Prosecutors and Media Make Some Unique Moves in Antifa Attacks on Trump Supporters – Opinion

Often, after we’re speaking about prosecutors in California, we’re speaking in regards to the failure to carry criminals accountable, particularly in terms of teams like Antifa, who always appear to skate any actual punishment for his or her actions with many liberal district attorneys.

However lastly, there appears to be some motion in San Diego in a case the place Antifa attacked a pro-Trump rally again in January. The District Lawyer’s workplace filed prices towards no less than 10 Antifa individuals and there have been some vital issues of be aware within the motion.

The costs vary from conspiracy to riot prices to assault and unlawful use of tear fuel.

A number of extra altercations between the counter-protestors and others on the Boardwalk.

The counter-protestors shout “Proud Boy Killer,” as a number of individuals are chased out of the world. pic.twitter.com/UzczqlREtP

— Sean Carmitchel (@ACatWithNews) January 10, 2021

The DA’s Workplace alleges 16 individuals have been both sprayed with mace and/or attacked with weapons, together with chairs, sticks and glass bottles, together with a juvenile who was hospitalized for a concussion and a canine that was sprayed with mace.

How loopy are they that they even sprayed a canine?

First, District Lawyer Summer season Stephan’s workplace made it clear that they weren’t falling for the standard Antifa malarkey that they have been simply harmless protesters that have been antagonized into attacking individuals.

“Video proof evaluation exhibits that overwhelmingly the violence on this incident was perpetrated by the Antifa associates and was not a mutual fray with either side crossing out of lawful First Modification expression into riot and violence,” District Lawyer Summer season Stephan’s workplace stated in a information launch, based on the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The defendants “are self-identified to be affiliated with Anti-fascists or Antifa” and gathered on Jan. 9 in San Diego to take “direct motion” towards a pro-Trump “Patriot March,” based on the San Diego County District Lawyer’s Workplace. “Direct motion” is outlined as “acts of violence resembling assault, battery, assault with lethal weapons, arson, and vandalism,” based on the DA’s workplace. Police declared an illegal meeting the day of the clashes.

Now, that’s outstanding for a California DA as a result of they’re being trustworthy about what this case was – Antifa coming to assault individuals. They’re additionally utilizing and defining the leftist time period of “direct motion,” indicating they perceive what was happening. However even past that, what makes this case completely different is that there was a conspiracy to commit riot cost levied, the primary time that form of a cost has been used, based on the San Diego Union-Tribune. That’s alleging this wasn’t just a few random of us getting out of hand however individuals organized with a goal of direct motion towards the Trump supporters.

One group of the anti-fascists originated in San Diego, whereas one other group shaped in Los Angeles per week earlier than the pro-Trump rally, based on the felony criticism. They’re accused of circulating a Jan. 2 social media submit calling for a counterprotest to the pro-Trump rally, “in essence agreeing to participate within the ‘direct motion.’ Others agreed by displaying up in Pacific Seashore on January ninth, 2021 and taking part within the violence,” prosecutors allege, based on the felony criticism.

Along with that, the outline from the San Diego Union-Tribune included one thing that I don’t assume I’ve ever seen in a mainstream description of Antifa, one thing that’s infuriatingly by no means talked about by the MSM.

The Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Research describes “Antifa” as a “decentralized community of far-left militants who oppose what they imagine are fascist, racist, or in any other case right-wing extremists” and whose adherents “steadily mix anarchist and communist views.” Anti-fascists usually don’t draw back from clashes, as an alternative utilizing what they name “direct motion” to confront the programs, teams and people they view as their political enemies.

Discover they stated that “A” phrase and the “C” phrase. Will wonders by no means stop? Now, one would assume this wouldn’t be exhausting since Antifa of us are steadily carrying Communist flags or the purple and black flags (purple for Communism and the black for anarchy). However MSM by no means mentions that a part of the motion, so I congratulate the San Diego Union-Tribune for being blunt in these info.

I’d wish to assume this indicators a change afoot in the best way that the police and the media have been coping with Antifa. I welcome the parents in San Diego lastly getting what’s happening right here and taking some actual motion.