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| Multiple arrests, STABBINGS amid running battles between Antifa & Proud Boys near BLM plaza in Washington DC (VIDEOS) | Multiple arrests, STABBINGS amid running battles between Antifa & Proud Boys near BLM plaza in Washington DC (VIDEOS) |
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| At least four people were stabbed as right-wing Proud Boys and left-wing Antifa engaged in sporadic clashes in Washington, DC while police struggled to contain the violence and keep rival groups separated. | At least four people were stabbed as right-wing Proud Boys and left-wing Antifa engaged in sporadic clashes in Washington, DC while police struggled to contain the violence and keep rival groups separated. |
| Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump descended on Washington on Saturday for a massive MAGA rally that featured a volley of conservative speakers addressing the agitated crowd, who believe the election was “stolen” from them, and accuses the Republican Party of “betrayal.” | |
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| Despite heated chants like “destroy the GOP!” the event was mostly peaceful, as DC police managed to keep counter-protesters apart, with lines of cops on bicycles and in riot gear blocking the opposing groups from interacting. | |
| However, as night fell, the sides splintered into smaller groups and began roaming the streets of downtown Washington, picking fights with their rivals, pepper-spraying each other, and getting pepper-sprayed by the cops. | |
| There was also a knife fight near a favorite bar of the Proud Boys, in which four people were seriously injured. The victims were taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening wounds, DC fire spokesman Doug Buchanan told the press. | There was also a knife fight near a favorite bar of the Proud Boys, in which four people were seriously injured. The victims were taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening wounds, DC fire spokesman Doug Buchanan told the press. |
| Hospitals received at least five other patients injured in the skirmishes, in addition to the four stabbing victims. | Hospitals received at least five other patients injured in the skirmishes, in addition to the four stabbing victims. |
| Other footage showed police retreating under a barrage of bottles, bricks, and other projectiles from an Antifa mob that apparently tried to seize control of the BLM plaza. | |
| Multiple confrontations were captured on film, with clashes and fireworks flying both ways. | Multiple confrontations were captured on film, with clashes and fireworks flying both ways. |
| Meanwhile, on the other side of the country in Washington state, at least one person was shot and injured, allegedly by a Proud Boys member, amid smaller-scale clashes between the same right- and left-wing groups at Washington’s Capitol campus in Olympia. | Meanwhile, on the other side of the country in Washington state, at least one person was shot and injured, allegedly by a Proud Boys member, amid smaller-scale clashes between the same right- and left-wing groups at Washington’s Capitol campus in Olympia. |
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