Violence erupted at the ‘We the People’ rally in Philadelphia Saturday after hundreds of far-left Antifa thugs showed up to cause trouble.
A planned rally by conservative groups to show support for ICE and police officers was met with hundreds of black-clad, masked Antifa thugs on Saturday near the Independence Visitor Center on 5th and 6th streets.
According to reports, about 80 conservatives showed up to the rally compared to the hundreds of Antifa thugs who showed up to counter-protest (cause trouble).
According to the police commissioner, 4 people were arrested; one person punched a police captain.
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BREAKING: Fights Breaking out during protests. @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/sy2oT1VfuV
— Matt DeLucia (@MattDeLucia) November 17, 2018
Someone punched a police captain, reported NBC’s Matt DeLucia.
BREAKING:Police commissioner just told me there were 4 arrests. One person punched a police captain. One injured person put in van for safety, he says. Most of the crowd has dispersed.
BREAKING:Police commissioner just told me there were 4 arrests. One person punched a police captain. One injured person put in van for safety, he says. Most of the crowd has dispersed. @NBCPhiladelphia
— Matt DeLucia (@MattDeLucia) November 17, 2018
The guy with the fluorescent pink hair and pepperoni pizza leggings showed up to ‘protest Nazis’…
This is Joe Cox. He is protesting the We The People rally because he says “Nazis shouldn’t have a safe space.” pic.twitter.com/ceAq2gpBoU
— Laura Benshoff (@LEBenshoff) November 17, 2018
Cops arrested Antifa thugs and put them in the back of the police van while supporters shouted “we got your back, man!”
Antifa thugs were also shouting profanities at police officers while they made their arrests.
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On more serious note: Here’s probably the most violent moment I personally witnessed today. After one Proud Boy showed up and got in conflict with some antifa, police pushed people away aggressively to make their arrest of antifa. To my knowledge, nobody on right arrested today. pic.twitter.com/2Bn9vkEeb6
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) November 17, 2018
