NEW YORK — Protesters from a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party associated with Black Lives Matter marched from Manhattan’s Columbus Circle to Times Square – which a protest leader described as “the center of white supremacy” – purportedly in solidarity with those charged with toppling a Confederate statue last month in Durham, North Carolina.
“It’s not going to be just the statues,” declared one protest leader during her speech. “It’s going to be all this b*llsh*t, too,” she said, pointing around Times Square.
The extremist event, attended by this reporter and organized by the Workers World Party, featured protesters yelling anti-cop epithets such as “f*ck the police” at New York Police Department (NYPD) officers who accompanied the march to ensure law and order. About fifty people were part of the protest.
“No Trump, no KKK, no Fascist U.S.A.,” was another slogan repeatedly chanted by the marchers.
In Times Square, some of the protesters joined arms and unfurled a banner reading, “Burn down the American plantation,” a call by the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement, a group of self-described anarchists who seek to use “militant defense” in the “abolitionist struggle” against “the state and capitalism.”
“F*ck you Sarah Palin,” exclaimed one colorful protester donning a crown on his head. “F*ck you crooked Hillary. You are a f*cking prostitute, Hillary Clinton. F*ck all of your Wall Street friends, crooked Hillary. You are a f*cking b*itch, Hillary Clinton.”
At one point, another protest leader asked attendees to form a circle of people consisting only of those who are not “white supremacists.”
Protesters carried a slew of signs, with one reading, “Make racists afraid again: Smash white supremacy.” Other placards stated, “Defend DACA,” “Black Lives Matter,” “Drop the charges against Durham,” and “Cops and Klan go hand in hand.”
The protesters were shadowed on the march by about a dozen or more NYPD officers, who came equipped with a repeating automated audio warning instructing protesters not to walk in the streets or interrupt traffic.
The protest was nonviolent. However, Breitbart News observed at least two marchers who knocked over a number of chairs at a pedestrian sitting zone on the way from Columbus Circle to Times Square.
The Workers World Party defines itself as the “revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party dedicated to organizing and fighting for a socialist revolution in the United States and around the world.”
The organization’s website says it is “active in the Black Lives Matter movement, including advocating for disarming the police and other repressive state apparatus.”
Aaron Klein is Breitbart’s Jerusalem bureau chief and senior investigative reporter. He is a New York Times bestselling author and hosts the popular weekend talk radio program: Aaron Klein Investigative Radio. Follow him on Twitter @AaronKleinShow. Follow him on Facebook.
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