Rantz: After burning American flag, Seattle activists assault journalist, woman

After burning an American flag, a group of Seattle Antifa activists and other agitators assaulted a photojournalist and a rally-goer during a pro-police rally. It was one of a few skirmishes at a pro-police rally that drew a couple thousand to Seattle City Hall.

The rally was overwhelmingly peaceful with pro-police community members decrying the Seattle City Council’s move to defund the police. Rally-goers spread supportive messages to cops, waved signs in defense of police, and heard from a number of pro-law enforcement speakers.

Across the street from the City Hall event, a small group of anti-cop agitators spent the afternoon trolling rally-goers, egging them into fights. It wasn’t particularly successful, but it didn’t stop them from trying.

Today at the Stop Defunding rally in Seattle, I gave a short speech about how it's no longer acceptable to be the silent majority. It's time to be vocal and help #DefendPolice and #BackTheBlue. pic.twitter.com/dRMm7RnDio

— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 9, 2020

Antifa and agitators burn American flag at Seattle police rally

As locals celebrated police, agitators burned an American flag.

Early on during the rally, just before noon, agitators pulled out an American flag, tossed it on the ground, and set it on fire. As the flag burned, a masked-agitator stepped on it. It was despicable.

Seattle Antifa goons and agitators burn and stomp on an American flag. pic.twitter.com/OBIGsYUs4C

— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 9, 2020

Here’s some more video of the Antifa goons and agitators burning an American flag earlier today in Seatte. pic.twitter.com/2B9Cxsv4bo

— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 10, 2020

Agitators assault two

A pro-police rally-goer walked across the street with a bottle of water, dousing what was left of the burning American flag. The agitators were not pleased.

The masked activists swarmed around the woman, getting in her face. One man tried to spray her with an unidentified substance, but nothing came out. As she was walking back to the rally, someone hit her with an umbrella, while a man appeared to either push or punch her in the face before police arrive to de-escalate.

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A local photojournalist, clearly wearing media credentials, photographed the incident. In the video below, one agitator violently smacked at the journalist’s camera, knocking it out of his hands.

Agitators don’t like having their photos taken while engaged in criminal behavior and have generally taken an antagonistic approach to most media outlets.

A woman and reporter are assaulted by Seattle Antifa goons and agitators. She put out the flag that was on fire. pic.twitter.com/rzvT4ETwwg

— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 9, 2020

The threat

Throughout the counter protester, agitators attempted to block me from video or photographing their actions. They were mostly unsuccessful, since they were so out numbered by pro-police rally-goers. But they were able to put umbrellas in front of my cell phone a few times throughout the afternoon.

Agitator says if she sees me later she’ll spray paint my phone. 🤷🏼‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/umKqcWuFRN

— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 9, 2020

One angry agitator threatened to spray-paint my phone if she sees me when cops aren’t around.

“Hey, if I see your face outside of this, I will spray-paint your phone. Just letting you know now. Yeah, I will. I will spray-paint you…,” she yelled at me.

Another woman told me to stop filming. I told her no, she got mad, and then tried to block my phone with a notepad. She was very short. It was futile. While trying to block my recording, another man started filming her.

She wasn’t happy with me. Oh well. pic.twitter.com/e6MwvazFwd

— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 9, 2020

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