Antifa Appears To Have A History Of Using Skateboards As Weapons – The Daily Caller

Far-left groups such as antifa appear to use skateboards as tools of destruction, videos captured at protests and riots show.

Anthony Huber, one of the men fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during the 2020 riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, had gained attention for the use of his skateboard to attack Rittenhouse. (RELATED: Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted On All Charges)

Skateboards have also been used to violently smash through windows or to assault police officers.

Skaters appear to have a history of participating in protests a well as utilizing the slogan skate and destroy to summarize their involvement in protest culture, according to a blog post from skater magazine Jenkem.

Things are replaceable; life is not. No building nor brand no matter how luxurious should be valued at anything even approximating a humans life, no matter what human, the article said.

In the post, titled A Skaters Guide To Attending A Protest, the writers break down the approach and necessary supplies needed for attending a protest. One of the tools they specifically mention is a skateboard, explaining how its pretty cool how many uses a skateboard can have in a protest.

Skateboards allow protesters to write protest slogans on the grip, and can be used as a tried and true device for quickly dipping out of tricky situations, the article said. They are also effective in self-defense and can make a shield and even if you get enough skaters on the frontline you can link together to form a phalanx on some gladiator kind of tip.

Tara Szczepanski, a video journalist, is also shown below being allegedly attacked by antifa/BLM members in New York with eggs, umbrellas and a skateboard.

Skateboards have also been used to break into stores and smash cop cars.

The video below shows antifascists using pepper spray and skateboards to attack patriots in Portland.

A skate shop based in California, Whatever Skateboards, advertises on their site that they do custom antifa skateboards.

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