Members of the group known as Rose City Antifa physically attacked members of the conservative group Patriot Prayer the afternoon of June 3, in central Portland. Patriot Prayer, which has also been confronted by Antifa during rallies in California, had organized a public event to say goodbye to a member who was moving back to American Samoa.

Portland, Oregon, is maintaining its reputation as the most active hotspot in the nation for organized Antifa violence.

Rose City Antifa alerted its supporters in a May 24 blog post of the June 3 rally. The post, which was also signed by two groups called the Pacific Northwest Anti-Fascist Workers Collective and Eugene Antifa, stated ominously:

Joey Gibson and Patriot Prayer have short memories, but our community does not. Rose City Antifa knows now, just as we did last year: Gibson is a magnet for violent white supremacists and bigots. The time between then and now has only reinforced our resolve, and the evidence of Patriot Prayer’s racist ties has accumulated to undeniable quantities. We will not allow racists and fascists to parade through Portland’s streets, threatening activists and targeting at-risk communities. No matter how many times they try to sneak back in, this city will stand united against them. We ask the community to join us at 4:00 pm on June 3rd in Terry Schrunk Plaza, to show Patriot Prayer, just as we showed them last year, that their violence and hatred has no place in Portland.

In other words, Antifa believes it has the right to police Portland for any sign of white supremacists and fascists. The problem is, the communists and anarchists of Antifa, who openly reject the First Amendment, promiscuously label many people and groups they consider enemies as “fascists.”

Patriot Prayer is a Tea Party-ish group that has been targeted and attacked relentlessly by Antifa and its allies in the mainstream media as a haven for neo-Nazis, white-supremacists, and fascists without a shred of evidence.

Joey Gibson, an American citizen of Japanese ancestry, started Patriot Prayer after several supporters of President Trump were beaten in San Jose, California, on the campaign trail. He has said one of his top goals is to “liberate the conservatives on the West Coast,” and that he wants to educate Antifa supporters and “bring them out of the darkness.”