Patriot Prayer

Patriot Prayer is a far-right group founded by Joey Gibson in 2016 and based in Vancouver, Washington, a suburban city in the Portland metropolitan area.[1][2][3] The group has organized rallies in support of Donald Trump[4] and held protests in predominantly liberal cities in the Pacific Northwest, often met with large numbers of counter-protesters.[5][6] White nationalists as well as far-right groups, such as Proud Boys[7] have attended the rallies organized by Patriot Prayer, sparking controversy and violence.[8][9][10]

Patriot Prayer
Joey Gibson, founder of Patriot Prayer, at a demonstration in Seattle alongside Proud Boys members
Formation2016 (2016)
FounderJoey Gibson
Founded atVancouver, Washington
Region
Pacific Northwest
United States
Websitegibsonforfreedom.com/patriot-prayer

Patriot Prayer describes itself as advocating in favor of free speech[11] and opposing big government.[12][13] An infiltrator into Patriot Prayer said that the group had only around 15 core members in 2019.[14]

Overview

Patriot Prayer was founded in 2016[3] by Joey Gibson.[15] Gibson says he became an activist after seeing a brawl start between supporters of the Trump presidency and counter protesters.[16] Patriot Prayer is a far-right group,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] part of the right-wing of American politics.[24] It has held rallies in areas known for their liberal politics.[25][26] It has also been described as anti-government.[27][28][29][30] The San Jose Mercury News describes Patriot Prayer as a "right-wing group", whose events "have attracted white supremacists and ended up in violent confrontations among demonstrators on both sides."[3] In 2017, Gibson described himself as conservative libertarian.[31]

According to BBC News, Patriot Prayer have been connected to the alt-right as well as other far-right groups.[25] Gibson denies this, saying the group is neither white nationalist nor alt-right and that they support "freedom, love and peace".[32] The group's stated aim is support of the First Amendment, free speech and to "liberate the conservatives on the West Coast".[16]

The Seattle Times and The Washington Post have described Patriot Prayer as a "pro-Trump group".[33][34] According to The Weekly Standard, "[i]n the early days, his [Gibson's] rallies had overtly pro-Trump themes. These days, mentions of Trump have mostly been scrubbed from his own rhetoric, as he knows even invoking the name can be alienating."[35]

Patriot Prayer has made allegations against the Council on American–Islamic Relations calling the group a "Muslim extremist organization". Its supporters have made threats online against CAIR, prompting an investigation by authorities.[36][37][38] Patriot Prayer has a history of harassing and assaulting Abolish ICE and other leftist activists.[39][40][41]

David Neiwert, writing for the Southern Poverty Law Center blog Hatewatch, described Patriot Prayer as "trolling" the Pacific Northwest with the intention of provoking a response from "far-left antifascists".[42] Neiwert noted that Gibson denounced white supremacists and neo-Nazis during a rally on August 13, 2017, the day after the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and described that Gibson explained in subsequent interviews that he aims to "actively exclude" white supremacist groups.[42] During the August 13 rally in Seattle, such groups had no obvious presence, but a week earlier at another rally in Portland, Oregon, which was led by Gibson, members of Identity Evropa were in attendance.[43] The SPLC describes them as "violent extremists" on their website.[44]

In September 2020, Facebook took down the pages for Patriot Prayer and Gibson as part of their efforts to remove "violent social militias" from its social networks.[45]

Activities

Since 2016, Patriot Prayer has hosted dozens of pro-gun and pro-Trump rallies in the Pacific Northwest.[46] The attendees of Patriot Prayer's rallies, known to draw supporters from Proud Boys and other anti-government extremist groups, have repeatedly clashed with left-wing groups in the Portland, Oregon, area.[46]

Prior to the violence at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Patriot Prayer's rallies featured "right-wing nationalists".[47][48] Since Charlottesville, the group has tried to distance themselves from the alt-right.[49][50] Rose City Antifa has organized opposition to Patriot Prayer rallies in Portland.[51]

Portland

On April 2, 2017, Patriot Prayer organized a "Rally for Trump and Freedom" attended by approximately 300 people, both supporters and opposition of President Donald Trump exchanged words during a pro-Trump rally at Vancouver's Esther Short Park, near Portland, but the exchange was relatively peaceful.[52] Security for the rally was provided by the Three Percenters, often spelled III%.[53][54]

Following the cancellation of a Rose Festival event due to threats of violence against the Multnomah County Republican Party who were to take part in the rally, allegedly from anti-fascist groups,[55] Gibson organized a "March for Free Speech" to occur on April 29, 2017.[56] Gibson told The Guardian: "We are going to continue with our rally. There is no way that we will stop. It is even more important that we come out with a strong message of love."[51] There were an estimated 60 counter protesters and police said there had been three arrests.[57] Jeremy Joseph Christian, who was later arrested for the 2017 Portland train attack, resulting in the fatal stabbing of two men in an apparently racially-motivated attack, was seen at the march yelling racial slurs.[58] Gibson denounced Christian's actions and said he ejected Christian from the April 2, 2017, event due to his "bizarre behavior".[51]

On May 11 and 13, 2017, Patriot Prayer organized the attendance of a dozen "antifa watchers" at a protest at a south-east Portland grocery liquidator. Interviewed by The Oregonian, Gibson said the group were there to watch the protest and report any property damage, and that he attended "to start conversations".[59]

Demonstrators at Patriot Prayer's "Trump Free Speech Rally" on June 4, 2017

A June 4, 2017 "Trump Free Speech Rally" in downtown Portland[58] attracted a large counter-protest and 14 people were arrested, after Portland's mayor Ted Wheeler unsuccessfully sought to have the event's permit revoked.[11][60][61] According to The Washington Post, this rally provided "a vivid illustration of the city's divisions".[60] The rally caused controversy as it was scheduled one week after the stabbings by Jeremy Christian. The mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler had requested that federal authorities revoke the permit saying he was concerned over increasing tensions in the city due to the stabbings. The General Services Administration denied the request, stating that the permit had been lawfully obtained weeks beforehand.[62] The Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union's legal director, Mat Dos Santos, said it was unconstitutional of Wheeler to attempt to prevent the demonstration based on the political and personal viewpoints of those who organized the event.[63] Gibson cancelled the event citing safety concerns.[64]

By the end of the month, Patriot Prayer gathered for their "Freedom March" on June 30, 2017, at the Portland Waterfront near the annual Blues Festival, and were met by counter-protesters. The often heated exchanges of the dueling rallies ended with minimal violence and no reports of arrests.[65][66][67] The rally occurred in the midst of a national debate on the First Amendment, one which has seen violent clashes between right-wing and left-wing groups over appearances by contentious public figures, often in liberal cities such as Portland.[61] The atmosphere in Portland had also become tense after Christian's recent arrest for the train attack.[68][69][70]

On August 6, 2017, it was much smaller crowds for their "Freedom March" at Salmon Street Springs, Portland, but it followed the well-established pattern with a few arrests of counter protesters and a lot of shouting and chants from both the Patriot Prayer group and counter protesters.[71][72]

Patriot Prayer planned an event for San Francisco in late August 2017. CBS reported the city called in its entire police force for the date in anticipation of unrest similar to previous Patriot Prayer rallies in Seattle and Portland.[73] Mayor Ed Lee condemned the event, saying: "The shameful, anti-American trend of hate-filled extremist rallies will unfortunately be allowed to continue this weekend in our city." Lee added that "San Francisco does not welcome outside agitators whose messages of hate have the sole purpose of inciting violence."[74] The original rally was set to take place at Crissy Field, which is not under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco city government, instead administered by the National Park Service, who granted Patriot Prayer the permit to march.[75] Patriot Prayer ended up cancelling their event when they saw that they had attracted thousands of counter-protesters, opting instead to hold a press conference at Alamo Square. In response to the last minute move to a location deep within San Francisco, the city ended up fencing off the entire park, closing it to the public to prevent violence, which led to Gibson cancelling that event as well.[76] Gibson then said that Patriot Prayer members would instead be attending an anti-Marxist rally in nearby Berkeley, but also called that event off as well.[77] The counter-protest was entirely peaceful, with protesters opting to hold a large dance party instead of a violent confrontation, and there was only one arrest for public intoxication.[78][77]

For the September 10, 2017, "Peaceful Portland Freedom March" in Portland, Gibson asked followers take a new non-violent approach, although not all appeared willing to go along[79] and the counter-protests also appeared to be settling on a number of different measures depending on the organization.[80][81][82] Patriot Prayer announced additional changes, including the collection of charitable relief for the victims of the Eagle Creek fire in the Columbia River Gorge and a name change for a rally to "Peaceful Vancouver Freedom March".[83] The small rallies drew large counter-protest crowds in both Portland and Vancouver with several arrests and the detention of the driver of a pickup that sped through a crowd of counter-protesters, no injuries were reported.[10][84] Among those drawn to the rallies were the militia-style Three Percenters and the Proud Boys, a white nationalist group.[9][10][85]

On June 3, 2018, Patriot Prayer and anti-fascists again fought in parks in downtown Portland. Police arrested four people for disorderly conduct.[86] Participants threw rocks, bottles, ball bearings, and fireworks at each other.[87] The Portland Mercury reported that Patriot Prayer organized the rally as a counter-protest to another leftist rally led by the Empower Portland Alliance and the Direct Action Alliance. This earlier rally was intended to protest police violence and to commemorate the anniversary of an incident a year earlier when Portland police detained 200 people for several hours. In response to Patriot Prayer's plans to counter-protest this earlier rally, local antifa groups organized a counter-protest of Patriot Prayer, calling this third rally "Call to Resist Patriot Prayer Bringing Nazis to Portland."[88] Pepper spray was used by a Multnomah County sheriff's deputy and by demonstrators. Police report that although there were several people who were evaluated medically at the parks, no one was transported to the hospital.

On June 30, 2018, a Patriot Prayer rally that consisted of 150 supporters clashed with anti-fascists protesters who had been waiting for them at a barricaded street. Police observed “assaults, criminal behavior, and projectiles being thrown". Reports suggest that the counter-protesters initiated the violence when they began assaulting the Patriot Prayer supporters with thrown projectiles.[89] Subsequently, the permit to march through downtown Portland was revoked, and the police declared the Patriot Prayer rally a riot. The police fired non-lethal ammunition towards the counter-protestors and 9 people in all were arrested.[90][91]

A rally called the "Gibson for Senate Freedom March", including members of both Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys, was held in Portland on August 4, 2018, along Tom McCall Waterfront Park.[92] It attracted counter-protestors, both from a coalition of labor unions, immigrant rights advocates, and other groups, and from local organized antifa activists. Hundreds of riot-geared policeman, from both the Portland Police and the Oregon State Police attempted to keep the two groups apart, using rubber bullets and flashbangs when protestors refused to move. At one point, the police forces came under attack from rocks and bottles. Police reported that they confiscated weapons including fireworks, long sticks, baseball bats, pepper spray and home-made shields. There were injuries, and arrests were made, but the police characterized the event as a "civil disturbance" and not a "riot". The event also featured people wearing T-shirts saying "Pinochet Did Nothing Wrong", with an image of people dropped from a helicopter and "RWDS" (Right-Wing Death Squad), both of which were also spotted in Charlottesville.[93][94][95][96][97][98]

In October 2018, the Portland police announced that it had found members of the organization carrying loaded firearms on the roof of a parking garage overlooking the site of the August protest; the people carrying them had concealed carry permits. The police confiscated the weapons and made the people leave the roof.[99]

On November 17, 2018, an offshoot of Patriot Prayer scheduled a Him Too rally at Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland and was met with counter protestors.[100][101][102]

In January 2019, Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson, Proud Boy Tusitala "Tiny" Toese and former Proud Boy Russell Schultz initiated a campaign to tear off the bandanas of antifa demonstrators and taking pictures of their faces. The announcement of the campaign came shortly after an altercation that took place when Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys members attempted and failed to invade a chapter meeting of the Democratic Socialists of America. The groups clashed with anti-fascist activists nearby after being denied entry to the meeting, and claimed to be attacked.[103][104][105]

2019 May Day brawl
Main article: Cider Riot

In August 2019, Gibson, along with five other Patriot Prayer affiliates[106] were arrested for their actions in connection with a riot that took place in Portland on May 1. During the riot, which took place outside Cider Riot, Patriot Prayer member Ian Kramer beat Cider Riot patron Heather Clark unconscious and broke her vertebrae.[107][108][109][110] A Navy veteran referred to as "Ben", who had infiltrated Patriot Prayer and took videos of the violence at their rallies, was expected to testify at Gibson's trial.[14]

Seattle area
Patriot Prayer in Seattle on May 1, 2017

On May 1, 2017, Patriot Prayer counter-protested at Seattle's May Day parade with their "Stand Against Communism" rally. The events were mostly peaceful with arrests of counter protesters.[111]

On June 15, 2017, Patriot Prayer members held a rally at Evergreen State College, timed to coincide with one by the Evergreen Anti-Fascist Community Defense Network.[112] The former promoted solidarity with Bret Weinstein, whose critical comments about an event for racial awareness had ignited campus protests.[113]

On August 13, 2017, the group held the "Freedom Rally Seattle" at Westlake Park with a large police presence to keep thousands of counter-protesters away. The concurrent events came one day after the death and injuries in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville and tensions were high with arrests of counter protesters made by police.[114][115][116][117]

On February 10, 2018, Patriot Prayer was invited by the University of Washington College Republicans to speak at their "Freedom Rally" in Red Square. Several groups organized counter-protests, leading to skirmishes. Five people were arrested.[118]

On August 18, 2018, Patriot Prayer and the Washington Three Percenters held a "Liberty or Death" rally in Seattle. The right-wing supporters, some armed and in tactical gear, were met with a counter protest from Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity, Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party.[119] Three people were arrested.[119]

San Francisco Bay area

A rally which was to be held at Crissy Field in San Francisco on August 26, 2017 was cancelled by Gibson.[120][121] In response to allegations by Nancy Pelosi that the event was intended to be a "white supremacist rally",[122] Gibson said: "For those of you who believe we are seriously going to throw a white nationalist supremacist rally in San Francisco, it's time for logic." In a video posted to his Facebook page. Gibson said: "We have a black speaker, two Hispanic speakers, we've got an Asian, a brown speaker right here (referring to himself) – we got a transsexual, and we aren't talking about race." Mayor Ed Lee had also condemned the event.[74] Police Chief Bill Scott and Board of Supervisors President London Breed had written a letter expressing outrage over the National Park Service's decision to allow the rally.[78][123] Security for the event was to be handled by the Oath Keepers.[124]

On August 26, 2017, news of a planned Patriot Prayer press conference in San Francisco's Alamo Square Park drew over 1,000 counter-protesters to the neighborhood. The group, which had already canceled a planned rally at Crissy Field due to alleged safety concerns, held the press conference in Pacifica instead.[121][125] The hastily organized press conference had not gotten a permit for the event, leading to the city fencing off Alamo Square, barring entry to the public.[76] Prior to the event, the group's leader Joey Gibson denounced white supremacists before an August 2017 rally, saying: "Don't show up, you're not welcome."[126] Group organizers arrived at Crissy Field later that afternoon to talk with counter-protesters.[127] Counter-protests across the city that weekend were peaceful, with most counter-protesters opting to hold a large dance party instead of a violent confrontation, and there was only one arrest for public intoxication.[77]

After cancelling the August 26 event at Alamo Square, Gibson then said that Patriot Prayer members would instead be attending an anti-Marxist rally in nearby Berkeley, but also called that event off as well.[77]

A September 26, 2017 Patriot Prayer demonstration near Sproul Plaza resulted in violence between the group and left-wing activists, including BAMN. The demonstration continued in a march to People's Park, where Kyle "Stickman" Chapman, a self-described American nationalist,[128] claimed there was "a war on whites" and a "battle for Berkeley". Police made three arrests, including Yvette Felarca.[129]

Relationship with the Portland police
Patriot Prayer gather in 2017, Tusitala "Tiny" Toese in center

The Guardian reported that Lt. Niiya told Gibson in December 2017 that the police would not execute a warrant for the arrest of Toese. In a text, Niiya wrote: "Just make sure he doesn’t do anything which may draw our attention. [...] If he still has the warrant in the system (I don’t run you guys so I don’t personally know) the officers could arrest him. I don’t see a need to arrest on the warrant unless there is a reason." He also indicated that police officers had ignored previous arrest warrants for Toese.[130]

In February 2019, Willamette Week reported that Portland police lieutenant Jeff Niiya kept in close touch with Gibson, passing on to him intelligence about the anti-fascist movement in the city. He also advised Gibson on how a Patriot Prayer member could avoid being arrested.[131] On February 21, a public "listening session" convened by the Portland Police Bureau consisted in large part of strong criticism of the bureau.[130]

On March 1, 2019, The Guardian reported that it had obtained video which showed Portland police officers approaching Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson at a June 3, 2018 rally, and telling him that even though Niiya had probable cause to arrest several members of the group, they could avoid being arrested by leaving. The officers informed Gibson of who would be arrested (Tusitala "Tiny" Toese and another man) and told him that they had already arrested members of "the other side". Five days after the rally, Toese and Donovan Flippo, a member of the Proud Boys, allegedly attacked a man in Portland. They were later indicted for the incident by a grand jury. The Portland Police Bureau did not comment on the video because their investigation on the relationship between Niiya and Patriot Prayer is ongoing.[130]

Portland's Independent Police Review investigated Niiya and cleared him in September 2019, determining that he was gathering information on the groups and trying to defuse potential clashes with his advice.[132]

See also

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