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Pictured: two Antifa suspects, Thomas Massey and Tom Keenan [via their Philly PD mugshots]\nPosted by Legal Insurrection’s Fuzzy Slippers <\/p>\n
Pictured: two Antifa suspects, Thomas Massey and Tom Keenan [via their Philly PD mugshots]
\nPosted by Legal Insurrection’s Fuzzy Slippers <\/p>\n
\u201cA dozen Antifa thugs jumped two latino Marines in Philly, accusing them of being \u2018Nazis\u2019 and \u2018white supremacists\u2019 while calling them \u2018spics\u2019 and \u2018wetbacks\u2019 at the same time\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n United States Marines Alejandro Godinez and Luis Torres were viciously attacked by an angry mob of Antifa fascists in Philadelphia on November 17, 2018.<\/p>\n They appeared in court on Thursday and revealed the details of their harrowing ordeal.<\/p>\n Philly Mag reports: The marines, who are not from the Philadelphia area, said that they had traveled to the city with other members of their helicopter unit, headquartered at Fort Dix, to attend a Marine event that night at a local hotel ballroom. They said that they had no knowledge of the nearby rally, which drew members of the alt-right as well as a large number of counter-protestors, Keenan and Massey reportedly among them.<\/p>\n According to the marines\u2019 testimony, they were touring historical landmarks near Front and Chestnut streets when suspect Thomas Keenan approached them. Godinez testified that Keenan asked them \u201cAre you proud?,\u201d to which Godinez remembers responding \u201cWe are Marines.\u201d Torres said that he remembers Keenan asking \u201cAre you Proud Boys?,\u201d an allusion to one of the alt-right groups behind the rally, and one that Torres said he didn\u2019t understand. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what Proud Boys meant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Whatever Keenan said, both marines testified that Keenan, Massey, and approximately ten other people \u2014 men and women, some masked and some unmasked \u2014 then began attacking them with mace, punches, and kicks, and calling them \u201cnazis\u201d and \u201cwhite supremacists.\u201d<\/p>\n On the stand, Godinez said that he was \u201cbewildered\u201d by being called a white supremacist and immediately cried out, \u201cI\u2019m Mexican!\u201d After that, as the attack continued, both men said that members of the group, including Keenan, repeatedly used ethnic slurs, including \u201cspic\u201d and \u201cwetback,\u201d against the marines. (There was no testimony that Massey used any such language).<\/p>\n Godinez testified that he was maced at least six times, hit in the head, and kicked in the ribs, and he said that while he was being \u201cstomped,\u201d members of the group, which the judge and the district attorney\u2019s office have both referred to as a \u201cmob,\u201d chanted \u201cfuck him up\u201d over and over again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The report continues, so be sure to read the whole thing at: Phillymag.com<\/a><\/p>\n Hat tip to Legal Insurrection<\/a> for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n The marines, Alejandro Godinez and Luis Torres, both testified in uniform about the incident, while three marine officers, including their commanding officer, stood in the gallery. The suspects, Thomas Massey and Tom Keenan, who have been linked to antifa on websites and social media, sat together with their individual lawyers and did not speak. [emphasis in original]<\/p>\n