Ohio village is the hub of racial unrest. |
It's located in Clermont County, a Republican stronghold.
Bethel's mayor had issued a curfew for the village beginning at 7pm tonight after three days of protests became unruly and there's an arrest warrant issued to four men who attacked protesters.
The Bethel Police are also under fire. They allowed two men to get the drop on two protesters.
One man served a protester. That man is facing criminal battery charges for that action.
Bethel, Ohio:— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) June 16, 2020
A BLM protestor was sucker punched directly in front of a police-officer — and not a damn thing was done by the officer to protect and serve the protestor.
Madness...pic.twitter.com/VvkKkUO0Ba
SHARE SHARE SHARE🗣— BlackLivesMatter✊🏾 (@b0ywxnder) June 15, 2020
Why doesn’t this have media attention? Armed Thugs and Trump supporters counter protesting and threatening innocent Black Life Matters protestors in Bethel Ohio . #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/j61weTEFrP
White supremacists in Bethel Ohio who verbally attacked a child for having a sign that said “we all bleed the same.” Name and shame these mfers. pic.twitter.com/kwL5m1fRXe— Madame Defarge (@catemonstor) June 15, 2020
I am shocked and ashamed at what happened in my small village of Bethel Ohio today. BLM protesters were being targeted and assaulted by bikers, anti BLM protesters for simply holding signs and standing peacefully.#blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/Me15KHXKvI— ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛɴᴇʏ ʀᴀᴇ 🔪🌸 (@rebornintomusic) June 15, 2020
Another man took a woman's sign and she said that he shoved her to a wall.
Someone got it on video. White men beating me up for walking with a blm sign https://t.co/k8SzvzmHo3 pic.twitter.com/Nb1D1UOJPD— ryley wrigglesworth (@rywriggs) June 15, 2020
Me coming back with my new sign and marching on hehe pic.twitter.com/EWRpyjoeIS— ryley wrigglesworth (@rywriggs) June 15, 2020
What happened this week?
Well there were some Black Lives Matter protesters in the village protesting against racism and police brutality. It riled up a local motorcycle gang and counter protesters.
About less than 100 people turned out to support Black Lives Matter and it was met with hundreds of counter protesters and armed individuals.
Protester gets served in the back of his head while police were standing nearby. |
People criticized the police for not controlling the crowd like they've done in Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and Atlanta.
Some white counter protesters were complaining about why they chose Bethel instead of Chicago.
"We just want it to stop," said Brad McCall. "We got a peaceful town. We don't want our town destroyed. Why bring it to Bethel? Why not go to Chicago? Look how many Black people are getting killed in Chicago. Black people are not getting killed in Bethel."
If this was a Black man, he would be dead right now. |
The local protest, a part of the larger George Floyd protests, attracted counter-protesters from outside of Bethel, including several motorcycle gangs, Back-the-Blue groups, and Second Amendment advocates. On the day of the protest, 250 motorcycles arrived and occupied the area reserved for the demonstration.
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