Rochester Mayor Enlists Church Elders To Serve As Human Shields For Black Lives Matter 'Protesters'

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Sep. 07, 2020

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren apparently saw the videos of Black Lives Matter mobs attacking diners at a local restaurant on Friday and rioting in the streets and figured the proper response is to give the rioters human shields to protect them from police.

Only some people are left #HappeningNow #rochesterprotests pic.twitter.com/Gy5dmy3JKW
— @SCOOTERCASTER (FNTV) (@ScooterCasterNY) September 6, 2020

"Our elders will stand as the buffer between the protesters and our police department," Warren said Sunday after a "community meeting" between "protesters" and police.

“Our elders will stand as the buffer between the protesters and our police department.”

Rochester Mayor @lovelyawarren announces a community meeting between protesters and law enforcement following recent protests over the death of Daniel Prude pic.twitter.com/esEQwidenK
— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) September 6, 2020

That's precisely what they did:

Rochester is planning to use elders as human shields tonight. There’s no depth of insanity they won’t stoop too. pic.twitter.com/iHIP88NCp3
— Simulation Warlord🇺🇸 (@zerosum24) September 7, 2020

Elders you’re up #Rochester pic.twitter.com/GjgIySPora
— Simulation Warlord🇺🇸 (@zerosum24) September 7, 2020

Elders have linked arms. Noting now that many don’t seem to have helmets or goggles. Organizer stopping to tell us that this is the spot where many were tear gassed last night. pic.twitter.com/LC0g3HNiJy
— adria r. walker (@adriawalkr) September 7, 2020

"White shields" were told to go to the front.

White shields
City Hall - Rochester, NY pic.twitter.com/Zfcp21W8GI
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) September 6, 2020

I'm assuming these "Church elders" are a lot like the "Portland Moms."

I recognize a lot of the so-called “moms” as the same antifa women who dressed in black as recent as a couple days ago. They just put on a yellow shirt now for optics. Most of these people aren’t mothers & many don’t even identify as female. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/UPffcao0fv
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 22, 2020

#PortlandMoms = largely antifa in yellow t-shirts pic.twitter.com/n6L153Hnh2
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 22, 2020

The rioters were filmed training with crowdfunded riot gear to take on the police:

Protesters in Rochester have become organized within just a few days. Here they practice with their shields before approaching the police barricade. #rochester #rochesterprotests #DanielPrude pic.twitter.com/MfjANM0FUZ
— Maranie R. Staab (@MaranieRae) September 7, 2020

Portland tonight? Nope. Rochester, NY. @elaadeliahu is out covering the BLM-antifa mass gathering. It has been violent there in the past few days and that’s likely to continue. They crowdfund to buy riot gear. #AntifaRiots #BLM pic.twitter.com/4rAHQOrtiU
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 7, 2020

No this isn’t Portland, this is Rochester. We are learning. pic.twitter.com/oXrlAF1sVU
— Vitalist International (@VitalistInt) September 6, 2020

They mob went on to attack a reporter and his security guard after accusing them of being undercover cops.

Two men were discovered to have infiltrated the group during tonights march in#rochester NY.

They were suspected please officers, but that is not confirmed. The two men fled when confronted.#rochesterprotests #roc pic.twitter.com/kKFQsyEwyt
— Maranie R. Staab (@MaranieRae) September 7, 2020

He’s not police! That’s @WHEC_cmolineaux from @news10nbc
— Dan Schrack (@DanSchrack) September 7, 2020

Demonstrators now attacking us outside the public safety building. pic.twitter.com/VqQybiNskn
— Charles Molineaux (@WHEC_cmolineaux) September 7, 2020

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