Posted on 07/11/2020 12:05:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Every night for the past six weeks in Portland, Oregon, antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters, looters and vandals have turned what used to be a nice neighborhood in downtown into a war zone. Portlanders are sick of it.
The police commissioner/mayor and the new BLM-approved police chief have done little about it. The Portland Police Officers Association held a scathing news conference, issuing a no-confidence throwdown to City Hall and begging elected officials to stop defending antifa.
But next to nothing has been done by local Portland police.
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And have one available at all times
A paycheck and pension are strong incentives.
They should turn it into the “City of Hoses”.
When it comes to RIOT control the Police need to be given an ultimatum. “LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF OUR WAY and let us handle it the OLD way!”
From the video that I saw, the driver was already clear of the mob before firing gunshots into the air as he drove away.
better yet, deputize law abiding folks and allow the problem to be dealt with?
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You would have more problems justifying a shooting as a deputy than you would as an ordinary citizen.
Cops as a group tend to lean rightward. Some of them have union representation. There are also civil service regulations. They can’t just go in and fire them all. The leftists want to defund the police in order to make the job dangerous and demoralizing enough that a critical mass of the existing policemen take themselves out of the picture by moving somewhere sane. Once done, the leftists can reconstruct the police departments and replace the fled LEOs with their own left wing paramilitary troops. When that’s in place, there will be PLENTY of police funding.
Wasn’t the guy firing into the air and driving away supposed to shout out “Yeeeee haaaa!”?
Sick enough to vote some decent, pro-American, pro-Trump officials into office?
If not, how long before they come to their senses?
an interesting thing happened in Portland. The larpers decided to move their attacks from the Justice Building to the Federal Courthouse which they repeatedly tried to burn. That lasted about 3 days. The Feds sent in marshals. The marshalls arrested rioters and charged them with federal crimes - news of which spread like wildfire. The rioters decided to move back to the Justice Building and leave the FC alone.
There’s a lesson there.
What the Portland folks need to do is surround the park and arrest anything that moves - that includes the food trucks and the persons raising the $1000/nite pizza runs (mostly seattle tho) Order mental evaluations for all of them.
Here’s the letter sent to the Speaker of the Oregon House :
The gun shots were for effect, in the air and after the car was free.
Vehicle license plate was clearly visible in the video so the driver will likely be arrested.
This looked and sounded like an intramural beef within the ranks of the protesters.
If a screaming group of anything’s besides children surrounds my car and tries to drag me out of it I will consider my life threatened. And those four words are all the police will get out of me after my attorney arrives. Better 12 jurors than 6 pall bearers. Even in Portlandia.
“However, it is doubtful the DA will bring charges.”
Nope. The Soros selected Stazi St.Louis DA is the REASON for the search warrant/seizures.
Well...”Portlanders”....YOU VOTED FOR THIS...
Sub title: The Left Blames Portland Cops for Inflaming Antifa
SMH
No worries.
Idiot Portlanders will continue to elect left politicians who enable violent Marxists on the streets of Portland, because, well, you know, they’re IDIOTS.
I am always armed where it is legal. Outside of my home it is a modest Glock 43 to slip in my pocket when going shopping in safe areas. If in an unsafe area it is a Glock 35 in the caliber of 40 Smith and Wesson. I carry such in a bag on my side. It has a green vidren laser and tactical light. Oddly I rarely carry the Glock 35 as I do not go to unsafe areas if at all possible.
If one avoids unsafe areas you will probably not get in a gunfight. The best gunfight is the one that does not happen.
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