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The George Floyd riots of 2020 showed leftists that they can do virtually anything in America today and suffer at worst only token consequences. On Monday, pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City showed that they have taken that lesson to heart.
The New York Post reported that “hateful anti-Israel protesters yelling inflammatory chants snarled traffic and caused chaos as they descended upon John F. Kennedy International Airport Monday – creating a nightmare on one of the busiest travel days of the year.” Among the “inflammatory chants” was “NYPD, KKK, IDF you’re all the same,” which was as absurd as it was portentous: it was a clear indication that New York City hasn’t seen the last of these pro-Hamas thugs.
That is even clearer in light of the fact that the JFK Airport protest was the handiwork of Within Our Lifetime, which the Post describes as a “Palestinian-led activist group.” The Post also reported in mid-November that Within Our Lifetime “shared a frightening map of New York City newsrooms, businesses, and landmark buildings — and called for ‘direct action’ to ‘globalize intifada.’”
Among the “direct action” on Monday were “balloons floating in the air above JFK” during the protest, at least one of which was captured on video. An NYPD source stated that “the FBI is investigating who let the balloons go because they could cause a threat to aviation safety.” As of this writing on Tuesday morning, however, no arrests have been made in connection with the balloons, and all in all, only seven protesters even received summonses. The low number was despite the fact that the protests led to the delay of sixty flights and innumerable travelers were held up for hours going to or from the airport on New Year’s Day.
After all, the cops had plenty of opportunity to make numerous arrests. The Post noted that “around 100 cars left from Canarsie earlier in an effort to halt travel at JFK – but were denied entry into Terminal 4, where photos showed an armored NYPD vehicle parked in a lane near the terminal’s exit.” On Monday afternoon, Within Our Lifetime stated that the “airport is swarming with law enforcement and organizers were removed from Terminal 4.” Yet only seven people received a summons.
What’s more, “after being turned away from JFK, the car caravan left the area and headed to LaGuardia Airport, creating more congestion on the Grand Central Parkway, according to an NYPD advisory posted on X shortly after 3 p.m. But the group met a similar fate as they were also blocked from entering the second airport, according to Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov.” Clearly, this protest was a massive operation involving large numbers of people. Would the NYPD have been more energetic in stopping this protest if it had been, say, a pro-Trump demonstration against election fraud? To ask the question is to answer it.
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Bexarkat says
Marxism 101, no matter if it BLM or the Pro-Hamas ‘protesters,’ or Antifa…they all worship at the same toilet bowl.
Westman says
There is a simple solution for the city – impound the protester’s cars as tools used to illegally endanger and impede traffic. Let the parents and young sustained adolescents learn there are more accelerated consequences than the courts for purposefully putting others at risk and financial loss. They won’t do it again if they experience or know there are personal costs.
I forget the description Jordan Peterson used for the narcissists who distrupted his talks with banners, noise, and breaking windows – it perfectly described people who would use 3-ton vehicles to force their views on others.
OLD GUY says
This won’t stop unless these individuals and leaders suffer consequences for their actions. You have the right to protest anything you want, but you don’t have the right to destroy property or disrupt another persons life. Sadly this won’t stop until lives are lost, and then these protestors will blame the police for not protecting them.
Westman says
Sadly, you are right. When law enforcement doesn’t or won’t curb the physical actions of intentional agitators against people, at some exhaustion-point, the people will do it themselves. Then politicized law enforcement loses all respect by enforcing law only upon the responders.
This is where we are today. The majority of police officers want to leave law enforcement if they can find another job which would support their family.
SteveC says
This is totally fine. Just keep collecting and archiving the video evidence for the post election mass trials of all of these imbeciles. All of these should have no statute of limitations and be retrospective as they are for all intents and purposes a form of domestic terrorism. Blocking an interstate or public highway, footpath 2 years, causing an accident 5 years, Willful damage based on the cost of the damage done at 1 year per thousand or part thereof, Arson during a riot 20 years minimum. Funding an organisation committing terrorist acts LIFE without possibility of parole or pardon. In addition is anyone loses money, misses a train plane or boat etc. Each Organisation involved shall pay 10x the value of the loss with no limit. If the organisation has no funds then the officers and or funders assets shall be seized and liqudated.
terry says
How so easily does ignorance morph into stupidity.