{"id":91889,"date":"2020-10-18T09:41:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T06:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/san-francisco-free-speech-rally-attacked-by-counter-protestors\/"},"modified":"2020-10-18T09:41:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T06:41:40","slug":"san-francisco-free-speech-rally-attacked-by-counter-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/san-francisco-free-speech-rally-attacked-by-counter-protestors\/","title":{"rendered":"#San Francisco free speech rally attacked by counter-protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#San Francisco free speech rally attacked by counter-protestors<\/strong>”
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\n A free speech rally organized by conservative activists in San Francisco quickly devolved into chaos and was immedia<\/a>tely canceled Saturday when several hundred counter-protesters showed up and attacked those gathered.<\/p>\n

Right-wing group Team Save America planned the rally to protest Twitter, charging that the social media giant squelches conservative speech after it censored The Post\u2019s expos\u00e9 on Hunter Biden\u2019s emails.<\/p>\n

Counter-demonstrators, some wielding plastic water bottles and glass bottles, surged the area around the city\u2019s United Nations Plaza ahead of the event\u2019s 1 p.m. start time.<\/p>\n

Philip Anderson, an organizer of the event, was seen getting punched in the face before the rally could start in a video<\/a> posted on social media.<\/p>\n

A crowd of counter-protesters could be heard yelling at him to \u201cget the f\u2013k out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson posted a graphic photo of his bloody mouth \u2014 which showed one of his front teeth missing and a second tooth barely hanging on \u2014\u00a0 on Twitter<\/a>, writing that, \u201cAntifa attacked me for no reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

A photographer working for The Associated Press witnessed a supporter of President Trump being taken away in an ambulance and a San Francisco police officer injured on the ground near the plaza.<\/p>\n

The event was canceled, though both sides stuck around in the area into the late afternoon. Anderson had also planned a protest against big tech outside of Twitter\u2019s headquarters, according to NBC Bay Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Police Department said three cops suffered minor injuries when they were assaulted with pepper spray and caustic chemicals. One officer was taken to a local hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

No arrests were made.<\/p>\n

Anderson slammed the counter-protesters as hypocrites and said they are the reason why he\u2019s voting for Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love America, I love this country and I love free speech,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With Wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n