Dan Bongino reacts to violent rioting across the nation: This isn’t a protest anymore, it’s a coup
Former NYPD officer Dan Bongino reacts to riots erupting throughout major U.S. cities over George Floyd’s death on ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES, LANGUAGE
A machete-wielding man in Dallas was surrounded by a mob and brutally beaten and stoned in a horrifying moment captured on video Saturday night, as looting and violence gripped cities across the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The man, who has not been named, was hospitalized and in stable condition as of Sunday morning, local news outlets reported, citing Dallas police. No further information on his injuries was immediately released.
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The man was carrying the machete to “allegedly protect his neighborhood from protesters,” police said, according to WFAA-TV. He confronted protesters while holding the machete and was then assaulted.
Graphic video of the encounter was shared on social media Saturday night after what started as peaceful protests during the day turned increasingly violent as night fell.
The video shows the man on the ground while a mob surrounds him. The man was kicked, punched and had rocks thrown at him. Many members of the mob scatter after the man appears to lie motionless on the ground in a pool of blood.
Amid screams, people can be heard yelling, “Turn him over!” while another says, “Don’t touch him.”
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Elijah Schaffer, of Blaze TV, captured the video of the assault and shared an additional video, which shows the moments leading up to the encounter.
In the video, the man appears to be walking along a sidewalk, away from protesters, who follow him while throwing what appears to be rocks in his direction. As protesters get closer, the man rushes at them while holding the machete. The large mob then collapses on the man and attacks him.
Schaffer and others at the scene said the man was apparently trying to defend his store. Fox News could not immediately confirm this information.
Police said the man was taken to a hospital by the time officers arrived at the scene, KTXA-TV reported. Police are continuing to investigate the incident.
Dallas SWAT deployed gas to disperse the unruly protesters at the corner of Young and Akard Street on Saturday, police said. (Dallas Police Department)
Hundreds of protesters looted stores and vandalized buildings throughout the night, Dallas police said. At least 74 arrests were made before midnight. They were to be charged with inciting a riot.
Police also said three guns and a taser were recovered from 15 other people who were detained for vandalizing buildings after midnight.
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The riots have spread to dozens of cities across the country and prompted curfews and calls for the National Guard to be deployed.
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