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VIDEO: Antifa attacks families at Christian prayer event in Portland park
August 08, 2021
Appalling video shows Antifa militants attacking a group of Christians who were participating in a prayer event at a park in Portland, Oregon.
Outspoken Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski organized a worship event at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland. Pawlowski has gained notoriety and a large following after he fought back against coronavirus crackdowns on in-person worship services in Canada.
I see deceitful journalists trying to gaslight that it was not a Christian event that Antifa attacked yesterday in Portland \n\nHere is the flyer for the event, featuring Polish Christian pastor @ArturPawlowski1pic.twitter.com/kIENHvcOjY— Jack Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Jack Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1628432044
Antifa allegedly targeted Christians, including children, in the park by throwing projectiles, including rotten eggs.
"Antifa just rolled in like an angry mob, started throwing flash bombs at everybody, macing everybody ... rotten eggs," a woman is heard saying on video. "They threw a flash bomb into a group of kids that were out there from four months old to like 10."
Portland ANTIFA ATTACKS families at Portland Prayer Gathering 8-7-2021www.youtube.com
The assailants dressed in black bloc and carrying umbrellas reportedly sprayed innocent people in the face with mace, including a pastor.
Antifa members destroyed a sound system set up for the service, and reportedly threw music equipment into Willamette River. Antifa members are seen stealing a wagon belonging to the religious group.
The Post Millennial editor-at-large Andy Ngo shared video of Antifa attacking the Christian families.
A woman attendee of the family Christian prayer event at the waterfront in downtown Portland describes what happened when antifa attacked them.pic.twitter.com/OtbHVftDor— Andy Ng\u00f4 (@Andy Ng\u00f4) 1628384118
On Saturday in Portland, antifa gathered to violently shut down a Christian group that gathered to pray. Antifa can be seen pulling apart the speaker equipment. An attendee told me children & families were attacked. Police were called but didn\u2019t respond.pic.twitter.com/QvSCmu06B0— Andy Ng\u00f4 (@Andy Ng\u00f4) 1628383738
The Antifa members sprayed red and yellow gas at the worshippers.
"All Cops are B*******, in the name of Jesus," an anti-police man was heard saying, mocking the religious service. Another Antifa member screamed, "Where is your god now?"
"Several speakers preached to the crowd of perhaps a few more than 50, while the original group dressed in black appeared to consider the confrontation a success," the Portland Tribune reported. "But soon a dozen or so counter-protesters trickled over to the memorial, leading to shouting matches."
The counter-protesters were reportedly members of the Proud Boys.
"Antifa had threatened to beat people up and do what they do — and then they showed up and did it," a member of the Proud Boys told the Portland Tribune. "The police were not even far from there and they were laughing in their vehicles and doing their thing. It's probably hard to care as an officer in a place where they take away all your funding."
The clashes between the left-wing Antifa and the right-wing Proud Boys continued outside of the park. The two groups shot paintballs and sprayed each other while a police officer watched and didn't intervene.
There were no arrests made during the squabbles, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
Far-right activists and anti-fascists confront each other in downtown, Portland police sit in their car and watchpic.twitter.com/6jpDpCB7ez— Sergio Olmos (@Sergio Olmos) 1628370693
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Paul Sacca is a staff writer for Blaze News.
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