That reminds me of an old Robin Williams joke.
Posted on 03/03/2020 10:44:29 AM PST by jonascord
"This is the Portland Police Bureau. Stop throwing things at officers," blasted the command from the Portland, Oregon, police bureau's "LRAD" sound system in downtown Portland earlier this month. "If it continues, this event will be declared a civil disturbance."
In response, the crowd of several hundred left-wing protesters—many of them masked—laughed and chanted, "ACAB! All cops are bastards!" A group of them continued to hurl projectiles like rocks, concrete and food at police. Some vehicles driving by had incendiary devices thrown at them. A nearby war memorial was vandalized with antifa symbols and messages urging people to "kill cops." Videographers at the scene were attacked and chased away for filming.
Police made only three arrests.
The protest by antifa in Portland on Feb. 8, organized to counter alleged Ku Klux Klan members who never showed up, received little media attention. And why should it? In a city where riots have become a banality, citizens and the local media have understandably become numb. But outsiders, particularly conservatives, responded in disbelief and anger online that a police department in a major American city seemingly permits left-wing political violence to become routine.
So what is the matter with Portland police? Videos recorded in the city since 2016 have highlighted instances of chaos where marauders appear to take over the streets, stop traffic, assault people and damage property with impunity. Frequently, police officers are recorded standing back and watching the criminal acts from a safe distance.
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The excuses given in the article sound exactly like those given by Canadian law enforcement when they are criticized for not catching criminals.
A reasonable and well thought out piece from Newsweek.....Be-still my heart.
When you see the law no longer protects you from the corrupt but protects the corrupt from you, you know your nation is doomed.
Andy Ngo is a Conservative Writer / Reporter. I’m shocked Newsweek and previously Vox have given him a forum to talk about these Goons.
I will defer to Trump’s view on the matter.
“Andy Ngo is a Conservative Writer / Reporter. I’m shocked Newsweek and previously Vox have given him a forum to talk about these Goons”
Forgot to mention Any was significantly injured by these Goons last year while reporting on one of their Portland temper tantrums. Cops did nothing to protect him if I recall right.
I’m amazed that New Squeak is letting Andy write an article for them.
Weak LEO leadership. Which was put in place by weak complicit liberal city leadership.
Proposed Portland Police mottoes:
To Protect and Serve Antifa
To Stand and Watch
To Cower and Hide
Too few, and too far away. Or forbidden by their commanders to intervene unless it is politically appropriate to do so.
Guns up, citizen soldiers.
What view? I haven't heard from sh!t from the Boss about this. Wheeler, the Portland city council and the management of the PPB belong in Gitmo, getting enhanced interrogation.
Antifa is still running loose. Why haven't they been declared a terrorist threat?
That reminds me of an old Robin Williams joke.
Portland must want vigilantes...because this is how you get vigilantes.
Just like homeless vagrants trashing your town, if the city government will not fix it eventually the citizenry will...
That was my reaction. I had thought Newsweek was hopeless.
Portlandia is a no-go zone.
Roger that, and the sooner the better, imho.
Yo, Police Chief Wormer, threaten them with double secret probation.
The citizenry in Portland are the ones under the antifa masks.
Former Chiefette Outlaw is now giving her expertise as Chiefette in Filthydelphia.
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