Posted on 09/11/2020 9:59:17 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Anti-racism protesters recognize the risk that comes with their calls for equal justice, knowing that for all their peaceful protests, scenes of burning buildings will hand President Trump the images he needs for his "law and order" re-election campaign.
But activists in hotspots such as Portland and Kenosha say they are confident voters are on their side and that they won't back down.
"We're not intimidated," said Veronica King, leader of the Kenosha NAACP.
With Trump, a Republican, trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the polls ahead of the Nov. election, the president has seized on the violence coming from the protests, even though the majority have been peaceful.
"The Democrats never even mentioned the words LAW & ORDER at their National Convention," Trump tweeted.
Portland protest leader Demetria Hester of Moms United for Black Lives said the movement was undeterred. "People are still dying and police aren't getting charged." Hester said.
A 17-year-old rifle-toting Trump supporter has been charged with killing two protesters and wounding a third in Kenosha. His lawyer says it was self-defense.
In Portland, left-wing protester Michael Reinoehl was accused of killing a right-wing militiaman before police confronted and shot him. In a Vice interview before his death, the activist maintained he shot the militiaman in self-defense.
PEACEFUL PROTESTS
Where there is violence, peaceful demonstrators frequently complain of outsiders, often white, breaking windows or setting fires.
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found 53% of American adults said they remain sympathetic to people protesting against racial inequality.
Still, the Trump campaign believes a law and order message will resonate with Americans. Clyde McLemore of Black Lives Matter in Lake County, Illinois,said. "It was not Black Lives Matter (causing violence). We disperse at eight o'clock."
"We're going to protest," McLemore said. "That's our constitutional right."
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Still, he saw no reason to retreat from the streets, saying that would only give Trump what he wants and will delay justice.
"We're going to protest," McLemore said. "That's our constitutional right."
Anti racism protesters, my ass. They’re nothing but a bunch of anarchists. They are anti-America.
In Portland, left-wing protester Michael Reinoehl was accused of killing a right-wing militiaman before police confronted and shot him. In a Vice interview before his death, the activist maintained he shot the militiaman in self-defense.
AOL? I thought that died in the 90’s.
There...fixed...
Well they're in for a surprise.
Well, OK. Stationary targets are the easiest.
There they go conflating peaceful protests with flaming riots, burning, looting and mayhem.
Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?
This article is utter garbage propaganda.
Who wants them to back down? I just want to make sure they’ve had fair warning.
That guy up there in Washington talked tough, too.
It’s easy to talk tough until the bullets are coming at you.
“AOL? I thought that died in the 90’s.”
Still works. When a website wants an email address, I use this:
It gets me in.
I'd like to go on a buffalo hunt, only with communists.
“They’re nothing but a bunch of anarchists.”
Anarchy is just a means to their totalitarian end.
Confident voters on their side huh?
I wouldn’t presume Trump winning Ore A Gone but I think the vote tallies may be surprising. The Rat party is bleeding blue voters on an amazing scale and it’s due to the rioting and civil unrest caused by these peace loving protesters.
Rhetoric won’t stop violent anarchists.
Lethal force will.
I do hope that these so-called “protesters” get the “what for” sooner than later. What a bunch of pathetic criminal loser misfits.
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