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The Sad Case Of Antifa's Crying Commander Red
2020-09-03
[HOTAIR] A Neenah man had a flamethrower, smoke grenades and fireworks during a demonstration in Green Bay Saturday night, according to police and prosecutors.

Matthew Banta, 23, is charged with obstructing an officer and two counts of felony bail jumping. …

Green Bay police say they were called for “a whole bunch of white people with sticks, baseball bats and helmets headed… towards the police” on Walnut St. near Webster Ave.

“I don’t know who comes to a protest with a baseball bat for anything other than criminal or illegal activity,” said Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith.

A responding officer says he saw four individuals walking towards a protest with baseball bats. One man was wearing a metal helmet with goggles and military-style gear with multiple pouches, and was carrying an Antifa flag. When the officer pulled his squad car in front of the group, they ran away. The officer caught Banta, who was carrying the flag, and says Banta “dropped into the fetal position and began crying.” He accused the officer of lying on him; the officer replied nobody was on him.

Keep in mind that this is a tactical and strategic response for Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
members. When approached by superior police force, they attempt to make themselves look like victims of police abuse, or at least nothing more than innocent demonstrators. It might be amusing to watch and to read about later — heck, it is amusing to read that Commander Red cried like an infant — but people should understand it as a tactic.

What is much less amusing, and perhaps even enraging, is that Banta was out on the street at all this past weekend. Just a few weeks earlier, Banta had been charged with pointing a loaded rifle at a police officer, biting and kicking a police officer, and using a dangerous weapon to resist arrest. Not only was the rifle loaded and a bullet chambered in it, Banta was carrying 117 rounds of ammunition at the time to the demonstration. That’s not the kind of weapon nor the ammo load for self-defense, but it does fit an intent to commit an offensive operation.

So why was Banta out on the street again? He only got assessed $10,000 for bail in the first incident despite his multiple charges, and was admonished not to carry dangerous weapons as a condition of his release. Not only did Banta participate in more Antifa actions, he specifically violated that bail arrangement. What did the arraigning judge do in this second instance? He set Banta’s bail at a whopping $2500, a quarter of the bail in the earlier case, even though Banta deliberately violated those conditions. Are they waiting until Banta actually kills someone before addressing the fact that that’s his clear goal?

Banta’s fetal-crying act is a ruse; his strategic acts are what should be grabbing our attention, and the courts’ attention. The reason that domestic snuffies foment violence on the streets is because they have a sense of impunity, which judges and prosecutors feed by not taking these crimes seriously. The sobbing tactic is a joke within a joke, and the best advice we can give is to stop laughing and take these threats seriously. This will only get better when judges and prosecutors begin imposing serious, years-long consequences for the Commander Reds on the streets. Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!...
they are just laughing at us through their crocodile tears.
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Posted by:Fred

#16  Ref #15: Same thing the Russians thought of them.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-09-03 17:53  

#15  Perhaps our brave little revolutionaries should look up what Che thought about Africans after doing a little training camp over there.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-09-03 17:45  

#14  I heard that Fidel sold Ché out. I can buy that.
Posted by: Clem   2020-09-03 14:10  

#13  ^I mean, he cried like a little girl when he was executed.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-09-03 14:00  

#12  Che is only famous because he had a cool revolutionary name. If he had been "Orville Himmelfarb" no one would have heard about him. Let's see if anyone prints up some "Matthew Banta" t-shirts.
Posted by: Matt   2020-09-03 13:27  

#11  ^Look up Che Gevara's end.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-09-03 13:10  

#10  It's quite possible that "Commander Red" crying is a tactical move, but I'm not ready to discount the possibility that he's just a little bitch. "Nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope."

Posted by: Matt   2020-09-03 13:07  

#9  ^And some soy-boys can be real nasty when they've upper hand.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-09-03 11:52  

#8  Let's not assume all the A(ntifa)-Holes are soyboys like this one. Some are real thugs and you need to be prepared to meet them on their terms.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-09-03 11:26  

#7  Thank you for the book tip, P2K. I'm looking forward to reading it.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2020-09-03 11:22  

#6  
[takes a bow, lights a cigar... coughs]
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-09-03 11:17  

#5  These riots wouldn't last long under your guided response, Mr Dron66046.

I recommend you blog on this topic. Entertainingly amoral solutions to immoral problems in support of a moral public, if you will.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2020-09-03 11:15  

#4  They should've just taken him away in a car after shouting 'This man's needs immediate help !' And later told the public he had some appendix trouble, and had to be operated upon. But he was also a hopeless meth addict and didn't make it.

By now, he could have been incinerated.
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-09-03 09:51  

#3  Give him something to cry about.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-03 08:10  

#2  ...which judges and prosecutors feed by not taking these crimes seriously.

Back when they used to teach real history, one of the factors that lead to the demise of the Weimer Republic was the legal caste was largely composed of the old order from the Second Reich, Kaiser Wilhelm era. They loath the new government and used their offices to undermine it by 'going soft' on the clear and immediate threats to it.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-09-03 06:17  

#1  Intelligence Report On Antifa Gatherings http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/captainsjournal/~3/DjyxqfnNe1Y/
Posted by: newc   2020-09-03 02:08  

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