New York assistant principal goes on profanity-laced tirade at Rochester BLM protest: 'F*** the police!'
A New York assistant principal is facing scrutiny after delivering a profanity-laced tirade during a Black Lives Matter protest in Rochester. Steven Lysenko, a ninth-grade AP teacher at Spencerport High School in suburban Rochester, is accused of spewing anti-cop rhetoric during a Facebook Live video. The school district was forced to issue a statement after some parents were outraged over the expletive-laden rant.
Lysenko participated in a Black Lives Matter protest in Rochester on Saturday. Following what he deemed as an overaggressive encounter with Rochester police, the assistant principal launched into an enraged diatribe.
Lysenko started the video by introducing himself as the president of the local chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education. The teacher said that he and other demonstrators marched in Rochester as "an act of protest." He continued by claiming, "We didn't do anything but chant and sing."
Lysenko and the group of BLM demonstrators allegedly confronted Rochester police officers on a bridge.
"Our peacekeepers ended up shooting pepper spray at us for singing and chanting and telling them what a s***ty-assed job they were doing," Lysenko said in anger. "They can f*** right off, America!"
"F*** the police," he screamed while wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt. "F*** Rochester police Department!"
This is Steven Lysenko, assistant principal at Spencerport High School in Rochester. He was at the riot last night… https://t.co/qSaXyL11G2— Brittany (@Brittany)1599325340.0
The video went viral on social media, which reportedly caused some families to be outraged, according to WROC-TV.
The Spencerport Central School District issued a statement on the assistant principal's rant:
Response to a social media video of district employee at the Rochester protest. As we have stated consistently and clearly, Spencerport Central School District stands in solidarity in support of racial equality and systemic change. We remain committed to this change, and want all of our families to know we further stand in solidarity with peaceful protesters. However, when a District employee uses language in public or on social media that does not align with our Code of Conduct or demonstrate appropriate role modeling for students, that is something that we will not condone. These statements by our administrator have caused disruption within our school community. We apologize to our students, parents and community that you had to hear this language from one of our employees.
The school district said the situation "will be addressed as a confidential, personnel matter."
Lyssenko's apparent Twitter bio states that he is an "advocate for social justice," as reported in the New York Post. In June, a tweet from the account read, "To any students-past or present-who follow me here: know that when you post "#WhiteLivesMatter, you are condoning White Supremacy. In that I will not abide!"
Also in June, he appeared on a Facebook video apologizing for using "police-centric and police-friendly language."
Lysenko did not immediately respond to requests for a comment on the situation from the New York Post.
There have been protests in Rochester for the last four nights, some of which have turned hostile, including protesters tormenting diners. On Saturday night, three Rochester police officers were taken to the hospital after being attacked by rioters who threw bottles and rocks at them, as well as shooting fireworks at the cops.
The protests stem from the release of bodycam video of the arrest of Daniel Prude, who died while in the custody of Rochester police in March. Seven police officers have been suspended for their involvement in the arrest of Prude.
Violent BLM protesters attack outdoor diners in New York, cause panic in streets while climbing onto roofs of residents' homes
Dangerous protesters converged on Rochester, New York, for the third night in a row following the release of the footage showing local authorities arresting Daniel Prude.
Who is Daniel Prude?
Prude — who was discovered running around the city streets naked and reportedly high on PCP in March — died following the detainment by Rochester police. Authorities placed a spit hood on Prude during the arrest, and reportedly pressed his face into the pavement.
His family is now calling for the officers involved in Prude's arrest to be charged with murder.
An autopsy report from the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office determined that Prude died as a result of "complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint due to excited delirium due to acute phencyclidine intoxication," which is "an indication that Prude might have been high on PCP."
As of Thursday, seven officers involved in Prude's detainment were suspended pending an investigation into the matter.
What are the details?
Now-viral social media clips show a vast crowd of protesters descending on unwitting outdoor diners in Rochester on Friday night, forcing patrons to leave while smashing up tables and throwing chairs.
One protester can be heard screaming, "We're shutting your party down!"
Many of the diners begin to panic over the growing crowd — which reportedly contained at least 1,000 demonstrators — and tripped over one another in attempting to flee the outdoor dining area.
The crowd can also be heard chanting Prude's name, and demanding, "If you don't give us our s***, we shut s*** down!"
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Rochester, N.Y.: #BLM rioters swarm a restaurant and knock over the dining tables. https://t.co/lxa0b5hHeh— Andy Ngô (@Andy Ngô)1599273278.0
Authorities ultimately determined the protest to be an unlawful assembly, and despite local police efforts to quell the riots with crowd-control measures, many demonstrators reportedly refused to back down.
Rioters later also reportedly began taking to residential areas, and could be seen climbing on roofs. Demonstrators reportedly set fire to at least one city bus stop during the overnight melee.
Human Events Managing Editor Ian Miles Cheong tweeted a video that was reportedly filmed at the scene, captioning it, "Black Lives Matter activists are now climbing onto people's homes in Rochester."
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Black Lives Matter activists are now climbing onto people’s homes in Rochester. https://t.co/JffhYf4nzf— Ian Miles Cheong (@Ian Miles Cheong)1599274243.0
Another video sees at least one demonstrator insisting that any protest efforts be aimed "toward the white folks."
“We gonna put matters into our own hands if justice don't come," another protester adds. “I'm being honest with you. We got a 100,000 deep, ready. Ya'll need to know that."
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Rochester https://t.co/XmGis0RxsV— special agent viti (@special agent viti)1599277434.0
Black Lives Matter protesters exchange gunfire with property owners amid march to DC
Black Lives Matter protesters on a march from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C., for the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech exchanged gunfire with Pennsylvania property owners Monday night — and one of the protesters was treated and released from a hospital after being hit by shotgun fire.
State police didn't say who fired first in the incident, which took place in Juniata Township, Bedford County, WTAE-TV reported, but no charges have been filed.
What are the details?
State police said a property owner contacted authorities just after 11 p.m. about a group of people in a private business parking lot, and troopers later learned about 30 activists had been traveling on foot and in vehicles from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C., the station said.
About 11:35 p.m. at the same location — and prior to police arrival — the property owners confronted the activists, police added, according to WTAE. One police official told reporters that "he had asked them to leave, and they wouldn't leave."
Police said things escalated, and gunshots were exchanged between the property owners and the activists, the station said, adding that one of the activists was hit by birdshot from a shotgun, after which he was treated and released from a Johnstown hospital.
A shotgun, shotgun shells, a semi-automatic pistol, and 9mm casings were recovered at the scene, police added, according to WTAE.
Marcher Tory Lowe said the group had parked to organize before they walked up an incline when a man emerged from a house and started shooting at them with a rifle, firing at least seven shots, the station said, citing a Facebook video posted early Tuesday morning.
"He was like three feet away from us shooting, and I told him there was a minister here," Lowe said in the video, WTAE reported.
The group began marching Aug. 4 and planned to arrive in Washington by Friday, the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, the station said, citing a report in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
A WTAJ-TV broadcast referred to the group as affiliated with Black Lives Matter.
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Another shooting
In a separate incident a day later, a man was charged with discharging a firearm in the parking lot of a Bedford County hotel where the protesters were staying, authorities told the Cumberland Times-News.
Counter-protesters arrived at the Hampton Inn around 8:30 p.m., and an argument followed, the paper said, adding that a hotel official heard the argument and asked counter-protesters to leave. As they drove away, gunshots were heard, the Times-News said, citing a criminal complaint.
Since one of the activists reportedly livestreamed the incident on Facebook, troopers were able to identify vehicles — and troopers said they later stopped a 1988 Ford truck, in which Jeremy William Decker was the passenger, the paper said.
State police in Bedford charged Decker, 43, with reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, and firearms violations, the Times-News said, adding that authorities seized multiple firearms, including a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, and that six 9mm shell casings were found at the shooting scene.
One member of the group headed to D.C. reported seeing Decker "fire several rounds in the air" through the open window of a truck before leaving the scene, the paper said, adding that Decker is a convicted felon whose online criminal records show felony assault and burglar — and that he's prohibited from possessing a firearm.
Hours before the hotel shooting, a group showed up at the Bedford County Courthouse, reportedly in response to the Milwaukee activists being in the area, the Times-News said, adding that troopers didn't say if Decker was part of that group.
Decker was arraigned by District Judge Kathy Calhoun, of Everett, and lodged in the Bedford County Jail, the paper said.
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Blocking highway traffic
Three members of the same group were arrested last week after "intentionally obstructing vehicular traffic" on US 30, WTAJ-TV said in a separate report, citing Indiana State Police, adding that US 30 is a divided four-lane highway with a 60 mph speed limit.
Police said they received calls last Wednesday about traffic backed up for several miles in the eastbound lanes of US 30, and arriving troopers saw protesters walking along the highway with eight support vehicles traveling at walking speed in the right lane, the station said. At times pedestrians walked in the car lane instead of the shoulder, WTAJ said.
Police said they told the group they could continue marching as long as both pedestrians and vehicles traveled in the highway shoulder — but the group failed to comply, the station said, adding that traffic became backed up for about seven miles.
Frank David Sensabaugh, 30, Eric Ajala, 20, and Tory Lowe, 44 — all from Milwaukee — were arrested for misdemeanor disorderly conduct and obstruction of traffic charges, WTAJ said, adding that Lowe also was charged for misdemeanor resisting law enforcement. All three were taken to the Kosciusko County Jail, the station said, and later released.
Lowe — cited in the WTAE shooting story — livestreamed the incident on Facebook, WTAJ said.
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