(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) The domestic terror group Antifa issued a call for violent protests in New York City after the release Friday of video showing five Memphis police officers allegedly fatally beating Tyre Nichols, which sparked protests in the Tennessee city and put police forces across the country on alert for more protests and confrontations.
The disturbingly shocking video of five black police officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — allegedly beating Nichols, who is also black, was released after all five officers had been charged Thursday with second-degree murder and kidnapping. An attorney for the Nichols family said the the officers used Nichols as a “human piñata” during the beating.
BREAKING: Tyre Nichols video released in Memphis (AUDIO FIXED) pic.twitter.com/3xtYrLgUH2
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 28, 2023
Unrest in Memphis began almost immediately after the video’s release, with protestors blocking a highway, while cities braced for violence and businesses closed early and boarded up shops for expected rioting and looting.
MEMPHIS: Hundreds of angry individuals shut down the I55 freeway / bridge stalling traffic with hundreds of cars backed up
They were divided as to who’s space it was at one point
They also called for people to “take your camera’s out your pockets and shoot the cops” @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/SyTQEhnVhf
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) January 28, 2023
“Fuck around and find out” In Memphis protesters are now marching towards upcoming traffic as the city awaits the release of the bodycam footage from Memphis PD of the death of Tyre Nichols @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/rrD1b1xXMG
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) January 28, 2023
The Nichols’ family called for peaceful protest in honor of Tyre, but radical activists from Antifa and Black Lives Matter had other plans. A “call to action” issued by Antifa in New York City told rioters to “BURN IT ALL DOWN!” and provided tips for creating chaos.
The terrorist group’s list of items to bring for protesting included rocks, heavy objects, pipes, kerosene and lighters.
“Travel in large groups. Wear all black. Cover your face,” the groups instructed. “Bring a knife or other tool to free unlawfully detained comrades.”
@fbi you guys going to do anything about this? seems #antifa is planning organized terrorism and is not just an “idea” as u have stated in the past. u guys gona let them just “burn it all down?” pic.twitter.com/SX6o1sTzwV
— TheVotingMachinesMustGo (@DKALLDAY123) January 28, 2023
BLM responded in kind with activist leader Hawk Newsom telling NYC crowds to “F— peace! F— peace! We ain’t never taking violence off the f—king table!”
NYC: “F— peace! F— peace!” #BLM leader Hawk Newsom says. They gathered in Union Square over death of #TyreNichols allegedly by the hands of 5 black Memphis ex-cops. “We ain’t never taking violence off the f—king table!” Video by Ken Lopez/FreedomNewsTV pic.twitter.com/xizelpgA1N
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 28, 2023
NYC: As revenge for the death of #TyreNichols, rioters attacked an NYPD vehicle. Far-left groups & #Antifa have been trying to incite mass violence over the Memphis man’s death allegedly at the hands of 5 black ex-cops. pic.twitter.com/eB1CCuvkhx
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 28, 2023
While the officers involved in the fatal beating and Nichols are all black, and the heinous incident occurred in Memphis, that didn’t stop BLM provocateurs around the country from demanding retaliation for the systemic racism that fostered the police assault, or from a leftist media to echo the narrative.
How is this not satire? pic.twitter.com/wir0lvbjb2
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 27, 2023
Protests also erupted in Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles, where police warned residents, “Please be on the lookout for large groups and ANTIFA members.”
Los Angeles: Far-left rioters attacked an LAPD vehicle at their direct action for #TyreNichols. pic.twitter.com/KL4qdCSJCt
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 28, 2023
Seattle: #Antifa shut down the streets for #TyreNichols after first meeting in the former CHAZ. Video by @jasonrantz: pic.twitter.com/aDxTV5nhI4
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 28, 2023
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis’s statement preceding the release of the video likely did little to quell any potential violent protest, said Jason Whitlock.
The police chief, who is also black, had called the beating everything from “incomprehensible” and “unconscionable” to “reckless,” “heinous” and “inhumane”.
“You’re going to see acts that defy humanity. You’re going to see a disregard for life,” Davis told CNN prior to the video’s release, while asking for peaceful protest. But the fuse had already been lit, Whitlock said.
“I think that those types of words, given the way the system is rigged now in terms of Antifa and these other terrorist groups that run around the country and promote chaos and violence,” Whitlock said. “I think she’s, like, sending out a bat signal” to BLM and Antifa rioters.
Time Square right now..
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 28, 2023
