Posted on 08/17/2019 10:53:34 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Far-left and far-right groups clash in Portland: Four injured and 13 arrested as tensions flare between protesters on streets lined with more than 1,000 cops just hours after President Trump threatened to declare Antifa a 'terror organization'
Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon.
Authorities closed bridges and streets to try to keep the rival groups apart. The city's mayor said the situation was 'potentially dangerous and volatile,' and President Donald Trump tweeted 'Portland is being watched very closely.'
As of early afternoon, most of the right-wing groups had left the area via a downtown bridge. Police used officers on bikes and in riot gear to keep black-clad, helmet- and mask-wearing anti-fascist protesters - known as antifa - from following them.
But hundreds of people remained downtown and on nearby streets, and there were skirmishes throughout the day. Police declared a gathering of mostly left-wing protesters near Pioneer Courthouse Square a 'civil disturbance' and told people to leave.
One person was injured and transported via ambulance, and three other people were evaluated by medics, Portland Police spokeswoman Lt. Tina Jones said. The injuries were minor, she said.
Jones said at one point there were about 1,200 on the streets, but that number had fallen to about 400 late in the afternoon.
The events began late in the morning. Flag-waving members of the Proud Boys, Three Percenters militia group and others gathered downtown, some also wearing body armor and helmets. Police said they had seized the weapons, including shields, from multiple groups as they assembled along the Willamette River, which runs through the city.
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Old school journalism caught a deadly infection from Walter Cronkite and has been dying every since. I detest what the media have become.
Dan Crenshaw:
“In Hong Kong, antifascists wave American flags, demand freedom and actually fight fascists.
In Portland, “antifascists” burn American flags, demand violence in the name of socialism.
Portland is a sad showing of where we are today. All around.”
Math?
That’s white supremacist.
Ehhhh, no. He "red lined" them a couple weeks ago. He threatened again.
I guess tweeting was slow and he needed something to put out there
It probably means they'll be given the keys to the city in Portland, Seattle, and Oakland.
“President Trump threatened to declare Antifa a ‘terror organization”
Should have been done 2 years ago.
All talk, no action, Mr. Prresident???
All talk, no action, Mr. Prresident???
"Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon.
Antifa is openly communist. Its Portland twitter account depicted a Soviet flag and said "f#uck America."
Antifa is openly communist. Its Portland twitter account depicted a Soviet flag and said "f#uck America."
Otta be a law against terrorists wearing a mask in public
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