2 Marines were reportedly assaulted while being called 'Nazis' by a mob tied to left-leaning Antifa group
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- Two Marine reservists testified in a Philadelphia courtroom that they were maced, beat up, and robbed by a mob with alleged ties to Antifa.
- According to the Marines, the group associated the reservists with right-wing group Proud Boys, calling them 'Nazis' and 'white supremacists.'
- One of the Marines testified that after he yelled 'I'm Mexican!' the group of 10-12 people then used racial slurs.
- An attorney for one of the alleged assailants said the incident was just a 'tussle.'
- Two of the alleged assailants will stand trial for felony charges of aggravated assault and conspiracy. One of the members faces an additional felony charge of ethnic intimidation.
Two Marine reservists testified Dec. 13 in a Philadelphia courtroom about an incident a month prior in which they were reportedly maced, beat up and robbed by a group of 10 to 12 people with alleged ties to Antifa, the left-leaning, oftentimes violent, groups who proclaim to be vehemently anti-racist.
Visiting Philadelphia on Nov. 17 with their Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, unit for an event at a nearby hotel, Alejandro Godinez and Luis Torres decided to do a little sightseeing of the historic city, according to Philadelphia magazine .
But unbeknownst to the Marines, a controversial "We the People Rally" was kicking off nearby, attracting a small alt-right crowd — with a much larger group, Tom Keenan and Thomas Massey included, of counter-protestors flooding the scene near Independence Hall, the magazine described.
Spotting the two visitors, not in uniform at the time, Keenan approached and asked, "Are you proud?" according to the Marines' testimonies.
"We are Marines," Godinez claims to have responded, inevitably confused.
Keenan persisted with his gauche interrogation techniques. "Are you Proud Boys?" he allegedly asked, referencing one of the far right groups leading the rally.
"I didn't know what Proud Boys meant," Torres told the judge.
Godinez and Torres testified that immediately after the short exchange, about a dozen people — including Keenan and Massey — attacked the two Marines, punching and kicking them, spraying them with mace and calling them "Nazis."
"I'm Mexican!" a "bewildered" Godinez said he shouted while being attacked and called a "white supremacist."
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Ladies and gentlemen- the new face of the modern left.
Racism and violence. Par for the course for them.
There you guys are. So fucking blind. So your extremist violent offenders are better than ours? Yours have killed and plan to kill. Read the white supremacist bullshit too when you're throwing your darts. If you don't want this, then quit fueling the vitriol hatred spew coming from hundreds of years of white supremacist racist bullshit. Of course there will be violent backlash when you hand that shit out. Expect civil war if both sides don't temper the extremists. You can either be part of the problem or the solution. I don't see many R's here that want to be part of the solution.