Four stops, one shot at pro-Trump rallies in DC and Olympia

Encouraged by President Trump’s dangerous rhetoric in refusing to accept the election results, his supporters – including far – right groups – rioted in the streets of Washington, D.C. and Olympia, Washington on Saturday night, resulting in violence, injuries and numerous arrests.

Two months after Trump told the Pride Boys, an extreme right-wing men’s organization with a history of inciting violence, to “stand back”, the group engaged in violent clashes with opposition protesters known as “Stop the Steel.” Rally in DC.

In DC, four people were stabbed and one person was shot dead in Olympia as thousands of Trump supporters gathered in several state capitals to protest the false claim of a “stolen election,” the next U.S. president to confirm that the election college was Joe Biden two days earlier.

In DC, at least 33 people were arrested and four were hospitalized with stab wounds, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). An MPT spokesman told Busfeed News that eight police officers were injured in connection with the protests.

In Olympia, the police Announced Pro-Trump protests outside the state capital that will be a riot on Saturday afternoon following the outbreak of violence between the president’s supporters and opposition.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a capital campus on Saturday and has been jailed on a first-degree assault charge by Washington State Patrol. Said.

Alleged sniper “part [the] The right was part of a “group of pro-Trump protesters, when the victim was an opponent.” [the] Left, “said Chris Loftis, a Washington state patrol spokesman who told BuzzFeed News.

“We only refer to them as‘ left ’and‘ right ’so that they do not give the groups of the enemy the attention they are looking for by their confrontational, provocative, illegal and unsafe acts,” Loftis said. . The victim was on the left side. “

Loftis said the victim was taken to a local hospital and did not respond to law enforcement and therefore could not talk about his current condition.

Opposition in D.C. began quietly, with Trump supporters of all ages marching between the Capitol and the White House, and a rally with speakers such as the far-right radio presenter and instigators of the conspiracy, Alex Jones, former Trump foreign policy adviser Sebastien Gorkel and recently apologized to Flynn.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Texas’ last attempt to challenge Biden’s victory in four warring states, the latest and most significant loss in Trump’s desperate, unsubstantiated, futile attempt to overturn election results following several failed legal attempts.

However, Trump continues to mount unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud, and has endorsed what his supporters call “Stop the Steel” and “Million Maga Marches.”

At Saturday’s rallies, speakers and supporters of the president continued to spread false rumors that Trump had won the 2020 election, not Biden.

“We are deciding the election,” Flynn said, cheering supporters near the Supreme Court building, the New York Times reported. “We are waging a war across the United States,” he said.

Then Tweets in support of the protesters, Trump Flew over the crowd At Marine One he was on his way to Joint Site Andrews.

As night fell, violence erupted in several places around the city between the Pride Boys and rivals.

Police arrested 33 people on a number of charges, including assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct and disorderly conduct.

Four people were stabbed during the peace, but it is not clear which groups the victims and the attackers belonged to. The victims were taken to hospital and had life-threatening injuries, the MPD said.

A police statement issued to BuzzFeed News, citing a New York Post video capturing the boxing incident. The video appeared to show a man dressed in black – a man surrounded by a group of pro-Trump protesters, allegedly members of the Pride Boy.

Police report, citing a video, the protesters away from the group when he was one of the ones that moved him, and took out the knife to that person at that time. In the police report, one of the protesters dragged the man’s mask, repeatedly punched in the head of another person, that person has to post the video.

When the group surrounded the man again, a scream of “he got a knife” was heard in the video. The man who was stabbed by several pro-Trump protesters was chased away.

Authorities have arrested 29-year-old Philip Johnson of Northwest DC for allegedly assaulting him with a deadly weapon.

According to documents provided to Busfeet News, three of the four people stabbed were killed in D.C. One from Tennessee, one from Minnesota, and one from North Carolina. The whereabouts of the fourth victim are unknown.

Religion News reports that DC police are investigating the burning of the “Black Lives Matter” banner as a heinous crime.

A Twitter Video The Pride Boys tear down a PLM banner from the city’s oldest African American church, Asbury United Methodist Church. A video released by a Daily Collar reporter shows members of the Pride Boys burning a banner with the name of the church on it and cheering.

“It pained me to see our name in the Asbury flames,” said the church’s pastor, Rev. Dr. Ainder M. Mills said Report. “For me, it was reminiscent of cross-burns. Seeing this act in the video angered me and I was determined to fight the evil that raised its ugly head. We were very confident that no one would destroy the church, but it did happen.”

In the state of Washington, violent protests between the two groups began shortly afterwards – which soon turned into a riot.

Lt. Paul Lower of the Olympia Police Department told the Associated Press that “both groups were heavily armed, including guns.” “They were fighting among themselves, two factions opposing political beliefs.”

Local CBS affiliate KIRO Announced A total of four people were injured during the riot and police made four arrests.