Many Antifa members do not shy away from violence, this has been known for a while.
Now, Switzerland also got a taster on how the movement ‘protects’ citizens from both the far-right and the authorities.
In what can only be described as a masterclass in misdirected rage, Antifa showed its true colours again in Lausanne.
It started as a protest, sparked by the tragic death of a teenager on a stolen 300 cm³ scooter who crashed into a wall while fleeing police. But it ended with Anfita activists chasing and assaulting a local politician who had absolutely nothing to do with the accident. (No one was at fault for the accident itself; the riots erupted purely in response to the teen’s death.)
In a twisted interpretation of “authoritarian overreach”, a 17-year-old’s fatal scooter crash somehow became an excuse to attack a democratically elected official, proving once again that ideology can conveniently override logic.
The choice of target wasn’t random or accidental, either: the members of the group recognized him as a member of the SVP party.
While the start itself (protests escalating into riots over an accidental death during rightful police action) sends a worrying message about the new European reality in general, it’s even more shocking for Switzerland.
The peaceful Alpine country was this far mostly spared from the scenes already familiar elsewhere on the continent (for example in France): protesters (likely, mostly of immigrant background) vandalizing streets, burning trash cans, damaging public transportation and launching fireworks at police.
The Antifa activists jumped on the occasion created by the approximately 100 masked protesters.
Thibault Schaller, SVP city councillor, was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Instead of targeting anyone responsible for the theft or the crash, the Antifa mob(mind you, not grieving friends from the local community) decided it was the perfect moment to practice their unique blend of “street justice.”
Masks on, let’s get started.
Chased, punched, kicked, and dragged, Schaller managed to escape only thanks to police intervention.
Apparently, in Antifa’s world, any representative of a right-leaning party is fair game, while actual criminals on stolen scooters? Meh, not worth the effort.
For newcomers, here’s a quick refresher: Antifa isn’t some quaint neighborhood club.
Across Europe, they’ve been busy perfecting the fine arts of vandalism, arson, and assault. People who claim to know the only right and efficient way to save the democracy.
Let it be Germany, Austria, France, Italy or Hungary, the modus operandi is the same.
Riots, general street chaos mixed with targeting politicians, far-right activists or anybody who seems to “align with far-right ideologies” (in a Hungarian case, a man who happened to wear fatigues on the street).
The pattern is consistent: violence and intimidation in groups, preferably masked to maintain anonymity, against lone victims.
Then a friendly hand from sympathetic left-wing parties to ensure that ‘no real consequences’ followed the ‘brave’ act.
In one version of the story, the Lausanne unrest was fueled by “local minority grief” over the teenager’s death.
In reality, the only thing minority communities did there was watch Antifa do what they do best: hijack a tragic incident for political theater.
It’s a neat little trick: blame the right, attack the wrong, and wrap it all in moral outrage.
Bonus points if you wear a mask and pretend it’s about justice rather than ideology.
Brave, isn’t it?
The assault on Schaller is emblematic of a broader European trend: Antifa and their leftist allies acting with near impunity.
Riots, assaults, and intimidation campaigns are excused as “activism,” while politicians, law-abiding citizens, and anyone with the audacity to disagree get a front-row seat to the chaos.
Meanwhile, some of the very people who wield violence on the streets—avoiding jail, avoiding accountability—end up being celebrated in European Parliament circles (think Ilaria Salis), supported by parties that claim to champion fairness and democracy.
Is this indeed the answer for migration and critical questions that affects citizens’ everyday life, like people stealing other’s properties? If yes, then thanks God that the Antifa heroes are here to save us from autocrats.
What could be happen to democracy without them?
