Posted on 07/25/2020 9:43:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Leftists in Portland are routinely committing violence in the downtown area. This week, the rioters have set their sights on the Hatfield Federal Courthouse, which is a mistake since vandalizing federal property isn't handled by the pusillanimous officials of Portland but by folks at the U.S. Department of Justice.
U.S. Attorney Billy Williams announced on Friday that 18 individuals arrested during attacks on the Hatfield Federal Courthouse this past week are now facing federal charges. Court documents say protests in downtown Portland have been followed by criminal activity that includes assaults on law enforcement officers, arson, looting, destruction of property, and vandalism. The federal courthouse has become a target of leftist vandals and has sustained extensive damage.
Deputies with the U.S. Marshals and officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Federal Protective Service have been working hard to protect the courthouse on a nightly basis.
For their alleged criminal conduct during the night of Jul. 20 and into the early morning hours of Jul. 21, five defendants have been charged with crimes ranging from assaulting a federal officer to failing to comply with a lawful order. The ages of the five defendants range from 18 to 45 years of age.
For their alleged crimes on the night of Jul. 21 and into the early morning hours of Jul. 22, seven defendants are accused of crimes that include arson, willfully damaging government property, and assaulting federal officers. The ages of the seven defendants range from 19 to 31 years of age.
Six others were charged for alleged criminal conduct during a protest that began on Jul. 22 and continued into the early morning hours the following day. All six defendants were charged with failing to comply with a lawful order. Their ages range from 22 to 37 years of age, so they're old enough to know better.
All of the accused have made their first court appearances and have been released pending further court proceedings.
Here's the aftermath of the protests at the courthouse which are occurring on a nightly basis ( See Andy Ngo's tweet below ).
At a White House press briefing on Friday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the White House remains committed to bringing law and order to Portland and continuing the presence of federal troops to protect federal property. The press secretary also played footage of some of the violence and threats made by the protesters, at which time the major networks stopped covering the live briefing.
Do we have some documentable sourcing on the graphic?
There are 45 year old men and women involved in this?
You’d think they would have more sense than that.
Absolutely not. I did an internship at the prosecutor’s office. In the morning, it was felony bail hearings. I was always able to get the maximum for the child predators. They are on the bottom of the totem pole, in jail.
No one likes them. Even prisoners have a code of ethics.
Yep! “Winnie,” as my English friend says, was quite wise.
Twelve out of twenty committed second generation Marxists indoctrinating anti-Americanism and Communism in U.S. public schools.
Hahaha! I couldn’t stop watching. Started at 3:00, and watched the glum faces and the tears. The tears. Love them.
I have 8 pages of Election Porn links, but didn’t have that one from inside Hillary’s campaign HQ.
(I wonder if C-Span had one inside Trump’s HQ, too. That would be fun to watch.)
The Hillary crowd at the Javits Center was watching CNN on the jumbo screens. Watching that today made me realize how I’d almost forgotten what evil liars CNN is made up of. Just horrible!!! Shameful.
“Hillary crowd at the Javits Center was watching CNN on the jumbo screens”
Actually, they were watching ABC. (Doesn’t matter; they’re all terrible.)
Federal charges. They will be “returned” to the court for a trial and justice will be served. Marshalls, ATF and FBI agents don’t appreciate these folks at all. Hopefully a lot more to come.
The commie morons made a major tactical error by opening a third front in their war against America. Attacking federal buildings resulted in Trump sending in armed fed bureaucrats.
Between the commies attacking white enclaves (the first front) and attacking Mexicans in their neighborhoods (the second front) and opening a third front (attacking the federal government) they have got themselves in deep do-do.
The moron commies don’t have the manpower, the tactical skills or the logistical support to carry out a battle on three fronts. So they’ve retreated to leftist enclaves where they get some minimal support but are pinned down.
The commies are trapped and the feds are moving against them.
I see inbreeding.
BTTT
now facing federal charges
It’s about time.
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