Radical Left Threatens Police

by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: There were major demonstrations again this weekend in cities across the country protesting police brutality and racism. In Washington, D.C., thousands marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in a protest organized by Al Sharpton, featuring family members of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and others who died in altercations with police.

The vast majority of marchers in most cities were peaceful. But a significant contingent of left-wing radicals once again hijacked the protests to push for an extreme agenda.

There is video of marchers in New York chanting: "What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want it? Now!" One large banner that took at least half a dozen people to hold read: "Real Thugs Wear Flag Pins." Get it? If you are patriotic, you are part of the problem according to these anarchists.
In Oakland, California, the march that was supposed to promote peace and justice devolved into violence as an American flag was burned, stores were looted and dozens were arrested for vandalism.

ALEC TABAK for NEW YORK DAILY
CUNY adjunct professor Eric Linsker
accused of kicking two cops in the face
during a Saturday night protest.

A march across the Brooklyn Bridge nearly turned into a riot when demonstrators started throwing projectiles from the upper level onto police below. When two police lieutenants went to arrest a man (later identified as Eric Linsker) who was attempting to throw a trash can down onto cops, they were attacked by a mob. One officer suffered a broken nose.

Ironically, the two lieutenants were members of the NYPD's Legal Bureau, who, according to the New York Post, were "specifically assigned to the anti-cop protest to make sure the demonstrators' civil rights weren't violated." The relationship between extreme left New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD is so bad that the police union has launched a campaign to ban the mayor from police funerals.

Linsker initially fled, but the police were able to track him down after he dropped his backpack at the scene. Inside were three hammers, marijuana and a black ski mask. This thug is a Harvard graduate and college English professor. When he's not indoctrinating young students or throwing trash cans from bridges, Linsker spends his time writing poetry with lines like "F--k the police."

Lest you think I'm being overly critical and drawing attention only to the few bad apples, consider what Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick had to say about protests in Boston. Governor Patrick was asked on CNN about the goal of the marches and he said it was a "great question."

He added that state officials had tried to contact the march organizers in advance in order to "accommodate the protests," but they never responded. Gov. Patrick said, "They weren't interested in engagement because part of the point was to be disruptive."

That's very telling. The governor isn't talking about a few lone protesters, but the protest organizers. If a liberal Massachusetts Democrat is implying that these protests are not necessarily motivated by legitimate justice issues, perhaps more people should be questioning their motivation. There is growing evidence that the radical Occupy Wall Street crowd is attempting to hijack this movement.
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families

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