What started as a beautiful, patriotic day turned into a violent, bloody night culminating in four stabbings and 33 arrests between Proud Boys, BLM/Antifa, and Trump supporters in the D.C. streets. Nine people were transported to hospitals, according to Washington, D.C.’s Fire and EMS Department. Two of the nine were police officers with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Both sides were looking to cause trouble as the night fell. After spending all day in the streets, drinking booze, and getting lubed up with anger, and pumping themselves up with their “Uhuru” rallying cry — Proud Boys were looking to break some necks by the time 6 p.m. rolled around.
Proud Boys repeatedly shouted at any person who came across their path dressed in black, on a bike or skateboard or otherwise looked suspicious. It started to become a cat-and-mouse game between Antifa and Proud Boys.
Antifa wore their typical black bloc, carried homemade riot shields with profanity written on them, helmets on their head, and face shields. Antifa thugs looked like the 2020 equivalent of ramshackle knights on foot. On the other hand, Proud Boys donned military-looking gear, ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ merch, and preferred batons and their fists to fight with.
The two subgroups would often be colliding into intersections and roads as police and surveillance helicopters tried to keep up and separate the groups before too many fists were thrown.
Both groups insulted each other by making personal digs at their family members and appearances. This video of a father experiencing what looked like a mental breakdown when members of Antifa/BLM insulted his daughters that were standing next to him. His wife and daughters pulled him back as he cried out with a bloody mouth.
Police tried to keep these groups as separate and barricaded as possible by standing shoulder to shoulder with riot shields, pepper spray, and batons. This tactic soon made both groups turn on the police because they were not allowing altercations to happen. At one point, Proud Boys, a group that strongly backs the blue, screamed, “F*** the police!”
Some police officers had to defend themselves against both groups. Proud Boys would continue to walk the streets and find any possible route to get near Antifa. But as soon as they found one, the police would quickly block them off.
Unlike the last Million MAGA March, where innocent Trump supporters were making their way back to their hotels and were jumped and harassed by Antifa, this time, Proud Boys had no intention of allowing that to happen. Some Proud Boys’ jobs were to escort Trump supporters to their hotels safely.
Outside of many hotels where Antifa marched, police officers guarded the entrances where you could see Trump supporters in the lobby looking frightened. Many businesses would see Antifa in the distance and put all of their tables, chairs, customers, and heaters inside and lock the doors, fearing the destruction of their property.
By midnight, violent encounters were sputtering out. D.C. police surveilled the streets throughout the night and reopened them in time for Sunday morning drivers.
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