Neighbors reported being shocked when the protesters began banging drums and and shouting pro-Hamas, anti-Jewish hate slogans outside the home of Rep. Brad Schneider at around 3 AM on Saturday morning. They were demanding that Schneider ‘re-fund’ the Hamas-controlled UNRWA in Gaza, recently defunded by Congress, and end what they allege to be the US-backed genocide in Gaza.
At 2:30AM last night, anti-Israel protesters shouted antisemitic chants outside Rep. Brad Schneider’s house
They said they’re coming back. pic.twitter.com/EewBrq5UYA
— Kassy Akiva (@KassyDillon) June 30, 2024
Breitbart (h/t Nita) “It was terrifying, it was surreal, to be awakened like that,” one resident told WMAQ-TV.
City officials quickly issued a community advisory alert and the Highland Park Police was dispatched to begin dispersing the protesters, WBBM-TV reported.
Officers on the scene reported that the protesters were shouting “pro-Palestinian and antisemitic chants,” using bullhorns, and beating drums. It was also reported that a red liquid that may have been animal blood was dumped on the sidewalk in front of the congressman’s home.
“It’s unfortunate that, instead of seeking a constructive dialogue with Congressman Schneider, a group of people hiding their faces chose to taunt and intimidate a predominantly Jewish neighborhood on the Jewish Sabbath in the middle of the night,” Schneider said in his statement.
“It’s even more disturbing they chose to harass a community that is preparing to commemorate the second anniversary of the Highland Park mass shooting, a shared tragedy that was spurred by hate. The Congressman is always happy to meet and sit down with anyone. I encourage those who disagree with his views to seek a conversation in the daylight rather than disturbing and traumatizing families in the darkness of night,” he said.
Palestinian terror enthusiasts were walking around an Illinois suburb at night asking the people they encountered if they are “a Jew.”pic.twitter.com/XKQipwlAEk
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) June 29, 2024
The other disturbing thing is there must be many more of these IslamoNazis in the US than we were led to believe.
Try that in Texas! The whole crowd would’ve gotten a few mag dumps, and it would’ve been self defense.
Love Texans!
Non retributive violence is the refuge of the intellectually and morally incompetent which is why the left is so often violent. The anti Semitism appearing around the world, the hatred of Israel, all of this comes directly from the left because like their allies, followers of Islam, the left hates and fears freedom and individual rights and tries to destroy both wherever they find them. There will be no peace or justice if the left brings about the socialist police state which they so desperately desire here in America and around the world.