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So we're arriving here at the protest here in Seattle, Washington, where you have two groups that are facing off against each other.
You essentially have a main group which calls themselves the Three Percenters or something like that.
And they are like a nationalist group that are being touted by this group as being racist.
You have a few different groups here that are currently situated before the protest begins.
You have security here in pink, clearly visible with assault weapons.
Sometimes, as you obviously all know, at protests, it's very common to have a chance that's no Nazis, no KKK, no fascist USA, which is common.
But if you turn the cameras right over across the street, you essentially have police in riot gear and with batons.
They do have riot protective gear, and they have their bikes, which is a common thing that Seattle police use to barricade and to try to push people off.
Here's passing out noisemakers, sort of to bother the hell out of people, and passing out whistles and different kinds of things.
Gotta have some humor.
You can't complain that you didn't get music.
There's definitely music at this protest.
It is definitely here.
Drums, whistles, we got everything.
unidentified
It's gotta be fun.
You know, to a certain degree, this is not fun.
This is f ⁇ ing stupid.
But we've got to make the best of it.
And I think that if everybody blocks up, some people don't understand why people block up get scared.
And so when you bring more color and music and stuff, then I think it creates more of an inviting situation for people that might otherwise be turned off.
One of the things that I've mentioned to people about protests and getting support is that sometimes, on both sides, I might say, it's kind of intimidating and it's kind of scary.
Now, not obviously for yourself or somebody who's a veteran, but like, you know, when people are walking on all black or they have, you know, open carry guns and they have, whether you've got a bandana on that's American flag, bed down on that's black, people are covering their faces.
It's like not exactly welcoming.
How do you feel we could actually change these kinds of things so that there's more dialogue, I would say?
unidentified
Well, unfortunately, I don't give a platform to Nazis, so I'm not interested in having a dialogue with them in this setting.
I think that the change happens when people are one-on-one having conversations.
I'm not interested in having a dialogue with them.
Some of these fascists may their thinking may change over time.
You know, if they have a one-on-one relationship with somebody on the streets, the dialogue is not going to happen.
And my point is to de-platform fascism when I see it.
I respect the black-black tactic.
Get your fingers!
This year I started masking up because I realized that it's becoming more and more dangerous to do this work.
As it stands, we have an administration that wants to criminalize people for pushing back against fascism.
What's really interesting about protests around the country, which you're going to find different in a place like Seattle, despite often being known as a very liberal place, has some interesting gun laws.
So these are security forces, I imagine right here, some sort of a first line of defense against what they would believe to be an armed militia called the 3%.
Are you guys affiliated with the group or are you just coming to keep peace?
I'm here to support.
Okay, thank you so much.
Really appreciate it.
And they have just openly carrying weapons.
Now, of course, in protests like Los Angeles, there's a strong anti-gun movement, which shows you the differences between the protests from city to city.
You know, although I will say this, I have seen a few illegal firearms at protests in places like LA.
People have flashed their guns, but usually when you're carrying a gun legally, you don't carry it in your belt.
unidentified
Anti-fascists are people.
We...
We start the reason why the far right, you know, fascists and the far right aren't necessarily the same thing, but since the Trump administration started, they're like becoming very similar.
Like far right is starting to move into fascist movements.
And that's been what we've been trying to prevent.
And the far right, like these guys that come and they're like, fascism doesn't exist.
Nazis aren't real.
There's not Nazis here.
There's probably a handful of Nazis over there right now or white nationalists and they'll deny it up and down and protect them and become friends, befriend them and be radical.
I have a national press license and I'm standing being very peaceful reporting on what's going on, okay?
And if you're trying to intimidate me to not report peacefully on the side of the road, I don't appreciate that.
Thank you.
So what's happening is somebody's telling me they're getting upset that I'm reporting, but I'm just right here.
And so basically what's happening is that when there's an altercation, when somebody comes over from the right to the left, the police in Seattle have cordoned off the individuals so that they cannot be on the so that they cannot be on the exact same side.
And there's this idea that there's brutality from the police against protesters.
That's a common idea that's debated on both sides, but it is something that they're saying.
And it's been in the local media here in Seattle recently.
Obviously, there's some animosity towards media in general inside of these cities, which I understand.
But for the most part, we just need to continue to report and continue to show what's going on here in this place.
There's a black block side over here, which is a, some people might, somebody might, do you know what happened, by the way?
Sir, why are you being with animosity towards me?
I'm really not a mean guy, dude.
I'm like a very, you'll find that I'm a very peaceful guy, not a violent guy.
You can stay with me, but as long as you don't push me or touch me, we're good.
All right, I don't care about that.
All right, great.
Heads up, guys.
It's me, Elijah.
So basically, what happens is right here, there is, I don't even care if there's a white thing in front of me, there's a black block side, and then there's the security in the yellow that they do block cameras usually, but it's not really that big of a deal.
It doesn't really harm me.
Sound still goes through.
Yeah, but the groups, I mean, this is where tensions rise.
But the intersection has been shut down.
Hi.
The intersection has been shut down, and it's pretty good.
What we have here already, we have the anti-fascist flags, which is a staple of Antifa, the red and black colors.
It's very, very interesting.
And so there's basically a few different sides of the protest, which shows you the different ideologies and people that come together to protest these events.
And so we'll see what happens long term.
Hopefully everything stays peaceful for the most part and people continue to stay on their appropriate sides.
that's gonna be really good stuff.
Alright, so they pointed out that there might be a weak spot up ahead.
Basically, three percenters are going to their cars and trying to exit the event.
We've transferred sides.
We are hanging out with Black Block on the streets of Seattle, heading into a police line which is blocking us from going any further.
