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In Chaotic Scene, Portland Police Launch Flash-Bangs and Pepper Balls at Antifascist Protesters
Willamette Week ^ | Published 2:51 PM Updated 3:00 PM | Katie Shepherd

Posted on 08/04/2018 3:25:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: Newtoidaho; Bon mots
Well, I've got this one. But I'll bet BonMots has that one.


41 posted on 08/04/2018 4:24:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

I hope it got his balls, small a target as it is....


42 posted on 08/04/2018 4:26:40 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: cherry

IIRC he had to be helped to the sidewalk.

Then he got arrested.

He probably isn’t going to do that again.


43 posted on 08/04/2018 4:29:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Ann Archy

True. They are to stupid to realize that using violence to disrupt a lawful gathering is exactly what fascists to.


44 posted on 08/04/2018 4:31:31 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The ONLY purpose for gun control is so that one group can force its will on a less powerful group.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

check the writer’s Twitter page and check out some of the individual tweet threads:

Twitter: Katie Shepherd, Portland: staff writer @wweek | I cover criminal justice | previously wrote for @latimes, @nytimes, @bbcnews
TWEET: Katie Shepherd 2hr ago: Another WW reporter confirms rocks were thrown. Couldn’t see from my vantage point, but he had a better view.

TWEET: 2.06pm: Katie Shepherd: Police say they’ve seen protesters throw bottles and rocks at officers.
Standing at the police line, I did not see anything thrown prior to crowd control being deployed. There may have been. My impression was that things were settling down before the first flash bang exploded.

REPLY: Parks and Revolution:
“Protesters throw rocks and bottles”
As opposed to the tear gas and bullets that cops are ACTUALLY throwing. The only good cop is a dead cop #defendpdx #alloutpdx...
https://twitter.com/katemshepherd?lang=en


45 posted on 08/04/2018 4:41:36 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Larry Lucido
Pepper balls? They should have been shooting these:


46 posted on 08/04/2018 4:43:55 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Sirius Lee

As they say, “Put ice on it.” LOL!


47 posted on 08/04/2018 4:46:40 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Sirius Lee

LMAO, that is great! lol


48 posted on 08/04/2018 4:59:11 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (what a mess we got ourselves into)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Nice fix!


49 posted on 08/04/2018 5:00:16 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: SaveFerris

lol, I think it hit him in the nuts! good! lol!


50 posted on 08/04/2018 5:00:17 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (what a mess we got ourselves into)
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To: Ann Archy

True. They are too stupid to realize that using violence to disrupt a lawful gathering is exactly what fascists to.


51 posted on 08/04/2018 5:01:35 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The ONLY purpose for gun control is so that one group can force its will on a less powerful group.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Prior to launching any countermeasures, the PD announced over their speaker that (antifa) were throwing “bottles and rocks” at the police at one specific corner, and because of that, they were now evacuating that corner. Leave or get riot-control measures. Seemed pretty clear. Portland has some realcrazies who weren’t there so much to protest as to fight the cops at the drop of a hat. Lady in black that wierded out on Poole must have been late to a zombie casting call - definitely not a marriage candidate - and it showed. Highlight was the dog in the fountain and watching the medication-challenged generation crying over not being able to act-out. Sunflower-BubbleBoy gets First Place for most original riot costume.


52 posted on 08/04/2018 5:03:03 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Apparently, they can aim pretty well with those shooters.

If he wasn’t leftist AntiFa scum, I’d almost feel sorry for him.

Almost.


53 posted on 08/04/2018 5:07:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Likewise. Did a mea culpa on another thread after predicting what you said and then seeing this.


54 posted on 08/04/2018 5:24:38 PM PDT by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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To: DesertRhino

“M1 rifles broke up that riot at Kent State a lot better.”

We even got some good music out of that one...if you can stomach CSNY.


55 posted on 08/04/2018 5:26:17 PM PDT by moovova
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh those poor, far-left-wing Marxist protestors!

(nothing Anti-Fascist about them)


56 posted on 08/04/2018 5:42:35 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (All Democrats have to offer is violence, intolerance, divisiveness and hatred.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Antifa would have got their asses kicked AGAIN, I can spend hours searching youtube for “Antifa Knockout” Cheers!! The guy named Tiny is awesome.


57 posted on 08/04/2018 5:57:37 PM PDT by Soros Billions (Gore is a pussy, Hillary : There's a man for ya)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
ATTENTION Berkeley Police Department:

Observe carefully. THIS is how you handle rioting fascists who call themselves anti-fascists.

58 posted on 08/04/2018 5:58:04 PM PDT by TChad
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To: outofsalt

Hole in the Wall Gang.


59 posted on 08/04/2018 6:02:47 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Steely Tom
The author/s left out the part about Antifa terrorists throwing rocks and bottles at the police.
An innocent oversight, I'm sure. /s

Indeed, just like using the terms "far right", but "antifascist" instead of "far left".

60 posted on 08/04/2018 7:34:42 PM PDT by Oatka
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