Posted on 05/25/2025 10:49:45 AM PDT by DFG
A Christian rally and concert hosted by the conservative group MAYDAY USA in Cal Anderson Park on Saturday afternoon descended into chaos after Antifa militants showed up to clash with attendees, resulting in 23 arrests.
The event, branded by organizers as the “#DontMessWithOurKids” rally, began around 2 pm and drew the attention of the radicals for its mission, including defending the “sanctity of human life,” “biological gender,” and “freedom of religion.”
Antifa and left-wing counter-protesters showed up in park, the same location of 2020's deadly Capitol Hill protest (CHOP), accusing MAYDAY USA of promoting “fascist family values” and holding the rally in a historically LGBTQ+ neighborhood to incite a reaction. Protesters, including members of Radical Women Seattle and the Freedom Socialist Party, chanted, sang, and waved signs bearing messages such as “Keep Your Bibles Off Our Bodies.”
According to the Seattle Police Department, tensions escalated around 1:30 p.m., before the rally's official start, when officers observed members of one group throwing items at another group. Officers quickly moved in to make arrests and were reportedly assaulted by other individuals in the crowd. Eleven people were taken into custody in the initial confrontation.
As the event continued, another 12 arrests were made for assault and obstruction, bringing the total to 23. Among those arrested, 22 adults were booked into the King County Jail, while one juvenile arrested for obstruction was later released.
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Just getting warmed up for the summer...
The horrible ANTIFA and the mayor hate Christ and His Church!
It there was an Orthodox Christian concert, they would still hate it—maybe even more! Phooey!
If only it had been a Hamas rally and concert. The Seattle Deep State would have celebrated and joined in.
What gets me is the hypocrisy of Catholics and other Christians who support Democrats including Biden and Pelosi.
Communists don’t let the Christians have freedom once they take over.
People are naive to think Dems are “for the little guy” and “giving to the poor.” It is NOT Christian charity to let a government grab money from taxpayers and re-distribute it to the needed voting blocs. Not charity-——government theft.
If the government takes your coat and your cloak and gives them away it is not really you choosing to do that-—which you can by acts of charity.
What a totally useless story. Not criticizing you DFG. The story itself tells us little. Who threw what and at whom? Who was arrested and what was their affiliation? These Antifa hooligans are pretty good at instigation. Rules for Radicals. It’s not the action it’s the reaction that gets attention. People need to not take the bait. Though I have to also say, if Antifa got the crap kicked out them time and time again they would probably just go away. But that’s half of what they want - they want to provoke a reaction and then point the finger of blame. It’s a silly game and probably they should suffer the consequences. They pick on targets they know are very hesitant to retaliate. But when people do start to return what they start is when they may wake up to the reality of the world they want. They won’t survive. 95% of people have no use for them, but they are also people of goodwill who don’t want confrontation or violence. But at some point Antifa will be going down the hard way. There is no alternative path that I see.
Triggering ANTIFA and TRANTIFA is an easy job in the mentally ill cities..
‘Keep Your Bibles Off Our Bodies’
I doubt they’re aware of what the quran says.
Exactly. You can be a Christian or you can support the demonrats but you can’t do both.
Maybe Christian leaders should make sure the Jewish rallies are considered to be far-left.
No surprise ANTIFA scum did this in Seattle. They only whore for attention in places that don’t resist. Cowards. And that’s just the political leaders.
Lucky for all of us we have a hard charging Fourth Estate, the courageous news people:
“According to the Seattle Police Department, tensions escalated around 1:30 p.m., before the rally’s official start, when officers observed members of one group throwing items at another group.”
One group and another group. Allegedly.
Mayor Bruce Harrell is running for re-election this year.
Bio. “He is the second Black mayor and the first African-Asian American mayor of Seattle.”
Idea. Take a luxury vacation and 5 star hotel visit to have photo-ops and drinks with the illegal gang member in El Salvador.
If it was the Christians throwing stuff, the article would have very clearly pointed that out.
By not doing so - any normal person that is versed in the ways the MSM works KNOWS without a shadow of a doubt - who threw the stuff.
If being Christian makes me “far-right”, then I am far-right.
I will not stand down to any leftist.
This seems like an old tactic.
I am not in any way defending the British Fascists of the 1930s (who were leftwing socialists) but they were suppressed in part by this sort of communist tactic. Ther British Union of Fascists would stage a rally. A public speaking event. The communists would show up and start fights. The Fascists would defend themselves. The government (which favored communists over fascists) would swoop in and shut down the Fascist rally because the fascists were violent.
It’s all a variation of the schoolyard bully who starts a fight, and when the school authorities show up, they punish the victim and not the bully.
Democrat BrownShirts showed up to “smash the windows” for Thought Purity.
Even MAGA can’t stop Antifa. They should be designated a terrorist group.
How dare those Christians hold a peaceful concert and express their sincerely held beliefs?
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