Posted on 02/28/2021 8:24:34 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Violent protesters descended on Portland late Saturday, an almost weekly occurrence, this time rioting over President Joe Biden's administration reopening a controversial migrant center designed to house minors who illegally entered the United States without their parents.
Violent protesters, who were reportedly associated with Antifa, marched down the streets of Portland's Pearl District smashing cars and vandalizing businesses.
More from KOIN-TV:
Businesses in the district have been coated with graffiti decrying police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Demonstrators also broke windows at some businesses.
A Chipotle on Northwest Lovejoy Street had its windows smashed out at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday while customers were still inside. Other businesses caught in the damage include a Starbucks, an Urban Pantry and an Umpqua Bank. As protesters chanted for police to "go home," residents shouted at protesters from their balconies to "go home."
Videos posted to social media showed hundreds of black-clad protesters creating chaos in the streets.
Portland: Using rocks, batons & weapons, #antifa smashed up businesses and cars in the Pearl District overnight. Th… https://t.co/VGqgx0tQFk— Andy Ngô (@Andy Ngô)1614502766.0
(Content Warning: The following videos contain strong language):
Overnight, #antifa destroyed numerous businesses in Portland's Pearl District as part of a pre-planned riot. People… https://t.co/naKqxwJhRF— Andy Ngô (@Andy Ngô)1614501310.0
Other videos showed police reportedly backing away from engaging the protesters because of their level of violence.
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The pre-planned violence came in response to immigration policy being enacted under Biden, KOIN reported, specifically the reopening of a detention center for unaccompanied migrant children.
The facility — located in Carrizo Springs, Texas — is capable of housing hundreds of children, and was the site of controversy under former President Donald Trump.
The Biden administration said reopening the facility was necessary because of a spike in border crossings and coronavirus-related restrictions meant other government facilities designed to house migrant children have lower-than-normal capacity limits.
Reopening the facility earned Biden condemnation from immigration activists.
"It's unnecessary, it's costly, and it goes absolutely against everything Biden promised he was going to do," Linda Brandmiller, a San Antonio-based immigration lawyer who represents unaccompanied minors, told the Washington Post. "It's a step backward, is what it is. It's a huge step backward."
"When I read they were opening again, I cried," Rosey Abuabara, a San Antonio immigration activist, said. "I consoled myself with the fact that it was considered the Cadillac of [migrant child] centers, but I don't have any hope that Biden is going to make it better."
I guess things are going to become more and more interesting over the next four years...
It’s a mystery to me why the people of Portland put up with this. Not to mention, who would ever open a business there...
After a year of ANTFA running wild in Portland, and the local government unwilling to do anything to enforce the law, any small business owner who doesn’t leave the city is a fool as are all of the citizens who continue to vote for the politicians enabling the rioters.
Many are probably moving out, just as many are moving from NYC.
People want peace and freedom. It’s pretty simple.
“At this point, does it really matter?”
They don’t care about the cause anymore. They just like to watch things burn. Treat them like the brigands they are.
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“What difference at this point does it make?”
Well, there’s downtown Portland and then all the rest, with suburbs. Life goes on pretty much as normal (other than covid) if you don’t have business downtown, with a few short-lived exceptions.
Well, I was referencing the businesses impacted by the riots and lawlessness.
It seems like a very beautiful State, one in which I’d probably have liked to live - before the past year.
I don’t see anything ‘welcoming’ to me there, now.
So basically things are back to normal.
Don’t care.
Again, outside of downtown Portland, say along the coast, just as welcoming and hospitable as it ever was. I am 180 miles away, just across the state line in WA, and have yet to be affected by Portland’s civil unrest either here or across the Columbia River while visiting Oregon. The OR state government truly stinks, though, even worse than what we have in WA. WA State government at least manages to run the state with some degree of competence; a quality entirely unknown in Salem.
who don’t the police or business owners just shoot a few ARMED attackers and arsonists? That would end this crap very quickly.
I know both the Seattle and Portland local DAs are Marxist aholes but there comes a tie when people have to legally protect themselves and their property.
The people of Portland are 76% (D), they voted for this.
Does CNN even cover this?
If so, is it a mostly peaceful protest? Or are they violent insurrectionists that the FBI should arrest immediately?
RE: who don’t the police or business owners just shoot a few ARMED attackers and arsonists? That would end this crap very quickly.
They don’t want to be prosecuted and lose their jobs.
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