{"id":1529466,"date":"2022-06-27T14:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529466"},"modified":"2022-06-27T14:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:06:05","slug":"pro-abortion-protests-turned-violent-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-protests-turned-violent-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Abortion Protests Turned Violent Across the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-abortion-protests-turned-violent-across-the-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Pro-abortion protesters incited violence across the nation&#8217;s cities in response to the Supreme Court&#8217;s Friday ruling to overturn\u00a0<em>Roe<\/em> v. <em>Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Black-clad protesters on Saturday night smashed windows and sprayed graffiti on businesses in downtown Portland, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandoregon.gov\/police\/news\/read.cfm?id=422384&#038;ec=1&#038;ch=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland Police Bureau news release<\/a>. Protesters targeted banks, a coffee shop, and the nonprofit Mother and Child Education Center, where they smashed a window, damaged a metal gate, and graffitied a sign with obscenities.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters ignored President Joe Biden&#8217;s pleas for &#8220;peaceful, peaceful, peaceful&#8221; protests, instead acting on the rhetoric of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), who said Democrats will fight &#8220;ferociously&#8221; for abortion rights, and Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.), who said, &#8220;The hell with the Supreme Court. We will defy them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pro-abortion activists targeted pro-life offices and churches even before the Court&#8217;s ruling. Demonstrators last month <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/mostly-peaceful-pro-abortion-extremists-firebomb-pro-life-office\/\">firebombed<\/a> a pro-life office in Wisconsin and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/anarchists-take-credit-for-vandalizing-four-pro-life-churches-in-washington-state\/\">vandalized<\/a> four pro-life churches in Washington State. Early this month, they also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/abortion-activists-firebomb-another-pro-life-office\/\">firebombed<\/a> a pregnancy center in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks appear to have worsened since the Friday ruling, however.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of San Francisco abortion advocates on Friday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/thousands-march-in-san-francisco-to-protest-overturning-of-roe-v-wade\/2929090\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shut down<\/a> an intersection for 49 minutes.\u00a0Protesters in Los Angeles the same day also blocked an intersection before assaulting police with projectiles, fireworks, and a makeshift blow torch. L.A. police arrested two protesters for resisting an executive officer and attempted murder of an officer. In total, rioters with\u00a0the &#8220;intention of creating chaos and destruction&#8221; injured four officers, an L.A. Police Department\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/newsroom\/lapd-statement-on-roe-v-wade-demonstrations-nr22180ti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot (D.) appeared in front of a crowd and <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v1a5ih6-classy-chicago-mayor-screams-fuk-clarence-thomas.html?mref=ah9c7&#038;mc=cfcoh\">screamed<\/a>, &#8220;F*** Clarence Thomas!,&#8221; referring to the Supreme Court justice who wrote a forceful concurrence in Friday&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Phoenix on Friday night deployed tear gas as protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleUgenti\/status\/1540548170668597248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1540548170668597248%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecentersquare.com%2Farizona%2Fabortion-protest-locks-down-lawmakers-inside-arizona-capitol-tear-gas-deployed%2Farticle_6b1fb71a-f4b1-11ec-a477-33393b6eef3b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit windows and kicked open the glass doors<\/a> of the state Capitol building while the state Senate was in session. Officers on Saturday arrested four people who pulled down a temporary fence around the Capitol, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/phoenix\/2022\/06\/26\/abortion-rights-protesters-pull-down-arizona-capitol-fence-4-arrested\/7741963001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves.<\/p>\n<p>Rioters in Washington, D.C.,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevennelson10\/status\/1540507168398610433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1540507168398610433%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fblack-clad-protesters-descend-supreme-court-night-falls-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">burned an American flag<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1540499000780099585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1540499000780099585%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Froe-v-wade-protests-abortion-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chanted slogans<\/a>\u00a0such as &#8220;If we don&#8217;t get it, burn it down.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-abortion protesters incited violence across the nation&#8217;s cities in response to the Supreme Court&#8217;s Friday ruling to overturn\u00a0Roe v. Wade. 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