Antifa / BLM / Radical Violent Left
3/10/21 - Karen Schoen Show
May 2022

Antifa Violence Erupts Anew

Just when you thought the radical violent Left had disappeared:

Antifa groups tell pro-lifers, “If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either”

Oregon Gubernatorial Candidate Stan Pulliam Attacked By AntiFa In Downtown Portland (watch video above)
  • “Antifa believe those who oppose CRT are fascists who should be killed”

Antifa attacks People’s Convoy driving on the freeway through Portland with projectiles and paint
Radicals assault another group with fireworks and paint in Portland

Pro-antifa “journalist” arrested and charged with arson of synagogues and mosque in Portland

May Day violence in Seattle - mob assaults person to the ground, attacks videographer

Park property in CHAZ zone in Seattle defaced with messages "Antifa Zone”, “Dismember Andy Ngo”, and "I want to kill white ppl"

Antifa goon calls for Andy Ngo’s head - “oh okay so it’s time for And* Ng* to f**king die HEARD”

Cell phone tracking data show 14 ballot harvesters in Wisconsin also participated in one or more of the violent riots in 2020

BLM Meltdown Continues

‘Black Lives Matter’ Accused of ‘Clear Violation of IRS Rules,’ Charity Status Reportedly at Risk

Indiana Attorney General sues BLM for failing to report revenue - $0 in receipts claimed, overlooking reported $90 million in donations
BLM leader in Boston indicted for squandering $1 million in donations on fancy vacations, hotels, and meals.
  • Oh, and she raised her own pay from $25,000 to $170,000

Buying Large Mansions:
  • BLM secretly paid $5.8 million for property in L.A. with 7 bedrooms; go-between has close ties to BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors
  • Patrisse Cullors denies wrong-doing.  Sure.
  • Not only that, she says it’s “sexist” and “racist” to ask any questions.  Nice try. 
  • It’s a very short jump from ‘we trained Marxists take from others to give to the oppressed’ to ‘we take from others to give to ourselves because we deserve it. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.’

Radicals aim to block new police training facility in Atlanta because George Floyd

Couple who attempted to sell American submarine secrets to Brazil are BLM supporters

Radical website CrimethInc promotes ‘Steal Something from Work Day’

Antifa are greeting the busloads of illegals arriving in DC and blocking media who report on it

Helpful Tips from Antifa KC on Facebook:
  • 3/18/22: links to article “Are you sure you’re ready to rumble? This is how Black bloc and Antifa dress for tactical concealment and identification”
  • 3/19/22: “There's already been some disruption here by OPPD today; if we can get any more antifascists out there to film and apply pressure on police if they return, that would be best. Conceal face and any identifying tattoos/scars/etc. but this is not black bloc.”
  • 3/27/22: There is a police and police supporter related event happening on the Johnson County side of the metro area around the end of April that we want to disrupt.
  • 4/2/22: “You allow police to occupy your ER and "help" hospital staff restrain mental health patients so they can press criminal assault on officer charges whenever they get hit, scratched, or spit on. This creates an unjust hospital-to-prison pipeline.”  Who knew?
  • Antifa KC also provided the images above on helmets and debloc tactic


March 2022

Antifa Perp Walk

BLM in effect merges with Clinton, Inc. - Clintonistas now in charge of BLM’s $60 million in assets after BLM meltdown
  • BLM changes fiscal year to delay financial disclosures
  • Amazon removes BLM from charity platform for lack of financial transparency

BLM replaces tent city at City Hall with storefront on 6th street in Austin

California teacher who had Antifa flag in classroom fired after video surfaces of him saying he has 180 days to turn his students into communist revolutionaries

Former Girl Scout turned Antifa street warrior profiled in Reuters, but can’t talk about her criminal charges

Antifa protesters disrupt event at University of North Texas where father who objects to castration of his son for gender change was scheduled to speak

Antifa radicals harass pro-lifers at Chicago March for Life, call them ‘fascists’

Antifa militant threatens to kill parent, beat up family, and burn down his house for speaking out against pornographic material in school library

BLM rioters upset with 16-month sentence for Kim Potter (who shot Duante Wright accidentally) throng outside judge’s home - “No good judge in a racist system!”Antifa picks a fight with Portland biker gang, blame police when things go south; one person dead

One killed, five wounded at Antifa anti-police protest in Portland
  • Antifa shuts down police press conference on the shooting spree, surround officer

Antifa member criminally charged two years after conservative journalist Andy Ngo attacked

Eleven Antifa thugs charged with assault, using tear gas, and conspiracy to riot in violent face-off with Proud Boys in California

Suspect arrested in hit-and-run attack of ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters in Canada has Antifa history

BLM activist attempts to assassinate Jewish mayoral candidate in Louisville; BLM springs him on $100,000 bond
  • BLM bail fund secures release of violent rapists and murderers in Kentucky

Judge finds enough evidence for attempted murder case to proceed against BLM supporter who allegedly drove through a crowd of counter-protesters at violent Yorba Linda demonstration

Perp WalkAfter antifa arrests, FBI director under fire for denying violent militants are an 'organization'

Antifa manual explains the many uses of skateboards at protests - from smashing windows to quick escapes

Far Left Rallies in Austin
  - by an ACAT team member
On the eve of SXSW, members of the far Left who want to nationalize natural resources and banking are holding a rally in Austin. They define themselves as Patriot Socialists who are Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Capitalist. They are extremely well read Marxist Leninist Maoist academics. I anticipate Red Guard Austin attending this event tomorrow. There will be heavy security and they are asking for a $20 donation. They have a chapter in San Angelo, TX. The Islamic arm of this group will also be in attendance and speaking. Caleb Maupin states that the U.S. is in a state of capitalist monopoly. They denounce violent revolution, but advocate for a complete redesign of the globe under Communist ideology. I would like to hear just how they think that is going to happen this time in history in this country, and what in their view are the steps that have already been achieved, and what is to come. Austin reflects this change appearing to be a crash test dummy. It's hard to miss at this point. - Lauren Morris 3/11/22


January 2022
 
BLM a “ghost ship” - no one took over after the co-founder left; office location unknown
  • What happened to the $60 million in the kitty? 
  • BLM Canada bought former headquarters of the Communist Party of Canada, a mansion in downtown Toronto, for $8.1 million; purchase made on the down low - BLM Canada not answering any questions about it.  #BuildingLargeMansions

Antifa shuts down Andy Ngo event at Dartmouth with threats and offers to pay activists money to assault Ngo
  • “Wear black to show your solidarity and hide your identity!”

Biden Justice Department puts thumb on the scale, quietly dismisses charges against 31 violent Antifa rioters in Portland

Denver school teaches kindergarteners to support BLM and disrupt nuclear family

Sorry, kids, but Marx was wrong in just about every prediction he made; socialism is really about power for a tiny elite; Denmark is NOT a socialist country (just ask the Prime Minister), true socialism HAS been tried and it’s never worked (Venezuela, Israel, India, UK).  If you fall for ‘Democratic Socialism’, all we can say is there’s a sucker born every minute. 

November 2021

BLM Leader Threatens ‘Bloodshed’ If NYC Activates Anti-Crime Unit

BLM activist who wants to defund the police is elected to Des Moines city council

BLM rakes in $30 million, reneges on promises to invest in Minneapolis after riots destroyed 1,500 businesses and buildings
  • Who are the tyrants? 
    There are people who are convinced of the wickedness both of armies and of police forces, but who are nevertheless much more intolerant and inquisitorial in outlook than the normal person who believes that it is necessary to use violence in certain circumstances. They will not say to somebody else, ‘Do this, that and the other or you will go to prison’, but they will, if they can, get inside his brain and dictate his thoughts for him in the minutest particulars. Creeds like pacifism and anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of mind. For if you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics — a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage — surely that proves that you are in the right? And the more you are in the right, the more natural that everyone else should be bullied into thinking likewise.
         -     George Orwell in his essay Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool

BLM/Antifa raised fist symbol has long been a favorite of tyrannical communist movements everywhere
 
Anarchists still at it in Portland - destroying property, spray-painting ‘Kill Cops’ on buildings; state and local politicians still complicit; Soros D.A. drops charges

Two New York City lawyers plead guilty to terrorism charge in Brooklyn federal court for firebombing police vehicle during George Floyd riots
 
Army vet-turned-far-left-militant sentenced to 44 months for threatened attack on Trump activists
 
New Developments
  • Open Assault on Religion and American Principles
    • Formerly, Antifa/BLM used Donald Trump, George Floyd, and white supremacy as excuses for their violent activities.  Now, they are directly targeting American principles and religion.
      • Antifa groups storm constitutionalist organization’s protest against COVID mandates in Boston - “Death to Fascism”
      • Hundreds of Antifa protesters disrupt pro-life prayer vigil at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton
        • New wrinkle: ‘Death to Cristo-Fascists’ - 'F*#k Your God!'
  • Opportunistic Targeting
    • Formerly, the black bloc would assemble, the medics and lawyers would all be in place, and the demonstration would begin.  Now, Antifa is encouraging its members to strike spontaneously to capitalize on moments of crisis.
    • The model comes from the musings of anarchists who were near the Pentagon on 9/11:
      • “we had to compose some sort of anarchist response, and quick”
      • “A thought came upon us. This was our once-in-a-lifetime chance. We could run into the Pentagon. Who knows what we might find? In theory, we could destroy computers, steal files, wreak all sorts of havoc. With no police presence, we might even be able to get away. A quick look at Colin and it was clear he was thinking the same thing. I leaned over to his ear and whispered to him. ‘Should we do it?’” (but more police were arriving, so they left, instead)
      • Nothing came of these musings, but here are the implications:
        Antifa is deliberately attempting to create a lethal capability in its movement and cells by promoting spontaneity of operations during strategic crises such as 9/11. These operational capabilities can significantly escalate the violence during national or local crises, as well as increase the damage during riots and periods of instability, as Antifa encourages its members to attack targets of opportunity during crisis moments.

October 2021

BLM-supporting Virginia couple caught selling nuclear secrets

A hundred anarchists hit 35 buildings, smash windows, set fires, cause half a million dollars in property damage in fresh riots in Portland
  • Graffiti: "Breaking windows is good."
  • Andy Ngo: “this week antifa projected their paramilitary emblem on the front of Portland’s Justice Center before destroying part of downtown again”
  • Anarchists laid down in front of police cars to keep police from responding
  • Police blame new state legislation for inability to respond effectively; legislor says there is an exception for riots and blames activist attorneys for deliberately misinterpreting the legislation; police say they have to follow the most restrictive interpretation until the city attorney gives some clarity
  • No, Antifa did not go away.  You can see they can turn out in great numbers at any time, and their tactics are evolving. 
  • We’ve had two previous periods of radical left-wing violence in U.S. history - the 1870-1920s anarchist period and the 1960-1970s New Left period.  I believe we are in beginning of another round of left-wing radical violence.  What’s different this time:  politicians and the Washington establishment, starting with the FBI and DHS, are complicit.  Subversive authorities will not stop these riots or even investigate Antifa’s activities.  They purposely deflect with the phony white supremacy narrative.  ACAT is working to raise awareness and to build the political will necessary to take down the radical violent Left.

How British Police Shut Down the Original UK Antifa
  • police monitored group members and combed through CCTV footage to track their movements
  • they infiltrated groups and identified associates through phone records
  • when they had enough evidence, they obtained warrants and raided locations
  • they made as many arrests as possible to keep the network from functioning
  • they got restrictive bail conditions imposed preventing defendants from meeting with more than two other people at a time
  • those convicted were split up and sent to separate prisons
  • As you can see, it’s not rocket science, but it does take political will!

Antifa member graduates from posting far-left content online to shooting protester in Olympia

Antifa street art group defaces billboards in Memphis with ‘Defund the Police’ message

FBI tells Congress it does not consider Antifa an “organization,” so it does not keep track of Antifa’s extremist violence
  • This is astounding.  Antifa and BLM mobs rioted all over the country (including 100 straight nights in Portland), caused a billion dollars in property damage, destroyed 1,500 businesses and buildings, and injured 700 police officers, but our increasingly bizarre FBI doesn’t consider Antifa worth tracking.  The fact that Antifa is a network of groups that coordinate instead of a single organization is irrelevant. ACAT’s Antifa Action Group has gathered enough open source material to show Antifa is continuing to marshal support, preparing to escalate to guerilla warfare, and laying plans to attack critical infrastructure.  Sound far-fetched?  Recently, two far-left activists from Washington state associated with Antifa were convicted in federal court for a November 2020 attempt to derail trains.  Antifa’s preparations are no secret, but the nation’s premier law enforcement agency can’t be bothered.  A storm is coming.  Antifa’s goal is to overthrow the U.S. government, but law enforcement has fallen down on the job.  Help ACAT spread the word by inviting us to speak about Antifa to your group - we’ll appear anywhere through videoconferencing and there are no speaker fees.  Contact us at mail@spider-and-the-fly.com

September 2021

Little Outcry Over Antifa's Equal-Opportunity Beatdowns of Journalists Left and Right

Antifa murdered Aaron ‘Jay’ Danielson and now his estate is suing Portland, its mayor, and the county D.A. for hands-off approach to rioting

The recent conviction of an Antifa and state Democratic Party campaigner who committed a terrorist attack on a railroad facility demonstrates the incrementalism and escalation of the group as well as the connection between Antifa and the Democratic Party. The following articles are worthy of detailed study: Undercover sting video catches Sacramento high school teacher indoctrinating students with communist propaganda to create Antifa revolutionaries; school district moves to fire him

Antifa violently attacks protesters at a Korean day spa in California that allowed a biological male to engage in indecent exposure to female customers.

Antifa:  Florida to appeal federal judge’s ruling new anti-riot law unconstitutional

This woman could be Seattle City Attorney after Nov. 2nd: tweeted in support of the riots (“Property destruction is a moral imperative”); supported Antifa black bloc that blocked traffic as “bad*ss” that she “respect[s]”; demonized police as “armed thugs”. 

August 2021

Anarcho-communist Antifa thugs attack prayer group in Portland, bear-spraying children and throwing flash bombs into the crowd.  Police did not intervene.

DoD ‘extremism’ contractor tied to initiative backed by pro-Antifa German Communists

July 2021

ANTIFA: ITS VIOLENT NATURE AND AGENDA (new from ACAT)

Slides from “THE RED/GREEN AXIS: From Antonio Gramsci to BLM & Antifa, The Insurgency Being Waged
Against America” (a training delivered by David Bores in June 2021)
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The Anarchist Manifesto - Naïve Communists Want to Build the Perfect House of Cards (new from ACAT)

Iowa joins Florida, Texas, and several other states in enacting new laws to deal with Antifa rioting

More legislative ideas to deal with Antifa:
  • investigate Antifa’s role in the riots in American cities last year
  • designate Antifa a domestic terrorist organization

Posobiec: Antifa is ascendant, flush with corporate cash and media backing, taking scalps (goodbye, police response unit in Portland)
 
Andy Ngo, fresh from a new beating: “Antifa wants me dead”

Congresswoman’s home vandalized with Antifa and anarchical messages - ‘no gods, no masters’, “all politicians are bastards”
Trained Marxist and BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors - who has since moved on to capitalist book and TV deals - wants to abolish police, prisons, and courts entirely; channeling Marx who advocated “the ruthless criticism of all that exists”
  • From author Paul Kengor to ACAT:  “This makes a crucial point about the BLM police ‘abolition’ movement and how that connects to Marxist theory. I’ve wanted to make this point for a while, but Patrisse Cullors’ recent statement now makes it imperative. She’s taking it to another level.”
  • No, they’re not kidding:  An Antifa pamphlet urges readers, “Therefore, while it may sometimes even be necessary to set police on fire, this should not be done out of a spirit of vengeful self-righteousness, but from a place of care and compassion—if not for the police themselves, at least for all who would otherwise suffer at their hands.” (Crimethinc, “Seven Myths about the Police,” 2020).  BURN THE POLICE FROM A PLACE OF COMPASSION - These people are nuts!

Mothers of Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor Criticize Black Lives Matter: ‘Benefitting Off the Blood of Our Loved Ones’
 
Black Lives Matter leader steps aside from Denver school board duties as investigation of sex abuse allegations reaches 62 victims and counting
 
Black Lives Matter chapter founder in St. Paul resigns after realizing BLM isn’t about improving lives or education

May 2021

FROM THE COMMUNIST PLAYBOOK-THE “SHARP KNIFE” OF AGITATION (spinning a particular grievance into an indictment of the entire society is an old communist trick - new article by ACAT Speaker Dr. Martin Scott Catino)

4/9/21
Dr. Scott Catino - in Campus Reform
Antifa: Docs, doxing, and the docked: The rise of Antifa in an increasingly toxic university environment

4/2/21
Antifa thriving on campus thanks to previous generation of radical professors and administrators working to demoralize and degrade students (ACAT speaker Dr. Martin Catino)
  • Antifa occasionally reveals its terrorist nature and objectives by temporarily dropping its cover of fighting "fascists" and instead directly threatens government officials while calling for the destruction of the United States. In this case, an Antifa video recently released by them does both and threatens Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.  The video concludes with the words: "Blood is already on your hands, Ted. The next time it just may be your own."

Infiltrator catches northern California Antifa group discussing killing police, targeting Republicans, and ‘smashing the system’
  • Leader was arrested for felony assault on a police officer in an Oakland riot but district attorney declined to file charges

3/28/21
Antifa: “a misogynistic group of white men, trampling over women and anyone else that doesn’t join their pseudo-cult”
 
ANTIFA UPDATE - Portland Public School Attack
MARTIN SCOTT CATINO, PH.D.
ANTI-COMMUNISM ACTION TEAM
MARCH 20, 2021
 
RE: ANTIFA in Portland, Oregon area escalating violence
 
EVENT: “The Portland Public Schools headquarters was the target of both an arson attack and various vandalism during the early morning hours of March 6th.
 
“Among the destruction at the building was various spray painted taggings – including one tagging with the phrase “No Justice, No Peace”. [See https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/now-violent-anarchists-are-targeting-schools-portland-public-school-hq-hit-with-arson-and-vandalism/]
 
SUMMARY:
 
The escalation of operations and of target selection of ANTIFA in the Portland area follow an organized phasing of operations in accordance with organizational growth and freedom of movement in permissive political and geographical space.
 
ANTIFA in the Portland, Oregon area demonstrates increasing capabilities to escalate violence, phase operations to more violent actions, select high value targets including a public-school headquarters, develop dispersed and associate organizations such as the Youth Liberation Front, and coordinate international operations via social media. This development is due in large part to its organizational gains in recruitment from the summer of 2020 and afterward, refinement of tactics from recent street activities, and increasing operational space implicitly granted by Mayor Edward (Ted) Wheeler and other local political leaders, and the failure of Federal, state, and local law enforcement to prevent or interdict ANTIFA’s mobilization for attacks. Often these mobilizations are openly announced on social media, and at times followed by coordination meetings at public parks, trainings at specified locations, and gatherings at other physical locations where final stage planning, logistics, and tactical considerations occur.
 
CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTS:
 
1. Target escalation. Deliberate targeting of a public-school headquarters with graffiti messaging, arson attacks, and coordinated information operations demonstrates the malign character and phasing of operations of ANTIFA in its base area: Portland, Oregon. The targeting of a school headquarters is thus an emerging threat to be considered for its danger to public safety, indication of organizational growth, and increasing escalation of violence by ANTIFA.
 
2. Decentralized organization and high operability. The decentralized nature of ANTIFA's organization is an advanced capability of terrorist groups, which choose this formation in countries where state authority has breadth (wide geographical presence; and manpower density per mile). This arson attack illustrates this fact.
 
3. Tactical level organization. The Youth Liberation Front (YLF) appears to be emerging as a more active and prominent player in the operational environment and therefore is worthy of consideration by the public and security community. The YLF’s multiple and dispersed locations allow it to cover not only larger cities but also diverse geographical regions. If the YLF continues to take an increasing role in violence, the activity thus demonstrates the planning, phasing, and organizational growth of ANTIFA.
 
4. International connection and inspiration. The UK-based Green Anti-capitalist Media capability of coordinating operations through social media messaging demonstrates the nature of decentralized organizations like ANTIFA and its international reach. 
 
5. Adversary vulnerabilities. The use of "workshops" as a planning (final stages), mobilization, coordination platform before attacks is a vulnerability of ANTIFA. Law Enforcement (Federal, State, and Local) can and should implement Florida-like laws to arrest conspiracies like these which are both visible and vulnerable. Thus the counter terrorism, counter-ANTIFA laws are critical for preventing these terrorist events.  Active surveillance by LEOs (law enforcement officers) of social media is thus a critical operation for public security as it has been on Islamic terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. The permissiveness given to ANTIFA is clearly demonstrated in the lack of preventive action taken against ANTIFA by law enforcement. 
 
6. The strategic activist must be encouraged to report. Activist Andy Ngo played a prominent role in the news event by clearly documenting the vandalism, arson, and terrorism were not random or criminal but the work of ANTIFA, evident in the graffiti using the ANTIFA “A” symbol as well as messaging matching social media from the group. Left to either government or mainstream media, strategic and critical events like this one would be minimized, underreported, and outright misrepresented. Citizen responsibility to observe, report, and distribute information on ANTIFA, as demonstrated by activists like Ngo, is thus strategic in value and should be encouraged.

3/20/21
Antifa agitator from Montana arrested twice during riots in Portland in one day, first for breaking into buildings and resisting arrest, then after trying to escape when a crowd tried to set fire to the courthouse
 
Florida House Set To Take Up Antifa Protest Bill

3/13/21
State Antifa Laws
Antifa is a serious threat to the constitutional order.  The threat is being addressed through legislation in at least three states.  The legislation raises criminal penalties, addresses Antifa’s funding, and holds elected officials accountable for allowing far-left radicals to run amok in their cities with impunity.

Please consider introducing laws to counter Antifa in your state, or lending your support if efforts are already underway.
This material will get you started.  Please do not hesitate to suggest additional items. 

Florida
Press Release - Governor Ron DeSantis Announces the “Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act”
Bill Text
* liability for government entities
Florida Governor drops tactical nuke on Antifa & BLM

Montana
 https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billhtml/HJ0011.htm
*Urges laws to designate Antfia a terrorist group.

Utah
Senate SB 138, https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0138.html
Utah Senate Bill 138 Would Punish Antifa Rioters and Its Accomplices in Government

Kentucky
Kentucky is moving in the right direction by introducing Senate Bill 211. It has some of the features of Florida's anti-Antifa proposed laws but seems to add strong prohibitions against "camping," an obvious counter to the occupied zones Antifa and other radical leftists use as a tactic. Here is the proposed SB 211, https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb211/orig_bill.pdf

Glad to see these security and countermeasures emerging in the fight for our Constitutional values and public security.
 
Available for Consultation
Dr. Scott Catino is a former intelligence analyst who worked counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan.    Now an assistant professor at Liberty University, Scott has done a deep dive on Antifa’s ideology, structure, strategies, and tactics.  He is beginning to publish on the subject.  Scott is available for consultation - mailto:mail@spider-and-the-fly.com


3/6/21
The arrest of Antifa/BLM insurgent John Sullivan in connection with the January 6lth Capitol Hill riot shows:
  • Antifa is capable of projecting power nationally, which is the sign of a tactically and strategically advanced group
  • Antifa’s tactics continue to evolve - Sullivan mimicked Trump supporters (to such an extent his own followers thought he was a traitor), infiltrated them (he gave a speech), and led them in attack

2/20/21
Utah Senate Bill 138 Would Punish Antifa Rioters and Its Accomplices in Government
by Martin Scott Catino, Ph.D. Anticommunism Action Team Speakers Bureau

SUMMARY: Utah Senate Bill 138, Violence, Disorder, and Looting Enforcement Protection Act, is far more than a good idea providing relief for Utah as it suffers from escalating Left wing violence from Black Lives Matter (BLM) and ANTIFA—among other groups. The Bill is also a good idea that could benefit the security of all Americans. The proposed legislation addresses key problems that are national: the freedom to riot (not protest); impunity for rioters; government complicity by granting impunity and leniency to rioters and criminals; violence against police and military (National Guard) during civil disturbances; the destruction of private property; and the entanglement of two opposing concepts: civil liberties to peacefully protest; and civil disturbances masked as “peaceful protests.” 

As importantly, the Bill details the criminal acts of protesters and thereby censures harassment, agitation, intimidation, throwing “saliva, blood, urine, or fecal material,” and other criminal acts often not prosecuted by local, state, and national government entities. The proposal adds teeth to its measures by holding local government accountable, increasing penalties for civil disturbances, and allowing the state to deny bail and benefits to offenders. Utah SB 138 is also a testimony of the importance of community action; the United Citizen Alarm, a professed Constitutional advocacy organization, fostered the legal action.

KEY ACTIONS: While protecting the right to peacefully protest, the Bill proposes to immediately address street level violence by:
1. INCREASING PUNISHMENT OF RIOTERS. The Bill “increases penalties for the crime of rioting under certain circumstances. . . .”
2. HOLDING COMPLICIT GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNTABLE. The Bill “provides that a victim of a crime during a riot may sue a local governmental entity for damages if the local government is grossly negligent in protecting private property. . . .”
3. PENALIZING KEY TACTICS OF RIOTERS. The Bill “increases the penalty for harassment. . . .”
4. PROTECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND MILITARY.  The Bill “enhances the penalty for assaulting a peace officer during a riot. . . .”
5. PREVENTING RELEASE OF DANGEROUS RIOTERS.  The Bill “provides that a person may be denied bail if charged with rioting. . . .”
6. PENALIZING AND PUNISHING RIOTERS.  The Bill “makes an individual convicted of rioting ineligible for certain state benefits or assistance. . . .”

CONCLUSION: Utah Senate Bill 138 addresses critical problems associated with Left Wing and other civil disturbances that are creating national unrest, public safety issues, impunity for violent protesters, and erosion of the rule of law in favor of mob rule. The stipulations of the proposed legislation highlight the importance of holding government and rioters accountable, criminalizing violent street tactics, and protecting law enforcement officers, military, businesses, and the local community. Without legal action against violent protesters and complicit government entities, and protection of law enforcement and local communities, radical violence will continue to threaten our Constitutional freedoms and public safety.
1/31/21
Teacher Turns the Tables on Antifa/BLM
An ACAT Exclusive

Samantha is not yet 15 years old, far too young to be so angry, disrespectful, and frustrated with the exciting and fresh world around her. But her embittered words against “the police who are all racists” slid out of her  mouth smoothly one morning in History class, howbeit trailing her own understanding of her intense emotions and ideas like “structural racism”— the pernicious theory giving support to the brutal images of violent police connected ever so artificially and out of context on social media, the parallel world of the young whose finger tips access phones and computers allowing easy travel between the material and cyber realms.  Her words glided across her fellow dough-faced classmates who likewise struggled to understand these complexities.  The dozen or so students in the class divided neatly during her combative dialogue on the police: a third opposed her; another third timidly doubted her; and the remainder smiled in support—and later spoke with similar invective.

But Samantha and her classmates soon had a change of heart—most but not all. As the History teacher I knew it was my responsibility to connect her and others in class to the realities of the world around her. Using Prager University videos and others, I introduced Samantha and the class to video testimonies of the police who are so vilified, the Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA “protesters” who the media lionizes, and the grieving families, friends, and communities victimized by these terrorists like ANTIFA and BLM. Stripped of  media images, propaganda slogans, and outright disinformation, these testimonies are revealing—and even startling as the facial expressions in class exposed. The student attitudes of hate, despair, and confusion soon  evaporated with one exception. Three heavy measures of truth, two handfuls of love, and one large cup of mercy is the recipe I offer for other educators facing similar situations in their classes.

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