Posted on 04/22/2018 10:52:26 AM PDT by BBell
NEWNAN, Ga. — A heavily militarized police force of some 400 officers aggressively patrolled a small neo-Nazi rally in this city 40 miles southwest of Atlanta on Saturday and arrested about 10 counterprotesters, many for the crime of wearing a mask.
Police officers arrived before the rally began and approached a group of about 50 anti-fascist protesters. They demanded the protesters remove their masks or face arrest. The officers — who wore bulletproof vests and helmets, and carried semi-automatic rifles — cornered the anti-fascist protesters, then grabbed those who were still masked, tossing them to the ground and handcuffing them.
At one point, an officer pointed what seemed to be a modified AR-15 at the faces of counterprotesters, none of whom appeared to be armed.
The lead officer in the arrests said the counterprotesters were breaking a state law regarding masks, likely referring to a seldom-enforced 1951 law originally aimed at combating hooded Ku Klux Klan members. Anti-fascist protesters ― many belonging to chapters of antifa groups, known for sometimes violently confronting white supremacists ― often wear masks to avoid being identified by both law enforcement and neo-Nazis.
“The irony of enforcing masking laws to prosecute leftists is just incredible,” said Molly, a counterprotester from Charlottesville, Virginia, who traveled to Georgia to protest neo-Nazis. She asked that her last name not be published for fear of retribution. “Those are anti-Klan statutes.”
“And to be roughing up anti-Nazi protesters while handling literal Nazis with kid gloves... it’s absurd,” added Molly, who said she saw one of her friends get arrested Saturday.
The rally in Newnan was the latest, and one of the most pitifully attended, neo-Nazi events to be held in the South since the deadly “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville last August, when a neo-Nazi drove his car into a crowd
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I Love it! Masked protesters should be arrested in ALL states!
and curious
Pepper Balls!
THAT’S a Shame !!!
In my condescending Seinfeld voice.
They’re going after all guns including rifles. Watch as this develops any “long gun” will be called an “assault rifle”.
One group broke the law and one group did not. The group that broke the law got the expected results. Newnan GA is not Berkeley, Charlottesville or Portland. Sorry Molly. Live and learn.
Understood. Thanks.
The irony is that Molly the NAZI believes she is above the law.
Lol. Years ago at a white supremacist rally in Idaho FBI and ATF infiltrators tried to arrest each other. Hilarious.
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“The whole act, both sides, is put on by supporters of the Democratic party.”
This is perhaps the most correct statement here all day. I believe the Democrat Party is behind both
The law, I suspect, does not make mention of the Klan, only to masks.
The NEOs were not attacking anybody. The auntiefayes were attacking the NEOs and the police.
I think you will find that the funding for both, as was shown at Charlotte was provided by Soros groups. At Charlotte the Neonats and the auntiefayes arrived on the same buses.
Hey man, bad news, I got arrested, good news - local anti-fa totally thinks I’m one of them now.
The same leftists who cry that National Socialism (NAZIsm) wasn’t Socialist will tell you that the USSR, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea, China, et al aren’t REAL Communism (but they love Stalin, Mao, Castro, Che, Ho Chi Min, Pol Pot, Jim Jones, etc. all the same).
They will also tell you that police are Fascists, Bush, Reagan, and Nixon are Fascist, etc.
Their cries are BullStalin.
Same thing. The law was written to protect Americans from
masked Democrats in the past, and masked Democrats in the present.
The only “irony” here is that Molly is too stupid to realize that fact.
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