BLM produces another violent weekend
All hell broke loose again in several US cities because of this weekend s BLM protests. Some demonstrators blocked the emergency entrance of a hospital, others occupied a bridge, while many called on their fellow citizens to join their riot after a man, brandishing a knife at police, was shot during his arrest.
Black Lives Matter protests continue unabated with several violent riots taking place across the United States over the weekend. The most disturbing incident happened in Los Angeles, where BLM demonstrators reportedly blocked the entrance of a hospital treating critically injured police officers.
Earlier in the day, two officers had to be taken to hospital for emergency treatment after being ambushed in their car. Footage taken of the attack shows the gunman walking up to the patrol car and open fire at the two deputies from close range, without any apparent reason.
Update: The gunman walked up on the deputies and opened fire without warning or provocation. pic.twitter.com/cBQjyKkoxJ
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020
Protesters stormed the hospital trying to block its entrance and exit. The crowd – yelling „we hope they die” – also attacked police guarding the hospital entrance, shouting death threats. One witness says the activists were chanting „death to the police” and „kill police”.
Black Lives Matter activists confront law enforcement at Los Angeles hospital where wounded officers were taken after they were shot.
„To their family: I hope they f**king die.”
pic.twitter.com/bPgatQZYRI— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 13, 2020
Police warned protesters on social media that blocking the entrance and exit of the hospital s emergency room was extremely dangerous, as people s lives are at stake when ambulances can t get through.
BLM protesters trying to breach St. Francis hospital where two officers are fighting for their lives after being shot in an ambush.
„Y`all gonna die one by one” – BLM LA
Part 3 pic.twitter.com/Mc073mOpTD— Maria CLICK THE FCN PROFILE Viti (@selfdeclaredref) September 13, 2020
New York has also seen its fair share of riots over the weekend. On Saturday, protesters occupied the upper level of George Washington Bridge and began boasting that they were there to „shut down this whole s**t!”
After crossing the bridge, they headed for a police station in Manhattan and clashed with officers.
After scaling the bridge, a protester bragged: „Look how much power we had. We sat on the bridge for 20 minutes. We shut the whole city down.”
A little bit ago – BLM blocking the George Washington Bridge in NYC pic.twitter.com/jws1jgYLmB
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) September 13, 2020
Happening now on the GWB. Any comments @NYCMayor, @NYGovCuomo? pic.twitter.com/U1hqm3VsRZ
— Joel Fischer (@JFNYC1) September 13, 2020
Even New York s restaurant guests were unable to stay out of Saturday night s events, as protesters tried to involve them in the demonstrations. One of them wrote „Sorry to interrupt your dinner, it s a revolution.”
>Sorry to interrupt your dinner, it s a revolution#NYCProtest earlier pic.twitter.com/OzUqPv1Reh
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) September 13, 2020
Lancaster City, where 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz was killed in a police action on Sunday, also witnessed massive protests. Munoz s death has triggered widespread rioting across the whole city with rioters demanding justice, claiming that Mundoz was slaughtered by a trigger-happy officer.
BLM rioters are aggressively pounding on the police station in Lancaster, Pa. in response to the police shooting of a Latino man who charged at a cop with a knife. Video by @livesmattershow: pic.twitter.com/j4mZFSrkEx
— Andy Ngő (@MrAndyNgo) September 14, 2020
LANCASTER: BLM riots kick off in Lancaster, PA after an officer involved shooting of a man armed with a knife
— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) September 14, 2020
In reality, however, police responded to a domestic disturbance call when Munoz charged at the arriving officer, brandishing a knife over his head. In a bid to protect himself, the officer drew his service weapon and fired. Bodycam footage shows Munoz charging out the door of a home, knife in hand, with clear intent to attack the officer.
This is the bodycam footage of the officer-involved shooting in Lancaster, PA that Black Lives Matter is rioting over. The perpetrator charged at the police officer with a knife over his head with clear intent to strike. pic.twitter.com/xD72TweQK4
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 14, 2020
Munoz had an extensive history of violence. In 2019, he was arrested after he had stabbed four people and tried to flee police. He was awaiting criminal trial for that incident.
Despite Munoz s extensive criminal history, BLM protesters took to the streets of Lancaster on Sunday night to protest the shooting, and many rioters have damaged police vehicles. Over the course of the night, protesters became agitated, demanding that live-streamers and journalists stop documenting their activities in the street.
Authorities have released the name of the man involved in the recent police shooting in #Lancaster as Ricardo Munoz. He also stabbed 4 people in March 2019. These are the kind of people BLM and Antifa choose as their martyrs. https://t.co/IrGxNbjnp8
— Thomas The Trans Injun (@TransInjun) September 14, 2020
Journalists covering BLM protests are increasingly harassed by the demonstrators. BlazeTV s Elijah Schaffer, who reported on the Rochester protests over the weekend, also became the target of some demonstrators.
Schaffer wrote that someone had intentionally started a rumour that he was a white supremacist, in an effort to encourage protesters to attack him.
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