Violent counter-protesters mobbed a small-town BLM demonstration in Ohio amid false rumors of antifa
A small group of locals planned to hold an anti-racism rally in Bethel, Ohio, on Sunday, advertising Bethel's Solidarity with Black Lives Demonstration on social media.
But counter-protesters, identified by Bethel's police department as "several motorcycle gangs, back the blue groups, and second amendment advocates," also learned of the protest plans on social media. Hundreds of people descended onto Sunday's peaceful protest, chanting "USA, USA," and causing chaos.
The counter-protesters contributed to "approximately 10 incidents" that are being investigated, the Village of Bethel police department said in a statement on Monday. One such incident included a protester being punched in the back of his head. Like other violence against protesters at demonstrations throughout the US, sparked by the killing of George Floyd on May 25, many of these incidents were caught on camera.
A video posted on Twitter by radio reporter Josh Martinez showed the man who was punched by a counter-protester. In the video, the protester is surrounded by other white men as they yell and heckle him. One man can be heard shouting "get the f--k out bro." A counter-protester wearing a Confederate flag bandana on his head punches the protester in the back of the head. "Sir, I just got punched in the back of the head," the protester then says to a police officer.
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