Proud Boys' violence spirals in Olympia as street hunt for 'antifa' culminates with Toese shooting

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Tusitala “Tiny” Toese, the Northwest-based Proud Boys leader with a long history of violence, was shot in the leg this weekend in Olympia, Washington. If you were to only read the news accounts in local media, you would know that the shooting Saturday afternoon was the culmination of another confrontation between the far-right street brawlers and antifascists.

However, that is a grossly incomplete picture of what happened. Videos and written accounts posted on social media—many of them posted by Proud Boys sympathizers—during the fracas show what really happened: When counterprotesters failed to appear at an anti-vaccination event for which they were providing “security,” frustrated Proud Boys formed a pack and began hunting for “antifa” on the streets of Olympia. They assaulted an independent female journalist who had to seek refuge in a local tavern. They also began assaulting random people on the street they identified as “antifa” and began chasing them with clubs, baseball bats, and Mace; in the end, one of their victims drew a gun at a bus stop and fired several rounds, one of which apparently struck Toese.

Consistent with their post-Jan. 6 strategy of attaching themselves to local right-wing events, the ostensible cause du jour for the Proud Boys’ presence in Olympia on Saturday was an anti-vaccination “End the Mandates” protest organized by a local far-right political candidate, Candace Mercer, held on the Washington state Capitol grounds. However, despite repeated warnings by speakers at the event that “antifa is expected,” no counterprotesters appeared at the rally.

So the Proud Boys, with Toese in the lead, went hunting for them, videos show. A group of about 50 of them, toting weapons like batons and bats and bear spray, marched through downtown Olympia toward Olympia City Hall, roughly a mile away, chanting “Fuck antifa!” as they went. Mercer was planning to shoot a video there later that afternoon, and the brawlers were responding to reports of counterprotesters at that location.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/8/2051124/-A-shooting-in-Olympia-Proud-Boys-went-hunting-antifa-in-streets-ending-with-Toese-wounded

The guy don't look so tiny.

If you read the full article there was some pretty disturbing shit going on. The shooting seems to be justifiable self defense.

[abqtommy]

1. The nickname "Tiny" just may refer to his IQ.

[cayugafalls]

2. I heard he got shot in his Toe, See?

[Grins]

3. "...chasing them with clubs, baseball bats...one of their victims drew a gun...and fired

Sounds like the perfect “Stand your ground!” defense the Reich loves so much.