A holiday party hosted by Michigan Democrats spiralled into violence after pro-Palestine activists crashed the event and sent one attendee to the hospital.
‘Them Arabs in motherf***ing Detroit tried to kill me!’ said an activist who sustained two black eyes in the clashes.
On December 16, the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party held a private party at the Common Pub in Detroit, where about 200 people were in attendance.
‘Shri, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,’ they chimed, referencing the thousands of Palestinians slaughtered in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
In the footage, gospel music in the background sounded as members of the crowd pushed and yelled at each other. In one clip, former Detroit Police Commissioner Bernice Smith could be seen using her cane to fend off protestors.
Community activist Bobbie Avington Smith was injured in the struggle. She suffered two black eyes and was admitted to a local hospital.
Bobbie Avington Smith later took to Instagram Live, visibly bloodied.
She called on ‘black men’ to defend against ‘the Arabs’ who disrupted the event, urging them to ‘stand the f**k up.
Metro Detroit is home to a substantial Arab population. The suburb of Dearborn has the largest per capita Muslim population in the US.
Wayne County Commissioner Jonathan Kinloch, who also serves as the Chair of the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party, posted a shaky video from the event to X, previously Twitter.
Jonathan Kinloch, Thanedar and other Democrats spoke at a press conference Monday, where they blasted the protesters as ‘rioters’.
Jonathan Kinloch said they didn’t have a right to be there, first and foremost.
He said that the owner asked them to leave. He asked them to leave. They refused to leave so they were removed from a place where they had no business and no legal right to be in.
He added there was no security because it was intended to be a celebration and nobody expected any violence, adding the wellbeing of senior attendees was put at risk.
Addressing the protestors, Thanedar said that this was not going to give them support for their cause, and he welcomed opponents to come to his office and town halls to talk.
The congressman has been a staunch supporter of Israel, and a statement on his website read that it was now more important than ever before to reaffirm, their unequivocal support for the state of Israel, the lone Democracy in the Middle East and one of their closest, and strongest, allies across the globe.
First, they targeted the Jews, then they targeted Christians. It looks like they hate us all, and now they’re pushing to see what they can get away with.
These people have come from a hell hole and now they come to our shores and they want to make our country a hell hole as well, makes you wonder why they ran away from their country in the first place, they clearly love the drama.
These people are living in the dark ages and pray to a God who appears to summon them to destroy anyone with a differing belief. However, having a different belief doesn’t support terrorism, and there seems to be a hornet’s nest down there in Dearborn ready to explode, but go on, keep believing everything is okay.
Some would call this freedom of movement, but to others, it’s called bullying and brutality, who on earth wants to support that?
Well, it looks like the protest shoe is on the other foot now. Now we can call it Black Eyes Matter!
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