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Antifar
09/10/17 11:30:41 PM
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http://www.wweek.com/news/2017/09/10/police-in-vancouver-arrest-man-for-nearly-running-down-antifa-protesters-with-his-truck/

Police in Vancouver this afternoon arrested a man after a Patriot Prayer rally when he nearly ran his truck into a crowd of antifascist counter-protesters.

After a rally organized by the right-wing group Patriot Prayer, antifascist protesters marched north into downtown Vancouver along Columbia Avenue.

A black Chevy Silverado with Oregon plates and two large American flags and several small flags hanging from its windows (along with a Confederate flag decal displayed on the back window of the cab) drove up to the marchers. It was driving slowly down a street flanked by people dressed in black bloc clothing.

As the crowd parted to clear the way for the truck to move forward, protesters filled the street behind it and started throwing rocks and water bottles at the truck.

The driver suddenly put his vehicle in reverse and accelerated toward the protesters. As he sped up, people jumped out of the street.

The driver continued to drive in reverse for nearly a block, stopping at the next intersection and revving his engine.

The protesters yelled for everyone to clear the street and changed their path to escape the truck, walking down 6th Avenue to Washington Street. At that point, however, the truck re-appeared cutting the marchers off.

A Vancouver police vehicle pulled up behind he truck, sirens blaring, and the truck stopped after turning left on Washington Street. The man, who could not immediately identified, was arrested at the scene.

After the man was arrested, a group called the "Proud Boys" drove down Columbia Ave and sprayed pepper spray out their windows at protesters in the street. The counter-protesters lobbed rocks at their truck.

Police stopped the Proud Boys, but did not detain them. Fifteen minutes later they drove away.

But they didn't get far: Reporters nearby say the Proud Boys crashed into a police vehicle.

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DreadedWave
09/10/17 11:31:37 PM
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NES4EVER
09/10/17 11:34:38 PM
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Wondering why someone would have a patriot prayer in Vancouver, BC.

Phew... as long as you keep your crazies in your own country we're good :)
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UncleBourbon33
09/10/17 11:34:40 PM
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Antifar posted...
protesters filled the street behind it and started throwing rocks and water bottles at the truck.

What the fuck? These antifa clowns are pathetic.
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SGT_Conti
09/10/17 11:36:42 PM
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NES4EVER posted...
Wondering why someone would have a patriot prayer in Vancouver, BC.

Phew... as long as you keep your crazies in your own country we're good :)

Yeah, I totally thought this was in BC as well, which would make the Oregon plate and American flags stand out even more, I guess.

UncleBourbon33 posted...
Antifar posted...
protesters filled the street behind it and started throwing rocks and water bottles at the truck.

What the fuck? These antifa clowns are pathetic.

I mean, yeah, don't throw shit, but the person who thinks a reasonable course of action after already having gone through the crowd is to try to run them over multiple times is completely and utterly unhinged.
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Aristoph
09/10/17 11:38:34 PM
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Antifar posted...
protesters filled the street behind it and started throwing rocks and water bottles at the truck.


This is fucking stupid.

Antifar posted...
The driver suddenly put his vehicle in reverse and accelerated toward the protesters.


This is not the appropriate response.

Antifar posted...
But they didn't get far: Reporters nearby say the Proud Boys crashed into a police vehicle.


This is fucking funny. XD
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Antifar
09/10/17 11:38:57 PM
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SGT_Conti posted...
Yeah, I totally thought this was in BC as well, which would make the Oregon plate and American flags stand out even more, I guess.

Oh wow, I missed that as well. Whoops, would have titled topic differently if I'd realized that.
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Anteaterking
09/10/17 11:40:42 PM
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Antifar posted...
After the man was arrested, a group called the "Proud Boys" drove down Columbia Ave and sprayed pepper spray out their windows at protesters in the street.


How do you just let those people go?
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Axiom
09/10/17 11:40:55 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

In June, McInnes disavowed the then-upcoming Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.[22] Proud Boys were at the August 2017 alt-right event, which was organized by far-right activist Jason Kessler. Kessler had joined the Proud Boys some time before organizing the event.[23][24][25] McInnes said that he had kicked Kessler out once his views on race had become clear.[22] After the rally, McInnes issued a statement that neither the Proud Boys nor the Alt-Knights were alt-right.[26

Interesting since these "Alt-Knights" seem to be using the exact same tactic of the terrorist

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SGT_Conti
09/10/17 11:41:20 PM
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Antifar posted...
SGT_Conti posted...
Yeah, I totally thought this was in BC as well, which would make the Oregon plate and American flags stand out even more, I guess.

Oh wow, I missed that as well. Whoops, would have titled topic differently if I'd realized that.

Hey guys it's a stereotypical myopic American smdh

Nah, I'm kidding. Like, when I say Ontario, I don't even realise people might think I'm referring to a city in California, so I can't really blame you for missing this.
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CADE FOSTER
09/10/17 11:41:26 PM
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Bat178
09/10/17 11:42:50 PM
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Would this be an international incident, due to Americans attacking Canadians on Canadian soil and crashing into a police cruiser?
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Schwarber
09/10/17 11:44:30 PM
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SGT_Conti
09/10/17 11:44:33 PM
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Bat178 posted...
Like I asked, is this an international incident, due to Americans attacking Canadians on Canadian soil and crashing into a police cruiser?

It didn't happen in Canada.
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Kaname_Madoka
09/10/17 11:44:42 PM
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NES4EVER posted...
Wondering why someone would have a patriot prayer in Vancouver, BC.

Phew... as long as you keep your crazies in your own country we're good :)

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UrCa1988
09/10/17 11:45:29 PM
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Anteaterking posted...
Antifar posted...
After the man was arrested, a group called the "Proud Boys" drove down Columbia Ave and sprayed pepper spray out their windows at protesters in the street.


How do you just let those people go?

Some, we assume, are good people.
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Bat178
09/10/17 11:47:29 PM
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SGT_Conti posted...
Bat178 posted...
Like I asked, is this an international incident, due to Americans attacking Canadians on Canadian soil and crashing into a police cruiser?

It didn't happen in Canada.

The title doesn't specify WHICH Vancouver this took place in...
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ReignFury
09/10/17 11:48:53 PM
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Fake news!
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SGT_Conti
09/10/17 11:50:51 PM
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Bat178 posted...
SGT_Conti posted...
Bat178 posted...
Like I asked, is this an international incident, due to Americans attacking Canadians on Canadian soil and crashing into a police cruiser?

It didn't happen in Canada.

The title doesn't specify WHICH Vancouver this took place in...

My apologies if my reply seemed a bit curt. You definitely weren't the only one who thought it referred to the Canadian Vancouver; myself and NES4EVER made similar posts. Antifar also expressed regret at not titling this topic more accurately, not realising the confusion that could and did arise. I only figured out after clicking the article and the picture was captioned with Vancouver, Washington.
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Antifar
09/11/17 12:00:29 AM
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Also, it makes more sense of this last paragraph, which I couldn't fit:
The Vancouver Patriot Prayer event had originally been scheduled to be held in Portland but organizer Joey Gibson changed his mind and moved it across the Columbia River. This afternoon's gathering attracted about 80 Gibson supporters and a crowd of counter-protesters, some of whom drove over after an earlier gathering in Portland at which police arrested seven people.


I had thought that seemed like a pretty lengthy drive
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SSJ-Gengar
09/11/17 12:08:35 AM
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Bat178 posted...
SGT_Conti posted...
Bat178 posted...
Like I asked, is this an international incident, due to Americans attacking Canadians on Canadian soil and crashing into a police cruiser?

It didn't happen in Canada.

The title doesn't specify WHICH Vancouver this took place in...

You could try actually reading the article before commenting.
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StucklnMyPants
09/11/17 12:19:27 AM
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Antifar posted...
As the crowd parted to clear the way for the truck to move forward, protesters filled the street behind it and started throwing rocks and water bottles at the truck.

I'm not going to say fair, next, because it's not. Under no circumstances is trying to run people over a valid way to handle this situation. But what did they really expect to happen when they started throwing rocks at an angry redneck's truck?
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TheVipaGTS
09/11/17 12:20:29 AM
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fuck we're spreading.....world...world....please understand...this isn't us :/
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Bat178
09/11/17 12:22:29 AM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
fuck we're spreading.....world...world....please understand...this isn't us :/

This is actually in Washington state, not Canada.
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Frolex
09/11/17 12:24:41 AM
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Antifar posted...
Police stopped the Proud Boys, but did not detain them. Fifteen minutes later they drove away.

But they didn't get far: Reporters nearby say the Proud Boys crashed into a police vehicle.


fuckin laffo
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EyeWontBeFooled
09/11/17 12:26:29 AM
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Antifar posted...
SGT_Conti posted...
Yeah, I totally thought this was in BC as well, which would make the Oregon plate and American flags stand out even more, I guess.

Oh wow, I missed that as well. Whoops, would have titled topic differently if I'd realized that.

Why IS there a Vancouver in both Washington state, and B.C.? This can't be a coincidence, can it?
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Axiom
09/11/17 12:26:54 AM
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Bat178 posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
fuck we're spreading.....world...world....please understand...this isn't us :/

This is actually in Washington state, not Canada.

To be fair he isn't wrong. Proud boys exist in Canada and even disrupted an aboriginal ceremony just for shits and giggles
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Kaname_Madoka
09/11/17 12:31:22 AM
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@EyeWontBeFooled posted...
Antifar posted...
SGT_Conti posted...
Yeah, I totally thought this was in BC as well, which would make the Oregon plate and American flags stand out even more, I guess.

Oh wow, I missed that as well. Whoops, would have titled topic differently if I'd realized that.

Why IS there a Vancouver in both Washington state, and B.C.? This can't be a coincidence, can it?

Vancouver in Washington was original Canadian territory. When it became yours, we made a new one

long story short
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NES4EVER
09/11/17 12:31:48 AM
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EyeWontBeFooled posted...
Antifar posted...
SGT_Conti posted...
Yeah, I totally thought this was in BC as well, which would make the Oregon plate and American flags stand out even more, I guess.

Oh wow, I missed that as well. Whoops, would have titled topic differently if I'd realized that.

Why IS there a Vancouver in both Washington state, and B.C.? This can't be a coincidence, can it?


Captain George vancouver got around.

Yeah I figured it out once they mentioned a street intersection that doesn't exist in vancouver and then realised I was reading an article from a publication with Willamette in the name.
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Zikten
09/11/17 12:39:16 AM
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guy shouldn't try to kill people but antifa needs to stop picking fights. technically antifa started this incident. there is no excuse for surrounding a truck like a mob of zombies, and attacking it
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Bat178
09/11/17 12:42:35 AM
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Axiom posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

In June, McInnes disavowed the then-upcoming Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.[22] Proud Boys were at the August 2017 alt-right event, which was organized by far-right activist Jason Kessler. Kessler had joined the Proud Boys some time before organizing the event.[23][24][25] McInnes said that he had kicked Kessler out once his views on race had become clear.[22] After the rally, McInnes issued a statement that neither the Proud Boys nor the Alt-Knights were alt-right.[26

Interesting since these "Alt-Knights" seem to be using the exact same tactic of the terrorist

No country is safe from these animals

Except most overseas countries would fill them full of holes and/or rubber bullets and tear gas if they tried this there. Why do you think so many British Alt-Righters move to the US?
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Zikten
09/12/17 11:59:05 PM
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SerperiorThanU posted...
Wow, the alt right Americans are going insane even inside Vancouver

How do you know this person was alt right? Maybe they were just Right? Everyone gets accused of being alt right and they can't all be
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gunplagirl
09/13/17 12:00:21 AM
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Zikten posted...
SerperiorThanU posted...
Wow, the alt right Americans are going insane even inside Vancouver

How do you know this person was alt right? Maybe they were just Right? Everyone gets accused of being alt right and they can't all be


The guys Facebook page and stuff got found quick, as did his employer since he was in uniform.

He's a Nazi all right.
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