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Seattle mayor condemns Christian concert as 'far-right rally' after Antifa militants stage violent protest
The Post Millennial ^ | 05/25/2025 | Ari Hoffman

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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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; blm; domesticenemies; domesticterrorism; domesticterrorists; groomers; grooming; lgbtq; maydayusa; seattle
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To: DFG

Antifa, demonstrating fascism as usual.


21 posted on 05/25/2025 11:55:21 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
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To: DFG

Counter-protesters, of any stripe, should be beaten and arrested.

*Everyone* has the right to peacefully assemble and speak without interference. If they don’t like someone’s message, have their own rally, but left or right, cops should bust heads of people who try to shout down others.


22 posted on 05/25/2025 12:03:15 PM PDT by Aeneas2112 (Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. Donald Trump)
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To: DFG

Antifa are satanic, anti-Christian fascists.


23 posted on 05/25/2025 12:04:25 PM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: DFG

“...when officers observed members of one group throwing items at another group.”

Well, thats pretty vague.


24 posted on 05/25/2025 12:15:25 PM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.)
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To: frank ballenger

“some people did something” ~Ilhan Omar


25 posted on 05/25/2025 12:34:21 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: outofsalt

Ha.

Hard hitting with those specifics.

Notice Ilhan clammed up and then shouted sneering vulgarities to the web reporter recently about trips to visit the gang member.
Then refused to condemn the killing of the two people at the Jewish Museum for hours and then read a sappy staff written statement about violence in general being not nice.

“Ilhan Omar flings expletives at reporter over very benign question on immigration ... She repeated the profanity to make sure he heard it.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZWAGXfL8o


26 posted on 05/25/2025 12:41:35 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: OKSooner

Setting expectations.

As before, in blue areas the violent will be excused and the victims persecuted.

Use best judgment including not leaving a trail of dumb incriminating posts indicating intent. FReepers are defensively-minded of course.


27 posted on 05/25/2025 1:39:02 PM PDT by No.6
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To: DFG

isn’t that slander or something?


28 posted on 05/25/2025 2:31:58 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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