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Posted on 06/24/2018 5:29:06 PM PDT by nwrep
The occupation of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters on the South Waterfront has over six days expanded from a scattering of chairs to a village of more than 80 tents, four portable toilets, six couches, a commissary and a medic's office.
The protest now closely resembles the Occupy Portland camps that seized two downtown parks in 2011. Once again, a Portland mayor has sanctioned the takeover—but this time, the target is a federal agency, and the goal is to directly impede its work.
Mayor Ted Wheeler has pledged to not intervene with Occupy ICE, saying he considers the work of federal immigration agents "un-American" and doesn't want Portland police to aid ICE's operations.
The blockade would now be difficult to dislodge anyhow.
"We've seen tremendous support," says Mary Ann Warner, an occupation organizer. "We're seeing so much food. I don't think anyone's going hungry."
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The protest, blocking the front doors and driveway of ICE's building along Southwest Macadam Avenue, has forced the suspension of agency work since June 18. The Portland occupation, the first nationwide, is an attempt to disrupt President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy that has treated refugees seeking asylum as criminals and separated small children from their parents.
ICE shut down its Portland office after protesters blocked the entrance.
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If a bunch of libertarians and conservatives blocked the door to the local tax collectors offices the cops would be busting heads faster than you could say Jimmy Cricket.
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Relocate MS-13 whose cases are being adjudicated to that camp.
“...The blockade would now be difficult to dislodge anyhow. ...”
Really???
It’s amazing what the business end of a bayonet can accomplish.
round up the stupid bastages and drop them off in North Korea.
Let the beatings begin.
“It’s amazing what the business end of a bayonet can accomplish.”
Or a few canisters of CS.
I said earlier that if a bunch of libertarians and conservatives were blocking entrances to the tax collectors offices the cops would have been busting heads in less than an hour.
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The Bonus Marchers got handled pretty rough back in the 30s, too.
These communist assclowns want a showdown, I say give them a showdown.
Screw this. We have our own homeless. I hate paying for this and abortion and other things that should never be sent to the taxpayer to pay.
“The Bonus Marchers got handled pretty rough back in the 30s, too.”
They sure did. If I remember right a young Lt. named Patton was involved in busting up a peaceful protest.
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“...Patton ....”
He was indeed.
It's almost like there's a double standard ... or something...
Or something.
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So President Trump orders all federal offices in Portland closed. Social Security, IRS, etc. Make it clear to Portland citizens that the offices are being closed because of the mayor’s seditious actions.
break out the fire hoses!
I take four different medications and I’m 32.
The scoops are on their way!
Step 1: erect a fence around the protest site
Step 2: release some fine upstanding illegal MS-13 gang members to the camp
Step 3: ?
Step 4: watch the SJWs (who last week were probably protesting the eeeevil police) beg to have the Police to help them to keep them safe
Federalize Oregon National Guard.
Clean it out.
Clinton Foundation, doing “good works” don’t you know
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