Posted on 08/13/2019 6:24:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The groups know they will get a headline-grabbing reaction from Portland’s so-called “antifa,” whose members have issued an online call to their followers to turn out to “defend Portland from a far-Right attack.”
Portland’s Rose City Antifa, the nation’s oldest active anti-fascist group, says violence against right-wing demonstrators is “exactly what should happen..."
Portland leaders are planning a major law enforcement presence on the heels of similar rallies in June... None of the city’s nearly 1,000 police officers will have the day off, and Portland will get help from the Oregon State Police and the FBI. Mayor Ted Wheeler has said he may ask Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, to call up the Oregon National Guard.
At the June rally, masked antifa members beat up a conservative blogger named Andy Ngo. Video of the 30-second attack grabbed national attention and further turned the focus on Portland...
Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, of Texas, and Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana, introduced a congressional resolution calling for anti-fascists to be declared domestic terrorists...Portland’s City Hall has been evacuated twice due to bomb threats after the June 29 skirmishes...
Police have noted the violence in June was limited to a small area of downtown Portland despite three different demonstrations that lasted more than five hours, with hundreds of people constantly on the move.
Joe Biggs, organizer of Saturday’s rally, said the attack on Ngo made him decide to hold the event with the goal of getting antifa declared a domestic terrorist organization. Biggs said those coming to Portland have been told not to bring weapons or start fights, but they will defend themselves if attacked.
He says he is not racist — he has a toddler daughter with his Guyanese wife — but wants to show the world antifa’s violent tactics.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
Update: I looked at the full article and it does indeed mention the groups that are “believed” to be sending members, but the only person specifically identified as a member of the group - the Proud Boys - belongs to a group that has repeatedly been slandered and mischaracterized, and I would not be surprised if that was true of some of the other groups listed as possible attendees.
No, not a day off. The cops will be paid to watch as these Left-wing thugs choke free speech. Of course, if the thugs get pushback from those they attack, then the cops will intervene to help. Just another day in socialist Portland.
There are black members of the Proud Boys.
Are there any black Antifa members?
Any bets that Antifa will show up wearing MAGA hats and Trump shirts toting rebar and squirt guns filled with acid?
For their own protection, the “far” right must bring their cameras, photograph EVERYTHING, and immediately upload to the cloud.
The reaction to this is the same as the one the dandies who left Washington to picnic and view Manassas I had.
Fixed it.
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