Police in New York are increasing their presence in subways Friday after members of the far-left Antifa movement called for a mass protest against law enforcement and transit fares.
The Police Benevolent Association of New York City issued a strong warning ahead of Fridayâs Antifa demonstration, urging New Yorkers to âpay close attention.â
âThis is [the] true endgame of the anti-police movement, an end of all policing & destruction of public order,â the group said in a tweet. âOur members have spent their careers — and in some cases given their lives — to bring public safety back to NYC. We can’t go backwards.â
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Days earlier, an Antifa-backed social media account shared a video of three masked individuals accompanied by a tweet that read: âThe streets are ours. The trains our ours. The walls are ours. This moment is ours.â
The minute-long video showing individuals vandalizing public property and jumping subway turnstiles, calls for supporters of the group to âmeet upâ and rally against law enforcement and transit fares.
âWe encourage you to link up with your friends, your family, and think of the ways you can move in affinity to build and f— s— up on J31 all day long,â an unidentified individual said, referencing Fridayâs date.
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âThe mood for J31 is simple: f— your $2.75. No cops on the MTA, free transit, no harassment period and full accessibility… F— the police.â
A Facebook group run by the same account shared an event that argued that the addition of 500 more MTA police officers is âa declaration of war against our communities.â
âThat money should not be invested in the harassing and brutalizing of Black and brown folks. It should go toward making the MTA free, well maintained, and accessible to all.â
The group continued that it would use a âdiversity of tacticsâ to have their demands met. These demands include eliminating police presence from the subways, free transit, ending the harassment of âvendors and performersâ and âfull accessibility for people of varying abilities.â
A spokesperson with the NYPD told Fox News in an email Friday morning that it âis aware of the demonstration and will have an adequate police presence in place.â
Yah! No cops! Sounds like a mugger’s and rapist’s paradise. And what’s not good about FREE? I’ll bet Antifa thugs don’t work for free.