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Antifa 'commander' cried in 'fetal position' after being caught with flamethrower, smoke grenades on way to protest
The Blaze ^ | September 01, 2020 | Dave Urbanski

Posted on 09/02/2020 9:10:18 AM PDT by yoe

Matthew Banta was previously arrested — and posted bond — after allegedly pointing loaded rifle at cop

A Wisconsin man was caught with a flamethrower, smoke grenades, and fireworks while headed toward a protest in Green Bay over the weekend, WBAY-TV reported.

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Matthew Banta, 23, is charged with obstructing an officer and two counts of felony bail jumping, the station reported. He's also "known to be a violent Antifa member who incites violence in otherwise relatively peaceful protests," WBAY said, citing a criminal complaint.

Believe it or not, Banta also is known as "Commander Red," police told the station. What are the details?


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: antifa; banta; binky; diaper; fetalposition; flamethrower; pacifier
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To: yoe

A good 90% of what the Antifa ‘thugs’ are I would bet...


61 posted on 09/02/2020 10:25:05 AM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: Irish Eyes
He was carrying stickers and a flag for the controversial group — the name of which is short for “anti-fascist” — along with “military-grade 5-minute” smoke grenades, fireworks rockets, and a flamethrower, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

At the time of Saturday’s arrest, Banta was out on a $10,000 cash bond after being accused of pointing a loaded gun at a police officer as well as biting and kicking a cop at a protest earlier this month, the report said.

Why would this guy be given a lower bail - or any bail for this most recent transgression?

What would one of these animals have to do to actually get locked up?

62 posted on 09/02/2020 10:25:25 AM PDT by mcenedo (lying liberal media, our most dangerous and powerful enemy)
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To: yoe

May he be gang raped in prison.


63 posted on 09/02/2020 10:30:36 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Terry L Smith

“...how did he make “the juice”?”

Propane, butane, sometimes liquid fuel with nitrogen or something for pressure.

Various places sell them, or torches they call flamethrowers.

They are used by farmers for weed control, fire fighters to make fire breaks, people for pest control (think of a swarm of African killer bees among other things) and I once read that they use them some places for snow and ice removal. And some people get or make them for fun.


64 posted on 09/02/2020 10:32:34 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: yoe

After he is incarcerated, perhaps the state can pay for some plastic surgery so he won’t scare the obama out of people who happen to see him.


65 posted on 09/02/2020 10:36:42 AM PDT by I want the USA back (There absolutely MUST be a debate:Trump vs gropey-joe)
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To: baclava

not even close...

Don’t invite them to Thanksgiving, and Christmas until the publicly repent to the whole family.

Unless the family is dirtbags too.


66 posted on 09/02/2020 10:43:54 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: Starboard

“The drive to ‘belong’ is very strong in the young.”

I had that drive too when I was young so I joined the Air Force in 1963.


67 posted on 09/02/2020 10:44:52 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bulwyf

“Give it up with the video games, I’m tired of that shtick.”

I wrote “from”, not “because of”. Nuanced difference. No fix required. But thx.

I post about indoctrination and propaganda aimed at our youth frequently. You know about The Frankfurt School, I must assume.


68 posted on 09/02/2020 10:51:58 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: unixfox

I was thinking, “Commander”? That’s pretty damn funny.


69 posted on 09/02/2020 10:53:52 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: yoe

A crybully graduates to terrorist.


70 posted on 09/02/2020 11:00:59 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: gundog

why does everything have to go back to abortions? SMH


71 posted on 09/02/2020 11:04:02 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Q. why did the chicken cross the road? A. It's Trumps fault and you're a racist!)
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To: ronniesgal
It doesn’t. Merely addressing this point:

The violent women protestors/rioters, otoh, I don’t get yet, other than they’re lost, unfulfilled and confused females grasping at anything for deeper meaning.

These females are rage-filled psychos. I remember dealing with them in Eugene, OR in the ‘80s and ‘90s. They’re perfect for this kind of thing. “Can’t hit a girl!!”

72 posted on 09/02/2020 11:10:51 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: yoe
Funny how so many of the "Anarchists" they arrest are under 40 white males with criminal records.
73 posted on 09/02/2020 11:16:53 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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To: Sasparilla

Did they check his diaper?


74 posted on 09/02/2020 11:17:15 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: yoe

Is he sharing a cell with Lonely Bubba ?


75 posted on 09/02/2020 11:17:17 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: gundog

i agree they are rage filled and psychos but that does not mean they have had an abortion. some of them probably have never had intercourse.


76 posted on 09/02/2020 11:18:53 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Q. why did the chicken cross the road? A. It's Trumps fault and you're a racist!)
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To: Terry L Smith
A flamethrower?!?!Never mind the hardware, how did he make “the juice”?

Mine runs on propane. I bought it for about 30 bucks.

I use it on my drainage ditch.

77 posted on 09/02/2020 11:25:13 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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To: ronniesgal
Yeah. You’re right. Cranky women. Probably just need to get laid. /s.


78 posted on 09/02/2020 11:30:01 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Bulwyf

I was gonna say 20 or 30 - but I’m OK if they just shoot them on the streets. Any that survive can then get 30 years.

I have absolutely no sympathy for these terrorists. Nor their financiers.


79 posted on 09/02/2020 11:34:22 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ronniesgal
Because once you have been taught it ok to kill small people because they might bother you it is much easier to kill big people because they might bother you.

It is a progressive slope of "when is it ok to hurt or kill someone". For many people it begins and ends with "when they are threatening you or your family with harm" Next is generally "when they are trying to take your property".

There are several other steps before you get to the "because they might bother you" step that most people used to deem an unacceptable reason for killing.

But in school and in society it is now being pushed hard that killing the unborn for bothering you is ok because you can not see them. Indeed killing the faceless is your RIGHT and anyone who opposes you is evil. You have already accepted that killing one person for conveniences is ok. From there it is a very small step to killing people you can see.

80 posted on 09/02/2020 11:36:10 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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