The planned peaceful protest in Bethel, Ohio was organized by a local group who referred to themselves as Bethel’s Solidarity with Black Lives Demonstration, and was announced via a Facebook post by the Village of Bethel on June 12, saying: “Please know that the Village of Bethel fully supports the first amendment right to assemble and demonstrate and will stand behind any peaceful demonstration on public property. The Village of Bethel Police Department will have a presence at the event to ensure the safety of all participants, citizens and property owners.”
The demonstration was scheduled for 3-4 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, but after word got out about the planned protest, “various other groups became aware of the scheduled demonstration and made plans to attend,” said the Village of Bethel in a Facebook statement.
What was initially planned to be a crowd of 20 to 25 BLM demonstrators became around 80 to 100 after the event was shared on social media, and as large crowds of motorcyclists began to arrive on the scene, the initial attendance at the anticipated protest start time of 3 p.m. amounted to roughly 750 to 800 people, with the opposing protesters heavily outnumbering the BLM demonstrators.
The BLM demonstrators were forced to move from their originally agreed upon location two blocks to the east.
“Towards the latter part of the event, the various other groups began to move toward the Bethel’s Solidarity with Black Lives Demonstration area. This resulted in approximately 10 incidents. Those involved were removed from the scene and there are ongoing investigations concerning those incidents,” reads the Village of Bethel post.
According to the Facebook post, a portion of the Clermont County Deputies that were scheduled to assist the Bethel Police Department Officers were called to another situation last minute, however, additional deputies were subsequently dispatched to help.
As videos of the altercations have been circulating across the internet, a clip from one video in particular by Aaron Copeland quickly went viral.
The video shows a BLM protesters being punched in the back of the head by a man wearing what appears to be a Confederate flag bandana, while an officer watches directly in front of him. People can be heard shouting “USA,” “Get the fuck out of here, boy” and “Here’s your hat, motherfucker, shove that in your ass you little bitch,” during the clip.
The assault victim posted about his experience on Reddit, explaining that the video was somewhat misleading. “The officer in front of me asked me to step back for my safety and for me to file a report. I believe there are a lot of bad cops out there, but I respect a lot of the ones in this town,” he said in his post.
See the full YouTube video here.
In the Facebook post, the Village of Bethel asks that information regarding the suspects or victims involved in any of the incidents to be sent to the Bethel Police Department.
Following the protest, the Village of Bethel announced a 9 p.m. curfew for the city “continuing day to day until rescinded.”
Another protest took place on June 15, and according to comments on the post regarding the curfew, more may continue this weekend.
This article appears in Jun 10-16, 2020.
The attacker should be held accountable for his violent acts, and probably will be.
This is one of the problems with protesting– that is, it sometimes leads to trouble.
As the old saying goes, “Anger is just one letter away from danger.”
The protester was legally allowed to do what he did– that is, to stand alone in the midst of a crowd of angry counter-protesters, but he should have remembered and followed the wisdom of another old adage– that is, “There is safety in numbers.”
”Should be”. Jesus.
Yes, Lou Delaware, “should be”.
The reason why is because every criminal suspect in America has a right to a fair trial by a jury of his peers, and it is still unknown whether a jury of his peers will find him guilty of a crime or not.
Go google “jury nullification” if you think that this is a clear-cut case for criminal punishment and that juries always follow the law.
To the pussy in looooser flag head gear:
How ’bout next time you not be such a little bitch and actually face the guy when throw the sucker punch.
Guy was wearing a confederate battle flag bandana. I’m willing to bet ten bucks he’s also upset about football players taking a knee during the anthem to protest police brutality, because it disrespects our country…
Oh the irony….
Can we just let them secede and wash our hands of them?
Political views aside, if you’re celebrating the fact that someone got sucker punched while peacefully expressing their constitutionally-protected right of free speech, maybe all the stuff that China does to its citizens doesn’t sound so bad to you…as long as you’re a member of the Communist Party and in good standing, right? Whether you agree with the opinion of a protestor or not, everyone has a right to peacefully protest and shouldn’t be subject to attacks like this. An attack like this is an attack on us all and our most base freedoms, and it’s a very slippery slope going from this being okay to a whole lot of other really bad things suddenly being okay with you too. It doesn’t matter if the protest is for or against BLM, gun rights, your political party, etc, as soon as people start getting attacked we’re doing something wrong.
It appears that almost no one but trolls post on Cleveland Scene anymore.
Poor Squid, here you are again,
‘Anyone with a opinion different from mine is a troll.’
We know you’re still living at home in moms basement but please tell us you stopped breast feeding or we will take your participation trophies away and tell mommy to put you in timeout again.
Guy who wears traitor flag bandanna on his head is the average listener of the Triv Show…old, white, male, outdated, wants 1950’s back, still uses a rotary phone. Cancel Triv Show!
Frank, I really cant stand trivisano either but you seem to have a bit of an obsession with him.
I dont like him so you know what, I dont turn on his show.
And try to ease up on the stereotyping. Or is this another thing that lefties can do and its ok but if someone on the right does it – riot time!
Mike Trivasono used to be a liberal. Then he grew up. I recall when the change happened. He could no longer defend the undefensible. I realize that liberals in America grow up in shielded safe-spaces where they don’t have to hear opposing viewpoints, but the formerly-liberal Trivasono was smacked with the ttuth on a daily basis by his callers, and then he was man enough to admit that he was wrong.
“Hero punches communist agitator after Antifa terrorists invade small town”
Antifa agitators, militants, and other supporters descended upon a quiet community to enforce their ideology upon residents. Residents of the town were fearful that the coordinated destruction of major cities in the US by the hands of these agitators would now occur in their own small town. Residents of the community banded together to resist the invaders even having to resort to violence in one circumstance. Luckily for them, all the agitators recieved was the mild punch and they went home causing any destruction to the town.
Three cheers for the Black Lives Matter protesters that have so far kept everything peaceful. In a country with 400 million privately owned weapons, in a country where you can buy a Glock out of a vending machine, this whole thing has so far remain remarkably peaceful, despite the crazy provocations of the unwashed and the ignorant.
Keep it up BLM. Stay true to Dr. King. You all are winning. Don’t make the mistake of going at the knuckleheads head on. First, they will run and hide, and shooting someone in the back is never a good idea. Second, right now everyone wants to be like you, and not like the slack-jawed, Deliverance-inspired, squeal like a pig, inbred morons that you see on the video.
And remember, if you need a better place to live than Bethel, try Yellow Springs. It’s only 90 minutes North, and it’s a heck of a nice place, and I bet those beer swilling morons wouldn’t dare cross into that town, not with Chief Carlson in charge.
Here’s the link for people interested in moving there:
http://www.yellowspringsohio.org/business-…
If you decide to stay in Bethel, good luck. You will need it.
Ya’ll got anymore of them videos with leftists getting punched. I’m hooked.
“Keep it up BLM….
…Second, right now everyone wants to be like you, “
Yes, everyone wants to pretend that black lives matter, but no one wants to discuss the fact that blacks kill each other off like it was a sport – to the tune of one every three days in Cleveland alone. I cant even fathom what the rate for the entire country is.
But yes – absolutely every one want to be like you! If we could all live in fantasy land and just pretend the police are our biggest problem – it would be great!
Hey, “Sorry Wally, just becuse [sic] you type, it doesnt [sic] make it true,” what’s your name again? I didn’t catch who you are.
Sorry Wally, just because you type, it doesn’t make it true,
There – All better!
Wow, I haven’t heard that fake name since Middle School. When are you going to be old enough to get your temp license?
Sweet Mary, Mother of Jesus! I finally figured out why all of you act like middle school boys. It’s because you actually ARE middle school boys! It all freaking fits! You read “Atlas Shrugged” and haven’t grown out of it yet. You are still working up the nerve to ask Karen out after band practice! (I hear she’s getting her retainer out next week.)
Well that changes everything. You guys just have fun as long as your Mom (Scene Magazine) lets you hang out in her basement. Sooner or later, though, you have to come upstairs and get a job.
Good luck with that.
We should have started punching these people a long time ago instead of letting them poison our defense mechanisms with “tolerance” towards their subversive agenda. It’s too late now since people like the idiot getting punched are now in charge of governments everywhere.
Still it does give me pleasure everytime I see this guy’s dumb head getting punched.
“F antifa” has a closed loop of that video. He watches it as an accompaniment to his solo male relief activities.
“I have seen countless videos from the last two weeks of antifa protesters viciously mobbing and attacking people.” Countless? Did you take off your shoes so you could count on your widdle toesies as well?
Funny how people peacefully gathering to express their First Amendment rights are suddenly “communists using race problems to advance their ideology”. One does wonder why you’re so scared and threatened, though. My guess is that it starts with you not knowing what a communist actually is and that you’re actually turned on by the thought of being donkey punched, which confuses you so you lash out. Now go home boy.
Catscratchfever, its true. I just didn’t want to be vulgar about it. Theres just something about seeing antifa agitators being dealt with that really excites me. If these people show up in your town, please blast them in the head and upload more vids. They have their own place, its called the CHAZ/CHOP and it sucks. They can go there and leave the rest of us in peace away from their Marxist retardery.
dot lane, don’t you have some interviews with federal agents about your involvement in the riots downtown 2 weeks ago? im sure you’re on camera. Or maybe you waited for the peaceful marchers to come to your neighborhood so you could kneel on your white person lawn with your fist up as they passed by.
The protester that got punched from behind (only cowards punch from behind) showed a lot of courage, standing with the pillsbury dough boys with guns. If I was his gf or friend, I’d be making him a dinner fit for a king.
Actually, if I had the $, I’d make a bedazzling banquet for all the BLM protesters! They are so cool!
When can we start rounding all the leftists up to put in camps?
“We” again? You and the army in your head?
You come around looking for me and I will kill you, as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow. You will never get off my porch alive.