Right-wing activists and black-clad anti-fascists descended on Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
Members of the Proud Boys gathered in Freedom Plaza to protest social media censorship. As part of an “All Out D.C.” counterprotest in nearby Pershing Park, dozens of antifa demonstrators showed up.
Both were met by a heavy police presence and a swarm of reporters.
Antifa is here on the opposite side of the #DemandFreeSpeech rally pic.twitter.com/gQLfprOhW4
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 6, 2019
These are the rules for members of the press in order to go inside the #AllOutDC rally, which is the antifa side.
One that suck out: “Please avoid publishing any potentially incriminating photos or video footage…” pic.twitter.com/Kn4piXC1sz
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 6, 2019
I asked #AllOutDC people if they saw the irony in keeping a Mexican reporter out of an event that was marketed as being inclusive.
They didn’t respond. pic.twitter.com/gpnu7eEnm2
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 6, 2019
Antifa attacks guy in a MAGA hat by trying to take his camera and throwing a water bottle at him. #AllOutDC pic.twitter.com/UY6imOWmez
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 6, 2019
Right before I took this video, one of the antifa member slapped my phone out of my hand as they go out into the street. pic.twitter.com/xEvCSpxmRz
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 6, 2019
Antifa tried to rush to the #DemandFreeSpeech rally side but were pushed back by police. pic.twitter.com/PvlRJt2bpg
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 6, 2019
A small group of protesters showed up late to the rally holding signs claiming a bunch of celebrity deaths are actually murders. pic.twitter.com/EPJKT1qkVW
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Scuffle breaks out after an antifa member steals a MAGA hat from a Asian Trump supporter. #AllOutDC pic.twitter.com/115tC8ZJZG
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 6, 2019
Laura Loomer: Getting banned from social media is “a civil rights issue.” She added that Democrats will use illegal immigrants to beat the majority of America that voted for Trump. pic.twitter.com/KtTMUjsRKS
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Man in sunglasses started running towards the stage as crowd stopped him and pushed him out. Trump supporters started shouting “no room for Nazis!” pic.twitter.com/GZAk4PU3nq
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
LGBT identifying Trump supporter talking. They are bashing the word queer and how the LGBTQ+ moniker is too long. pic.twitter.com/zXkMm0VF9c
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Speaker, who says she might run against Nancy Pelosi “the wicked witch of the west,” now claiming Twitter censored her saying “Amen” on Twitter yesterday. Another speaker said they were censored for sharing the gospel online. pic.twitter.com/PzATLWI84q
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Milo using the Proud Boys as a security escort out of the event. pic.twitter.com/qp3A7ju0pe
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Proud Boys security recouping after the last speaker went. They have a VIP event next. pic.twitter.com/X6DcHUp2NL
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Organizers claimed the speakers went to a bus. But @ali , Milo, Laura Loomer, and Gavin McInnis walked right past it, down a block, and into a waiting car. pic.twitter.com/oMRHWyRVfv
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Press members figuring out what to do next. Notice the helmets. pic.twitter.com/1V1Ld4sdJQ
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Antifa on the move shouting “our streets!” pic.twitter.com/124GnDw4Xh
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Tense moments as police rush a @realDonaldTrump supporter away from #AllOutDC protestors pic.twitter.com/SdcseBbPgE
— Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) July 6, 2019
In a sea of angry young people. A lone elderly man holding a sign “White Supremacy is White Depravity.”https://t.co/Km5cVsv3MI pic.twitter.com/0rBEbnrKNL
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Free speech rally has totally dispersed, but some Antifa members are mingling on the street and a DJ continues to mix music as several people dance. https://t.co/Km5cVsv3MI pic.twitter.com/roM0H1OO1T
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) July 6, 2019
Protestors of the #DemandFreeSpeech rally are now taking their frustrations out on police. One accuses them of “protecting Nazis”. He later yelled that the police should be “disarmed”. pic.twitter.com/Ska6ySKIfa
— Anthony Leonardi (@TonyDLeonardi) July 6, 2019
Last week authorities said Washington, D.C., law enforcement was prepared to handle any clashes between right-wing rallygoers and anti-fascist counterprotesters in the nation’s capital. The protests come a week after violence in Portland that included members of the left-wing antifa assaulting journalist Andy Ngo, sending him to the hospital.
