Posted on 07/06/2022 6:03:22 PM PDT by marshmallow
PORTLAND, Oregon — Police officers successfully drove dozens of anarchist rioters away from Holy Redeemer Church in Portland late July 1.
The Portland Activists online calendar had announced night rally at nearby Peninsula Park with the intent to “Abolish SCOTUS.”
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision overturning Roe v. Wade and letting the states decide abortion laws, Catholic buildings across the nation have been a target of vandals who have cited the church’s support for the unborn.
Holy Redeemer had been vandalized with graffiti in the spring and was being mentioned by name in anarchist chatter in late June. After the Peninsula Park rally, more than one fringe group bent on vandalism marched toward Holy Redeemer.
But police were ready, along with the media who had alerted the public earlier that day.
“When the anarchists approached our block, the police announced it was an illegal gathering and blocked them as they rushed the church building,” said Holy Redeemer parish council member Tom Markgraf, whose family has been members of Holy Redeemer for more than a century.
“The police were superb. They blocked the anarchists. The lights shining on them and exposing them caused many to pull back. The church building was spared,” he said.
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Lights shining on the black-clad anarchists caused them to pull back from the church. Has there ever been a more apt metaphor?
Do my eyes deceive me? The Portland PD actually STOPPED anarchists from their mayhem? That is hard to believe.
It doesn’t sound like there were any arrests though, so they will be back. Unless the congregation gets a serious, armed 24x7 guard assembled and on duty, the church will be burned to the ground by these scum in the wee hours of the night.
Good point.
I’d like to see the police use water cannons with a water and itching powder mix. Push the thugs away now; later they itch like crazy. Make them think twice before committing mob thuggery again.
Itching powder!
Lol!
That’ll get them scratching behind their umbrellas!
“Police officers successfully drove dozens of anarchist rioters away from Holy Redeemer Church in Portland late July 1”
How long before Garland files charges of violation of freedom of expression against the Portland PD?
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The Democrats are starting to decide that Antifa is becoming a political liability. Like the earlier Storm Troopers were to the Nazis by 1934. https://www.britannica.com/event/Night-of-the-Long-Knives
That’s an excellent analogy.
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