A violent clash last week between Antifa activists and journalists at a “Detransition Awareness Day” rally in Sacramento, California, has distracted from the issue and threatens to silence people whose stories should be heard, an event organizer said.
“It makes parents and detransitioners more afraid to come to these events,” Erin Friday told Fox News Digital of the media emphasis on Antifa violence. “I didn’t really want that to be the story, and of course, that’s what the story is.”
The Sacramento Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that there are multiple active investigations related to last Friday’s Antifa protest, which was in response to a gathering at the California state Capitol organized by Our Duty, an international nonpartisan, non-religious group that advocates for “detransitioners” — people who have left a transgender identity.
While multiple detransitioners told their stories of regret on the steps of the Capitol, protesters associated with the Antifa-affiliated group Pride Was A Riot marched down nearby N Street near the Legislative Office Building to protest the event, according to the Sacramento Bee.
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Protesters hit observers with clubs, and at least four journalists were assaulted as they documented the chaos, according to a reporter on the ground from The Epoch Times.
One man was wounded above his right eye and taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Police told Fox News Digital they arrested and booked 31-year-old Joseph Conradsen on multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon and multiple counts of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury.
A woman named Judy, who described herself as “a concerned parent” who attended the event with a friend whose 19-year-old daughter has struggled with gender identity, told Fox News Digital she witnessed the Antifa violence as it took place feet away from where she was positioned behind the…
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