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Portland police chief says riots not helping cause of racial justice: ‘Enough is enough’.
Fox News ^ | 8.6.2020 | Brie Stimson

Posted on 08/06/2020 4:09:09 AM PDT by Carriage Hill

Portland, Ore., police Chief Chuck Lovell on Wednesday morning decried violent instigators who he said are marring the message of mostly peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters. "Portlanders need to send a strong message that enough is enough," Lovell told reporters at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, according to KGW-TV in Portland. "This is not forwarding the goals that are going to lead to better outcomes for people of color. This movement is really powerful, but the violence has taken away from it. ... This is not what Portland is about. This is not what we need in our city." The protests, which have sometimes turned into late-night riots focused on the Multnomah County Justice Center and the federal courthouse, have continued unabated for more than two months since the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blm; lawlessness; portland; riots
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"...riots not helping cause of racial justice..."

They were never meant to, genius. You're fired!

1 posted on 08/06/2020 4:09:09 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
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To: carriage_hill

Mostly peaceful. Riiiight.


2 posted on 08/06/2020 4:10:18 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: carriage_hill
leading with the rioters.

Sure, that works...

3 posted on 08/06/2020 4:11:36 AM PDT by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: carriage_hill

Well good morning police Chief Chuck Lovell - have you had a good nap....FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS?!!!


4 posted on 08/06/2020 4:14:53 AM PDT by Psalm 73
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To: carriage_hill

“...mostly peaceful....”

Is code talk for “not peaceful”.


5 posted on 08/06/2020 4:18:35 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: carriage_hill

“Lovell told reporters he doesn’t believe the team’s actions were racist even though it arrested more Black suspects than anyone else. He said the majority of victims are Black – 66% last month.”

They’re getting dangerously close to the truth - that the black community has a terrible problem with black-on-black violence.

When are we going to hear about how *that* isn’t “helping the cause of racial justice?”


6 posted on 08/06/2020 4:20:50 AM PDT by Cato in PA
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To: carriage_hill

“...mostly peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters”

Spoken by a mostly useless political hack. Here we have the chief of police of Portland saying that the people of Portland need to “send a message” in response to over 60 days of lawless chaos.

How about instead the Portland police department tries enforcing the law for a change?


7 posted on 08/06/2020 4:21:15 AM PDT by Junk Silver (Like a trampled spring and a polluted well is a righteous person who gives way before the wickedPR25)
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To: carriage_hill

Chuck has had his head where the Sun don’t shine for too long.


8 posted on 08/06/2020 4:24:26 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: carriage_hill

You posted my thoughts, thank you for pointing out obvious.


9 posted on 08/06/2020 4:24:37 AM PDT by Lockbox
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To: carriage_hill

Isn’t Portland the whitest major city?

So if I want people to respect me, I shouldn’t set their belongings on fire?
Is that why “she” is my ex girlfriend?


10 posted on 08/06/2020 4:25:24 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: carriage_hill

Black justice was never a goal of the rioting and violence going on in Portland and other democrat paradises. Black justice is nothing more than a communist front the MSM can use to tell how bad America is and to get useful idiots to fall into the ranks of BLM and Antifa.


11 posted on 08/06/2020 4:32:50 AM PDT by redfreedom
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Hello Chief, it ain’t about black people...it’s about communist revolution now.


12 posted on 08/06/2020 4:33:03 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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Portland, Ore., police Chief Chuck Lovell on Wednesday morning decried violent instigators who he said are marring the message of mostly peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.

First, Peaceful my ass! Second, are you not law enforcement? LAW ENFORCEMENT!!

13 posted on 08/06/2020 4:47:26 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL & NASCAR! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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To: EEGator

In Seattle, the Capitol Hill area (where the “CHAZ” was established) is something like 4% black. 80+% white and then the rest mostly asian.

One of the demands that was met was turning an abandoned fire station into a center for black kids. I figured they should have picked something about 5 miles south into the MLK Boulevard area where a lot more black kids live.


14 posted on 08/06/2020 4:54:10 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: carriage_hill

Last night the peaceful protesters used boards to try and seal the doors of the police building. They then set the wood on fire. The surrounding crowd cheered. People were in the building. Mostly peaceful attempted murder?


15 posted on 08/06/2020 4:55:12 AM PDT by pnut22
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Portland has a police chief?

You’d never know it.


16 posted on 08/06/2020 5:06:29 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: carriage_hill

Ya can’t et anything past that police chief. He’s a smart one, him.


17 posted on 08/06/2020 5:11:02 AM PDT by healy61
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To: carriage_hill

They are realizing that the refusal of Democrat politicians to crack down, is leading more citizens to decide the only way for their property and families to be safe is to not have Democrats in charge.


18 posted on 08/06/2020 5:13:54 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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19 posted on 08/06/2020 5:13:57 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: carriage_hill

You mean young white punks burning down the city is not a good look for BLM?


20 posted on 08/06/2020 5:15:44 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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