twitter.com/Ghao6Cw4Pm
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
The aggressive actions of the mob resulted in police reportedly declaring an unlawful assembly and responding in force:
Unlawful assembly declared in Lancaster pic.twitter.com/eM0Wg6zfiY
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
PENNSYLVANIA: police use CS gas, stun grenades, mace, and rubber billets to clear BLM protesters who attempted to occupy the police precinct back lot pic.twitter.com/MbTM7s5yBH
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
In another clip Schaffer shared, someone in the mob can be heard calling out, “Let’s shoot them n*gga” — this being an apparent reference to police.
The reporter sad one of the protesters was hit in the head with a rubber bullet and taken away by medics — it’s not clear if this is a reference to actual medics or to the wannabe medics that are present at most organized actions by the left.
PENNSYLVANIA: “let’s shoot them n*gga” a BLM protester yells regarding the Lancaster police
After a fellow protester is seriously injured by taking a rubber bullet directly to the head
He is rushed away by medics. Current condition unknown pic.twitter.com/ewS7tmm8rX
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
That such violence is prompted by a police officer forced to defend themselves in the face of imminent harm is shocking.
Even more so as the nation was rocked by the actions of Black Lives Matter activists in Los Angeles, who set siege on the hospital where two ambushed deputies fighting for their lives were taken, chanting “We hope they die!”
Rioters in Lancaster where throwing projectiles at the police, including water bottles, rocks and brick fragments, Schaffer reported.
They would also attack a precinct headquarters.
BREAKING: Antifa has begun breaking the windows of the Lancaster police precinct
Officers are responding with non lethal rounds and are now in the streets pic.twitter.com/icg1rDxxC9
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
And on and on it went… because a police officer shot a man charging at him with a large knife.
BREAKING: police make a full offensive in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to clear out BLM and Antifa rioters
After they destroyed city property, including a police vehicle, created barricades, and threw rocks/bricks at officers
The unlawful assembly was declared hour ago pic.twitter.com/pg8K5wG9qd
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
BREAKING: arsonists are lighting fires in the streets in Lancaster and adding public trash bags as fuel at the BLM ✊🏿 riot pic.twitter.com/5Of9r9fGua
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
Of course, no respectable Black Lives Matter riot would be complete without the prerequisite search for loaves of bread — at an athletic attire store.
(This being a reference to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., defending the violence in our streets, claiming looters are simply looking for bread to feed their children.)
BREAKING: looting has started in Lancaster at Villa athletic store approximately 1 hour 50 minutes ago according to the shop owner
Groups of rioters are roaming the city breaking windows and stealing merchandise
It was too dangerous to follow them since there are no police pic.twitter.com/FQIH57hccy
— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
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