Antifa posts ‘hit list’ and Turning Point USA leader gets attacked by suspect wielding hockey stick
‘Case shows just how real, violent, and organized this group is in the United States’
Leftist activists, Democrat politicians and others have taken to denying the existence of Antifa, the loosely structured organization that, across America, violently fights free speech and individual freedoms.
But police in Boulder, Colorado, itself a leftist enclave, have confirmed that it not only exists but has effective operational features.
That’s because Front Range Antifa and Colorado Springs Antifa put out a “hit list” on a college student, a Turning Point USA leader, claiming that he is an “active member” of “neo-Nazi” groups and responsible for “white supremacist, antisemitic, and anti-LGBTQ vandalism” in Boulder, naming him, and that student immediately was targeted in a violent attack.
The Post-Millennial explained, “The Boulder Students for a Democratic Society shared the flyer to their social media, urging followers to ‘share widely’ and tag the school to notify them…”
Now police are looking for a suspect in the assault.
Boulder police said “Based on preliminary information, it appears as if the suspect may have followed the victim from the University of Colorado Boulder campus onto Baseline Road just prior to the assault taking place. In the interest of transparency, detectives are also confirming that they are aware that the victim was the subject of some social media posts and a digital flyer circulated by others prior to last night’s incident. Whether these played a role in the reported assault is part of the investigation, and police are not commenting further on this finding.”
But an official, Sarah Huntley, explained, “The investigative focus right now is on speaking with any witnesses and on identifying and locating the individual in the photos so that we can better understand what occurred and why.”
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley noted, “As Democratic leaders like Rep. Dan Goldman (D, N.Y.) insist that Antifa does not exist as a group, two Antifa groups — Front Range Antifa and Colorado Springs Antifa — put out a hit list poster on a University of Colorado sophomore and leader in Turning Point USA. He was promptly attacked by a person in the signature Antifa black outfit on roller blades who used a hockey stick to mete out the punishment.”
He explained police said, “The suspect is described as dressed in ‘all black clothing, a black ski mask, and had a green Gatorade bottle with an orange top in his back right pants pocket. He was skating with a hockey stick. The suspect fled the scene after the victim called 911, and Boulder Police and CU Police officers searched the area but did not locate him.”
He noted, “The TPUSA student was not seriously injured, but the point was made by Antifa that any critics can be tracked down and attacked.”
Turley pointed out, “Recently, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) claimed that ‘nobody’ knows what the left-wing terrorist organization Antifa is and that it does not exist. However, he previously promoted the ‘Antifa Handbook’ in 2018 and praised the group as terrifying Trump. Now, however, he has joined the chorus of Antifa denials as political violence rises around the country.”
He cited others who have joined the denial:
“Former House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) was widely ridiculed for denying the existence of Antifa. Others on the left have joined Goldman in this absurd claim. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel committed part of his monologue to assure viewers that Antifa is no more than a mythical ‘chupacabra.’ ‘You understand there is no Antifa,’ he said. ‘This is an entirely made-up organization.'”
“The Colorado case shows just how real, violent, and organized this group is in the United States,” he said.
