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Tinley Park brawl between white supremacists, 'anti-racists'
FOX Chicago News ^ | May 20, 2012 | Mike Flannery

Posted on 05/20/2012 2:21:41 PM PDT by Pelham

Edited on 05/20/2012 5:33:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

FIRST ON FOX: It now appears that a vicious brawl at a south suburban restaurant on Saturday involved hammer-wielding "anti-fascists" attacking a group of self-professed "white nationalists."

The attack occurred at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, according to Tinley Park police. Ten were injured, with three taken to local hospitals. Among innocent bystanders terrified by the bizarre explosion of violence were several dozen women there for a wedding shower.

Sources tell Fox Chicago News that at least one of the white nationalists was a fugitive wanted on as many as seven different warrants.

After the attack, several injured white supremacists fled immediately, declining medical treatment. Tinley Park Police said they detained five of the suspected attackers, who apparently call themselves members of the "South Side Chicago Anti-Racist Action." Police and Cook County prosecutors said criminal charges could be filed Sunday.

The white supremacists had apparently posted on one or more of their websites that they planned to have lunch at the Ashford House restaurant, 7959 W. 159th St, Tinley Park. Their internet postings refer to a "5th Annual White Nationalist Economic Summit." Not clear is whether they chose this weekend and this suburban Chicago location as some sort of response to the NATO Summit in Chicago.

Excerpt, read more at MyFoxChicago


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antifascists; gangattack; hoodies; mobattack; skinhead; whitenationalists
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To: Pelham
leftist Nazis fighting leftist OWS

Strange, but not as big a concern as the one sided race war that is going on.

I don't see a big difference with the confuse anarchist of the skinheads and the confused anarchist of the OWS. For all we know, some of the attackers may be skinheads.

I will loosely follow this story, just because we probably don't have all the information, yet.

41 posted on 05/20/2012 4:29:45 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: Melas
It’s hard to pick the bad guys out of this article.

I don't think it is so hard.

The ones who broke the law are the bad guys.

See how that works? How hard was that?

42 posted on 05/20/2012 4:29:54 PM PDT by rogue yam
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To: Fiji Hill

The group that was attacked are also leftist’s or lefties as you called them. Fascism is leftist!


43 posted on 05/20/2012 4:42:19 PM PDT by stockpirate (Romney, Ann Coulter & our ruling republican elites, are Big Government socialists, Grand Ole Sociali)
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To: dsc

Do some reserch, they [revented them from voting by not letting them enter if they said they were for Clinton. She was livid about it.


44 posted on 05/20/2012 4:47:45 PM PDT by stockpirate (Romney, Ann Coulter & our ruling republican elites, are Big Government socialists, Grand Ole Sociali)
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To: Pelham

This tactic is nothing new for the anti-racist crowd vs the racist skinheads, but usually they don’t do it in so public a place. Neither side will call the cops, so if there if it hadn’t been for the people in the restaurant, this would never have made the news.


45 posted on 05/20/2012 5:17:38 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dljordan; All

Agreed investigations need to be done this is way to efficient an attack entirely to well planned & executed to be your typical leftist action.

To precise by far, they knew where there targets were at exactly , the attackers massed precisely all in ‘uniform’ at the same time like a precise well drilled team & were talking about 20+ individuals .

If it was a leftist run operation you would have folks showing up in everything from Che T-shirts to clown suits.


46 posted on 05/20/2012 5:17:38 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner
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To: dljordan

Nah, it’s not a set-up. Punk rockers and non-racist skinheads always form “anti-racist” groups to fight racist skinheads in their areas. In their view, the racist skinheads, who wear the same kinds of fashion, give a bad name to the non-racist ones, so they feud with them wherever they find them. It’s been going on for over 30 years, so it’s not some new leftie tactic. They do all collaborate with the various commie/socialist/anarchist groups though.


47 posted on 05/20/2012 5:22:26 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Pelham

I assume that since they’re white, this will be in my local paper in the morning. As it should be... Some journalists out there needs to come up with a standard - something along the lines of a style book rule - and cover crimes in the SAME WAY - not one way for blacks and one way for whites. But one consistent way.


48 posted on 05/20/2012 5:24:27 PM PDT by GOPJ ( "A Dog In Every Pot" - freeper ETL)
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To: Nebr FAL owner

They knew where they were, and who the targets were because the nazis were stupid enough to post their info on websites and social networking, not thinking that the anti-racists monitor them. Trust me, this is no new development or tactics for the anti-racists.

It looks more organized than typical leftie tactics because anti-racist groups are not run by college slacker lefties or fat union lefties, they are run by anti-racist skinheads and punk rockers who hone street fighting to an art form.


49 posted on 05/20/2012 5:24:59 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dljordan; All

Agreed this is a set up the only question is who is in charge & planning this particular operation. It sure aint the usual lefty misfit crowd that can barely count past 10 without removing there shoes & socks.


50 posted on 05/20/2012 5:26:12 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner
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To: Pelham

The next time the hammer will be met by the gun. Then things will really get ugly.


51 posted on 05/20/2012 6:04:56 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: mamelukesabre

Aside from a gun I’d prefer a pick-axe handle. Hickory or Ash Maple. Four feet of solid whup-ass.


52 posted on 05/20/2012 6:09:33 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jmacusa

I would too.

But this was inside a restaurant. That requires something will less swing distance. a knife for instance but no one likes blood puddles and knives have a delayed effect. You want something with an emmediate effect and a short swing distance. Sap, blackjack, or hammer makes sense.

At least that is my thinking.


53 posted on 05/20/2012 6:52:39 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: yank in the UK

next target—Tea Party members—Where are the Son of Liberty when we need them?


54 posted on 05/20/2012 8:30:30 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: justa-hairyape
this story doesn't pass the smell test.....

white men do not group like this and attack people in a restaurant.....these attackers were paid, or greatly encouraged to do such things...

they want to provoke...provoke the whites and martial law will be declared and no election....

but it doesn't matter because many freepers are voting for bamey anyway, bamey holder....now there's a pair of justice seeking politicos...

55 posted on 05/20/2012 8:39:32 PM PDT by cherry
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To: IronJack

“Not sure what the beef here was then. I don’t buy this “anti-fascist” crap.”

‘Anti-fascism’ is a very old Communist Party rallying cry, and I’ll be surprised if the hoodie mob doesn’t turn out to belong to some variant of the Communist Party. That’s something that appeals to white leftists, not so much among blacks. There’s a lot of neo-Communists still around on the hard Left, usually calling themselves Progressive-this or Revolutionary-that or something similar. It’s standard practice for that crowd to instigate violence at otherwise peaceful demonstrations of useful idiots on the Left.

But whoever organized this mob skipped the takeover-a-demonstration tactic and went straight to violent attack.


56 posted on 05/20/2012 9:19:02 PM PDT by Pelham (Obammunism, the slow acting poison.)
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To: Chipper

“To think for years the propaganda being fed to us is these neo-Nazis/skinheads/fascists were the ones who are violent.”

Well they often are. But what gets left out is that they have violent counterparts on the Left.


57 posted on 05/20/2012 9:21:29 PM PDT by Pelham (Obammunism, the slow acting poison.)
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To: cherry

Sorry Cherry, but you’re just plain wrong. There have been documentaries on this rivalry between the anti-racist and racist punks. While this happened in Illinois, it’s an especially bad problem in Nevada. This wasn’t the first time these two groups have clashed, and it certainly won’t be the last. This one just happened to make the mainstream news, and people like yourself who are unfamiliar with the rivalry are assuming that this is something new.


58 posted on 05/20/2012 10:18:40 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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To: Melas
Another example for you would be the EDL and the UAF here in England. The EDL are not Nazis or white supremacist, but British Nationalist, the UAF are leftist scum (a large majority white). They have brawls and street battles all up and down the UK. The EDL are full of casuals (football lads) so they are battle hardened.
Everywhere they go, a force of police usually separate the two with the EDL to their front and the UAF scum to their rear.
Don't worry, it's coming to the USA now.
59 posted on 05/20/2012 11:15:22 PM PDT by yank in the UK ( A liberal mocking Christianity. I asked "why don't you mock Islam?" he replied "Muslims are violent)
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To: dljordan

“This is a set-up.”

Yeah, this whole story is pretty fishy.

It looks likes that’s a pretty nice restaurant, why did they let those people enter it all garbed up like maniacs and carrying weapons?


60 posted on 05/21/2012 12:51:50 AM PDT by jocon307
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