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In a strange twist of fate, pro-Trump protesters at a “Mass Civil Disobedience Rally and March” in the left-wing sanctuary of Salem, Oregon, were caught on video this New Year’s Day chanting “f–k the blue” and stomping on “thin blue line” flags.
Organized by Oregon Women for Trump, the protest against “ridiculous shutdowns of businesses, schools, people’s livelihoods, and the phony mask mandate” devolved into madness when armed left-wing Antifa/Black Lives Matter extremists showed up.
According to reports from multiple witnesses, during the physical and verbal altercations that predictably ensued, the police kept focusing their attention on the pro-Trump protesters instead of the left-wing Antifa/BLM extremists.
In one particularly jarring instance, a police officer warned a BLM extremist to not point a loaded paintball gun at him. Yet the officer said nothing about the extremist reportedly pointing the gun directly at a pro-Trump protester.
Watch (*Graphic content/Language warning):
“Make sure that that thing is not pointed in my direction” Police instruct a Black Lives Matter protester brandishing a paintball gun against the Proud Boys #Salem #Oregon #ProudBoys pic.twitter.com/3CmcGIifQ2
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 2, 2021
During the protest, multiple Trump supporters were reportedly “charged at,” hit with sting balls and arrested, even as left-wing extremists like the paintball gun-wielding one above were apparently allowed to continue agitating and provoking them.
See more footage from the otherwise reportedly peaceful protest below:
THREAD: Yesterday following a pro-Trump/anti-lockdown protest in Salem, OR, riot police fired sting balls at conservatives and Proud Boys who refused to step back while trying to confront counter-protesters.
Filmed by @MaranieRae for @N2Sreports. Contact me for licensing. pic.twitter.com/EOQ5aq3YTo
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) January 2, 2021
Folks on the right got particularly agitated as two of the BLM counter-protesters made their way around the police line, one with a paintball gun and one with a firearm.
“What the fuck is going on?” asked one.
“Remove this man right now!” he ordered cops, who didn’t listen. pic.twitter.com/JgZsfN2TFe
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) January 2, 2021
Police charged at the right-wingers as a fight seemingly broke out in the distance.
Officers deployed tear gas and at least one flash grenade, and made a single arrest of a right-winger toward the end of this clip. pic.twitter.com/6iD6DLLodG
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) January 2, 2021
“Just tell them we’re antifa and they’ll give us a handjob!” yelled a conservative angry that one of his comrades was being arrested.
Police continued pushing forward against the right, using sting balls and tear gas.
“No more backing the blue!” one yelled at them. pic.twitter.com/NrgVF9aH9U
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) January 2, 2021
Note what the guy said in the last video: “No more backing the blue!”
See more footage from the protest below:
Police arresting one of the Trump supporters after declaring an unlawful assembly and ordering the group to leave #Salem #Oregon pic.twitter.com/yUhnee8kW8
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 2, 2021
A smoke canister is thrown to try to disperse the crowd of Proud Boys & Trump supporters, who toss it back at the line of police before more pepper balls are shot off #Salem #Oregon #ProudBoys pic.twitter.com/cgxMCFH7uk
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 2, 2021
Police push one of the Proud Boys to the ground as they move the group back to the Capitol #Salem #Oregon #ProudBoys pic.twitter.com/Y5Z1SZsvFU
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 2, 2021
What only exacerbated the boiling anger against the police was the stark contrast between how they chose to treat otherwise reportedly peaceful pro-Trump protesters and how they’ve repeatedly been seen treating violent Antifa/BLM extremists.
Note: Unlike Antifa/BLM extremists, the pro-Trump protesters didn’t vandalize any businesses, start any fires or attack any police officers.
“[T]here were no reports of injuries or property damage,” Portland station KOIN confirmed.
Yet this is how they were treated … a fact that eventually led to the “no more backing the blue” sentiment seen earlier to explode into chants of “f–k the blue.”
Watch:
“Fuck the blue!”
Originally, this sweatshirt reading “Back the blue PDX” with a thin blue line was brought in support of officers by the right.
By the end of the rally in Salem, Oregon, they were trying to burn it. pic.twitter.com/TMmgylX93v
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) January 2, 2021
As the police dispersed, the right wingers took turns stepping on the thin blue line flag they had originally brought to support the cops.
“You have been declared to be treasonists,” one yelled at officers leaving. “Only one punishment for treason.”
“Fuck the blue!” pic.twitter.com/zohgtWCNeb
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) January 2, 2021
In a video published Saturday, classically liberal commentator Tim Pool noted that their behavior and rhetoric, or at least in regard to the police, is now equivalent to that of Antifa and BLM. However, he argued, they’re not wrong to feel this way.
“These individuals, right-wing and conservative, being confronted by the police in this way for the first time was shocking to many of them, and now they’re saying many of the things we’ve heard from the left,” he said.
“The police are losing what little support they had left, and boy is this a mistake [on their part]. There’s no longer an argument that cops are just trying to keep us safe.”
As additional examples, he cited the growing number of shocking incidences involving aggressive police officers targeting innocent people — from Jewish homeowners to struggling business owners — for violating oppressive coronavirus restrictions.
Listen to his commentary below:
One of the latest examples involved Canadian authorities raiding a home “Gestapo style” for the crime of six people gathering together indoors.
Watch:
There were six people in a house in Gatineau, Canada. A neighbour snitched. Police went in, Gestapo style. Assaulting citizens.
So, yeah. Every lockdown politician who made this monstrous world and then tries to sneak away to Florida or Hawaii? Fuck you. pic.twitter.com/9IwcgAvqiJ
— Ezra Levant 🍁 (@ezralevant) January 2, 2021
While this happened in Canada, you can rest assured it’s happening here as well thanks to “oath breakers,” as Pool calls them, who’ve chosen to follow the dictatorial edicts of political leaders instead of their oaths to protect and serve the public.
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