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Posted on 09/07/2020 10:10:15 AM PDT by Libloather
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A fire started outside a police precinct on Portland's north side resulted in about 15 arrests during protests Sunday night into Monday morning, police said.
Demonstrators protesting police brutality began marching at about 9 p.m. Sunday and stopped at the North Precinct Community Policing Center, the site of several volatile protests in recent months.
Officials warned demonstrators against entering the precinct property, saying they would be trespassing and subject to arrest.
Shortly after arriving, the crowd began chanting, among other things, “burn it down," police said in a statement. Some in the group lit a mattress on fire just after 10 p.m.
“Because it was not an immediate threat to life safety or structures, officers remained far back and did not engage,” police said. “Another mattress was added to the fire, as was some yard debris. The larger fire began to send lit embers into the air.”
Since Multnomah County has a burn ban in effect due to extremely dry conditions, firefighters came in to extinguish the blaze.
Demonstrators moved to another side of the building and blocked some streets until dispersed by police. Most protesters were gone by about 1 a.m. Monday.
“Officers discovered one arrestee was in possession of a glass jar filled with flammable liquid,” police said. “Another had a bottle containing an accelerant and a slugging weapon known as a slung shot. Still another had an electronic control weapon (“stun gun”) and a baton. Two arrestees had ballistic vests, including one, marked with the word “press,” with rifle plates.”
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Is there such a thing as protestor brutality? Should be.
Imagine, from day one, if every person arrested was still in jail.
A “fire started.” I see. Spontaneous combustion. Some molecules got together and had a hot time, bursting into flames.
Obviously yahoo is on the side of the violent rioters.
The police are not allowed to do what must be done: mow down anyone who starts a fire, has a jar of burnable fluid or other accelerant, or throws a firebomb.
Other than that, the protests were mostly peaceful.
> A “fire started.” <
I’m actually a bit surprised Yahoo didn’t blame it on Global Warming.
I remember when arson was a felony
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Protestors chanting “burn it down”, in possession of bottles of flammable liquid, mattresses and yard debris-okay...
“A fire started”-seriously? With no human assistance? Does anyone proofread this stuff before they print/post it...
Editing is so "white privilege", just like proper grammar and punctuation.
“A fire started outside a police precinct”
stated like it must have spontaneously combusted all by itself ...
l8r
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