Police use tear gas, Portland protesters throw fire bombs

Reuters ^ | 09 06 2020 | Kanishka Singh

[yesthatjallen]

Protesters in Portland threw rocks and fire bombs at police who in turn used tear gas on Saturday night and at least one person was injured, on the 100th day of demonstrations in the Oregon city against racism and police brutality.

Police described what they called “tumultuous and violent conduct” by protesters on the city’s Southeast Stark Street.

"Fire bombs were thrown at officers, injuring at least one community member", police said on Twitter while re-tweeting a video posted by a New York Times reporter showing fire bombs being thrown and a protester running with his legs on fire.

Police used tear gas to disperse the gathering, the Oregonian newspaper reported, estimating the number of protesters at around 400.

SNIP

[BenLurkin]

Portland Protest Molotov Cocktail Friendly Fire, but to the tune of Can Can 09/05/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6FEIrXmoog

[himno hero]

throw them lead and make them dead.
take down the leaders and the rest follow.

[hanamizu]

“Fire bombs were thrown at officers, injuring at least one community member...”

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Can’t bring themselves to refer to him as a fire-bomber, or rioter, or even ‘mostly peaceful’ protester, no he’s a ‘community member’.

[polymuser]

Reuters labels them ‘protestors’.

So, Reuters would label Charles Manson, the Unabomber and BinLaden ‘protestors’, too.

[Redwood71]

The most used “tear gas” is O-CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE, 96%. Or “CS.”

Let’s see...CS and fire? Interesting mixture.

According to the MSDS at this site, CS emits toxic fumes under fire conditions and firefighters must wear self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and protective clothing to prevent contact with skin and eyes.

https://www.chemblink.com/MSDS/MSDSFiles/2698-41-1_Sigma-Aldrich.pdf

I’m not seeing a lot of gray matter in this.

rwood

[Vaquero]

What evidence do you have that the Portland cops actually have live rounds?

Well....there you go!

[Charles Martel]

And then there's THIS submission (from one of FR's own).

[BenLurkin]

perfect.

[yesthatjallen]

"Over 50 arrested at the Portland #antifa riot on 5–6 Sept. The riot was organized & promoted by antifa ahead of time to celebrate over 100 days of riotious violence. They used firebombs & explosives in a residential area, causing one to be hospitalized."

Photos of weapons:

Andy Ngo

[Vaduz]

Indeed those who own the night protect.

[Robert357]

At what point do police stop trying to just disperse rioters?

For the fist couple of weeks, I could see the strategy being that if the police just get them to disband, they will go home and not come back. Society has reached the point that they need to be locked up for a significant amount of time to understand that throwing rocks at the police and molotov cocktails is not going to be every allowed.

So, why don't the police or national guard push and move the crowd into a confined area where they can be handcuffed and transported away to a large federal facility for legal processing so they are fingerprinted, mugshots, and other information on them. At that point maybe a restraining order against going into downtown Portland between the hours of 5 PM and 9AM can be issued, so if they are ever caught again, or photographed being there again during another riot that they can be jailed on an easy charge?

[Twotone]

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