Edgar Lee
On June 14, anti-Trump protests under the slogan of “No Kings” took place in every state with an estimated five million participants. Despite the attempted domination of the protests by the Democrat mafia, a few tore down the walls imposed on them and waged rebellion outside the noose of law.
In Los Angeles, California, protesters reportedly threw rocks and shot fireworks at police officers, with the LAPD pinning all illegal acts on “outside agitators” in order to justify their use of tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash-bangs. Videos surfaced of protesters throwing tear gas back at the police. In the face of this rebellion, Democrat-mafia mayor Karen Bass didn’t miss a chance to attack it, with Bass posting: “We will not allow violence, vandalism or other dangerous behavior today – do not even try it in our city.”
In the small city of Tukwila, Washington, near Seattle, protesters stormed a Department of Homeland Security facility, hitting police officers with frozen water bottles and rocks. No arrests were reported. In Seattle, protesters smashed windows and lit a scooter on fire.
In Portland, Oregon, facing tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash-bangs, protesters stormed an ICE facility, spray-painting windows and doors with “Fuck ICE”, and injuring four police officers in the process. Video footage shows Department of Homeland Security agents carrying a protester into the facility.
In Denver, Colorado, rocks were thrown at police and an American flag burning was reported, resulting in tear gas deployment and at least 36 arrests.
Several protests had, despite the desires of the Zionist mafias, a Palestine contingent. A demonstrator with the Palestine contingent in Syracuse, New York told The Worker: “we come out to protest when there’s a Republican in office, but horrible things happen all the time, even when there’s a Democrat in office. No politician is really our friend, or a friend of the oppressed. We can’t forget that our tax dollars are going to genocide, deportations, and war crimes.”
On the morning of June 14, two Democrat Minnesota lawmakers were shot, with one killed and the other wounded. Following the deepening economic crisis, the political crisis deepens and thus becomes more violent. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz used this as an opportunity to call off all protests that day in the state, demonstrating his fear of the chance of rebellion and recommending that “people do not attend any political rallies today in Minnesota until the suspect is apprehended.” Accordingly, several Democrat-aligned organizations called off all “No Kings” rallies in Minnesota.
As mentioned in a previous editorial on The Worker, the Democrat-mafia’s leadership of the “No Kings” protests, alongside their “Hands Off” twin, plays a counter-insurgency role to quell rebellion by boxing it in the confines of what’s permissible to the two mafias. Despite this, the masses of several cities have transformed them into shining acts of resistance.
Image: Protesters clash with police in Tukwila, Washington. Credit: Still from video by Today is America.
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