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A "wall of moms" gathers to confront federal officers on Sunday, July 19, 2020 in downtown Portland:
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A wall of "Portland Moms" shields rioters from Federal forces in downtown Portland:
President Donald Trump deployed federal police to Portland to quell six weeks of protests. He has achieved the opposite effect.
The crowds gathering outside downtown courthouses on July 18 and 19 were as large as any Portland has seen in the past month. The crowd also appeared significantly older than at any previous demonstration.
That's in no small part because reports of aggressive tactics by federal officers—including shooting a protester in the face with a munition, detaining people in rental vans, and tear gassing a county commissioner—have galvanized residents of this city to confront what they see as a military occupation.
Edie, a Portland mother expecting a grandchild, said the sight of federal police using tear gas on moms July 18 outraged her. (She declined to give her last name.)
"The wall of moms were in white yesterday, and they were tear gassed and shoved," she said. "So we came in yellow today. and we're alongside the fence telling them: 'Feds go home, the moms are here.'
Edie continued: "The more the police use war crimes, crimes against humanity, anti-democratic [actions], having police take over the three branches of government—legislative, executive and judicial—and prevent the freedom of press, that makes people who have never come out before get angry. We moms say, 'You're not gonna hurt our kids.'"
"Feds have succeeded in turning #portlandprotests mainstream. a friend from my daughter's school cohort facebooked about joining the "wall of moms" tonight", writes Portland based writer Tim Dickinson.
Ping
Portland gets what they get. Screw ‘em.
Why is this in the Activism sidebar?
Moms against America? Shouldn’t the fire department be testing fire hydrants in the area?
Liars. The President sent in response teams to protect Federal property. That was the right thing to do. Screw Portland-let them rot.
Where should it go?
Build a fence around Portland and let them eat each other.
The media sure give the Left ownership of the language
Portland Moms is code for angry old bitches whose last man given orgasm was last century
It’s official: Oregonians too stupid for FREEDOM.
Are these moms concerned about the ongoing violence which triggered the law enforcement presence in the first place, or just having selective outrage about the law enforcement presence?????
The Activism sidebar is reserved for FR activism. Please refrain from abusing it.
Mothers can be communists too
...shooting a protester in the face with a munition,
enquiring minds want to know. ;)
Feds are there protecting federal property that the city won’t protect. Think of them as the Koreans on the roofs of their buildings during the LA riots. :)
I cannot comprehend how any mode of thinking can possibly justify the destruction of property, both public and private, much less try and protect people when they’re doing it.
Moms or no moms if they break the law give them the treatment too.
Geriatric flower children.
As your kids hurt innocent people and businesses with their rioting destruction.
If those are mothers, I feel sorry for their children and maybe now I have a better understanding of where those soy boys and girls went wrong, well it’s confirmation really.
“Build a fence around Portland and let them eat each other.”
Agreed
it will happen soon enough.
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