Black Lives Matter activists marching through the nation’s capital on Monday were caught on film demanding a woman raise her fist in the air and identify whether she was a Christian.
Various clips tallying millions of views showed a woman identified as Lauren B. Victor cornered by a mob of activists demanding she take part in their chants and gestures.
“White silence is violence!” they shouted as men and women loomed over Ms. Victor.
“No Justice, no peace! If we don’t get it, shut it down!” they added.
Another woman demanded: “Are you a Christian?”
1) In a scene that played out several times Monday, a Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights confronted White diners outside D.C. restaurants, chanting “White silence is violence!” and demanding White diners show their solidarity. #DCProtests pic.twitter.com/fJbPM76vb0
— Fredrick Kunkle WaPo (@KunkleFredrick) August 25, 2020
Fredrick Kunkle of The Washington Post detailed the tense situation, along with others that played out in Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan.
“’Good for you — you stood your ground,’ Chuck Modiano said sarcastically as the crowd moved on,” Mr. Kunkle tweeted Tuesday.
“Modiano, who had been yelling at Victor and moments later identified himself as a citizen journalist who writes for @Deadspin. [He] told Victor he couldn’t understand why she was the only diner in the area who wouldn’t comply. ’What was in you, you couldn’t do this?’” Mr. Kunkle wrote.
Ms. Victor replied that “I felt I was under attack.”
“In the moment, it didn’t feel right. I wasn’t actually frightened. I didn’t think they’d do anything to me. I’m very much with them. I’ve been marching with them for weeks and weeks and weeks,” she said.
Black Lives Matter protests have gone on since the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody.
The Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a police call over a domestic incident literally figuratively added fuel to the cultural fire.
Black Lives Matter supporters in Kenosha looted and burned multiple businesses in response to the police’s handling of the call.
Mr. Blake, 29, was shot multiple times while reaching into his car during a confrontation with the responding officers. He is recovering from his wounds in a local hospital.
These Democrats actually think they represent the ideology that is *AGAINST* oppression and fascism ⬇️
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) August 25, 2020
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• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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