Holy crap.
So I went to film communist @joey4revolution light a flag on fire in front of the White House.
What I didn’t expect was that the flag burst into flames and the Proud Boys showed up. Fighting ensued.
Things got violent (tweet 1 of a thread that’ll take some time.)pic.twitter.com/nkDRlr1dsg
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HD footage still importing, but in the meantime I’m posting the video from my phone. After the initial violence and fire, the cops pushed everyone back. Communists stayed, and lit second flag. Further conflict and two arrests including
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Things turned conversational for a while, until a person on the left wing side head butted a right-winger, which turned the situation into a brawl when he responded by punching her in the face. She was arrested.pic.twitter.com/Ydjd1iFx2Q
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So my computer finished importing the footage from my HD camera. Here's the two flag burnings and subsequent arrests in HD. All video available for license.pic.twitter.com/RtZhoQhBe8
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Here's the HD video of the headbutt fight.pic.twitter.com/RvalmfK4Tp
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The Proud Boys celebrated the communists' arrests by chanting "antifa are terrorists!" and "fuck the SPLC!"pic.twitter.com/fMbLa9IVU2
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The communist activists left behind a dog crate they intended to use to protest the border camps. One MAGA activist crawled in and pretended to cry, apparently mocking
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Here's what Proud Boy
@lukerohlfing had to say about the situation. He says the group was having beers at a nearby bar when they heard what was happening which is why they ran over to the White House.pic.twitter.com/qXXY4CtKdI40 replies 98 retweets 308 likesShow this thread -
Here's what Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, had to say about what happened. His comrades chimed in. "Self defense is great!" one said.pic.twitter.com/tMTaoWyGnV
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The guy with the "Right Wing Death Squad" patch sounds very politepic.twitter.com/XNsDEgBCrq
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Replying to @RationalDis @FordFischer
I agree, he did sound very polite. All the videos made me like the proud boys a whole lot more.
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Well we can imagine if we had internet during KKK tomes
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