Annual 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade canceled due to 'threats of violence' (Portland, OR)

kptv.com ^ | April 25, 2017 | FOX 12 Staff

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PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - The annual 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade and Carnival scheduled for this weekend has been canceled due to "threats of violence," according to organizers.

The parade, in what would have been its 11th year, is the first sanctioned event of the Portland Rose Festival.

The event is put on by the 82nd Avenue of Roses Business Association in partnership with local businesses, neighbors and community groups. The goal is to "celebrate and promote the diverse community that lives, works and plays on 82nd Avenue."

In a statement released Tuesday, the business association said, "Following threats of violence during the parade by multiple groups planning to demonstrate at the event, we can no longer guarantee the safety of our community and have made the difficult decision to cancel the parade and carnival."

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The Multnomah County Republican Party stated parade organizers received an email demanding their registration be revoked or a "riseup" group will send hundreds of people rushing into the parade to "drag and push those people out."

[Blue Jays]

"...diversity is our strength..."

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Leftwingers keep on telling us that absurd phrase, yet I cannot think of even a single event in my life where I said to myself:
"...Gee, this experience is terrific. The only way it could improve is with more muslims / blacks / transgenders / whatevers here with us..."

[headstamp 2]

Sounds imminently solvable with a bayonet tipped Garand.

[Buckeye McFrog]

hmmm....parade destroyed in Oregon....where have I seen this before?

[USCG SimTech]

Of this you have no choice:

You SHALL reap what you sow.

[smokingfrog]

Sounds like a good opportunity to bust some skulls.

[FreedomPoster]

Ping.

[null and void]

Century 6, Quatrain 97:

At forty-five degrees, the sky will burn,
Fire approaches the great new city,
Immediately a huge, scattered flame leaps up
When they want to have proof from the Normans.

Can’t find it on short notice, but I recall this city was described as “Rose to the World”

[tflabo]

The chity of Potland home of vile leftists. Potland.

[goodnesswins]

Governor is actually an open Bi-sexual...sicko

[fella]

When the real Nazis were bombing London on a regular schedule the citizens went about their normal lives.

Some punks threaten to cause trouble and the government runs in fear?

[glasseye]

Denying people their right of ‘freedom of association’ and ‘freedom of speech’ is a civil rights crime.
When are the cities that are run by leftist government going to held accountable for failing to protect the rights of the citizens?
Or are these ‘black block’ type criminals really just ‘footsoldiers’ for the democrat party?

[ontap]

Liberals let this shit happen so no one will dare oppose them....would not be surprised to find democrat leaders and Soros at the bottom of it!!!

[blues-train]

Its so bad now in Portland, that merely the THREAT of violence is enough. Ted Wheeler (mayor) needs to speak to the situation, regardless of the fact the Rose Festival Association cancelled this on their own. They gave city government a free pass, but this remains a “teachable moment” (as our friends in education would label this).

[Russ]

It’s Portland, anybody check to see if these thugs are Wessen? They might want to send in a Grimm to take them out.

[Tarantulas]

It’s the 11th year, not the 111th year.

[IYAS9YAS]

I know it’s been modified from the original, but the original AntiFA logo sure is Fascist in its iconography.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Liberals - taking the fun out of life.

[Tarantulas]

I would suspect that the Portland police would have had stand-down orders issued from the Mayors office, just like in Berkeley last week.

You would be wrong about that.

Portland leadership is complicit in the violence.

Portland leadership had enough of the violence way back in November when someone got shot. The Portland Police have been very aggressive in their response to anyone blocking streets since then. Here's what happened: Portland Police Chief: 'We are Finished with the Protestors Criminal Activities'

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The Portland Police have been very aggressive in their response to anyone blocking streets since then.

Then why the cancellation of the parade if the Portland police are so proactive?

[Tarantulas]

I know it’s been modified from the original, but the original AntiFA logo sure is Fascist in its iconography.

It's very similar but it really does mean the same thing as it did back then. (click for larger version)