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.
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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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“After a year of ANTFA running wild in Portland”
I correct this often. In July of 2019 I came down the hill from where all of the hospitals are went under the city center sigh and right out into a mess of them, ANTIFA stopping and beating on cars.
JULY 2019, this was before Floyd overdosed and died and before their other excuses. I drove right through the middle of them as did the cars behind me. I did notify law enforcement that night and they just told me to stay out of the area.
Before that incident, ANTIFA had been active, with deadly results, in the bay area of Kaliforina.
It should be more than obvious to all by now that local left wing and some democrat governors support, protect, and enable ANTIFA TERRORISM. History shows us that just like any other terrorist organization we are going to have to kill them to stop them.
I’m all for that and the sooner we get that done the sooner we will be rid of them.
It seems that ANTIFA is setting their sights on Eugene Oregon on March 6th. It would be a shame, for them, if there were a big biker meet and a large gathering of law and order type 2A supporters there at the same time.
I see no need to sacrifice Eugene to these animals as we have portland and seattle.
“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.”
Why would any free tax paying citizen give up part of their city to violent TERRORIST ANIMALS?
Why do people keep reelecting politicians who support, enable, and protect these violent TERRORIST ANIMALS?
“I do not feel sorry for police when they abdicate their responsibility. Either fulfill your oath to protect & defend citizens or quit.”
City cops take orders from politicians and have been ordered to stand down. That is what led to the initial confrontation between the feds/oregon state police, and the local politicians. Toss in here that the local DA refused to prosecute ANTIVA/BLM violent activists who actually assaulted law enforcement officers.
Many, a great many, of the LEO’s employed by the city of Portland are gone. The first to go were those officers who had enough time in to retire. There was a big flushing sound as they retired taking all of that experience, knowledge, and maturity with them. The lower ranks within the department with a few years of experience just found and took other LEO jobs with other agencies outside of the Portland area. Portland can not find qualified people who want to work in that politician constructed cop hating environment and are running very short handed on cops and extremely short handed on experienced cops.
The cops in Portland would love to do their jobs but would be in direct violation of standing orders from both their mayor and governor if they enforced long standing existing laws that pertain to the destruction of public and private property and simple assaults.
At the same time, know this, if you are an upstanding citizen and attacked by one or more of these ANTIFA/BLM TERRORIST ANIMALS, and defend yourself you will be arrested and charged with a violent crime. If you are in that area of Portland with any kind of weapon that can be used to defend yourself, the DA takes that as proof that you are the instigator and there to start and cause the encounter.
If you are not ANTIFA/BLM YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE THERE AND NO RIGHT TO VOICE YOUR OPINION.
That is where Portland is right now and what the truth is about Portland for over two years now.
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