Posted on 08/14/2020 5:46:18 PM PDT by Beave Meister
Human Events managing editor and The Post Millennial contributing editor Ian Miles Cheong was suspended by Twitter Thursday evening for a tweet that supported law enforcement using force to handle rioters in Portland, Ore.
During the time period that Cheong tweeted about, riots were declared in Portland, and many rioters and Antifa militants were arrested.
DHS reported that "federal officers came under heavy laser attack from rioters," and that "rioters also launch a roughly 10-minute-long continuous firework attack against the [Mark O. Hatfield federal] courthouse."
"Rioters started to throw explosive devices at the fence perimeter and, in addition to the use of saws and power tools, began to try and hammer bolts off the fence."
The tweet in question was a response to a video that showed a protestor with a megaphone yelling at DHS agents and cursing them, as DHS stood asking the protestors to "back up."
The protestor says "why don't you drop it," referring to the DHS agents' guns. "You gotta get permission? You gotta get permission?" The man sneers.
(Excerpt) Read more at thepostmillennial.com ...
Time for a mass exodus from Twitter.
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