Shocking video emerged of street fighting in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.
TV producer Andrew Kimmell, the former head of live video at BuzzFeed News, posted videos of a stomping at an anti-vaxx, Proud Boys rally.
One of the Proud Boys keeps following me around and pointing me out to his crew. Not many other press in here as th… https://t.co/0tl8mqFauk— Andrew Kimmel (@Andrew Kimmel) 1628978477.0
Extremism researcher Nick Martin located a different video of the scene that reportedly documents an attack on journalists.
Another video angle on the same violence in Los Angeles. https://t.co/QyPKYExbbm
— Nick Martin (@nickmartin) August 14, 2021
One person was stabbed, the Los Angeles Times reported.
"A crowd of several hundred people, many holding American flags and signs calling for 'medical freedom,' had descended on City Hall around 2 p.m. for the planned rally," the newspaper reported. "A fight erupted on the corner of 1st and Spring streets shortly after 2:30 p.m., as counterprotesters in all black and anti-vaccine demonstrators draped in American flag garb and memorabilia bearing former President Trump's face traded punches and threw items at one another."
Adam Kiefer tries to fight counter protesters, didn't work out well for him pic.twitter.com/hOvzPs5rdQ
— waterspider (@waterspider__) August 14, 2021
KPCC reporter Frank Stoltze says he was attacked.
Something happened to me today that’s never happened in 30 yrs of reporting. In LA. @LAist I was shoved, kicked a… https://t.co/22FyVeNaJs— Frank Stoltze (@Frank Stoltze) 1628987002.0
