Posted on 07/25/2020 9:43:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Leftists in Portland are routinely committing violence in the downtown area. This week, the rioters have set their sights on the Hatfield Federal Courthouse, which is a mistake since vandalizing federal property isn't handled by the pusillanimous officials of Portland but by folks at the U.S. Department of Justice.
U.S. Attorney Billy Williams announced on Friday that 18 individuals arrested during attacks on the Hatfield Federal Courthouse this past week are now facing federal charges. Court documents say protests in downtown Portland have been followed by criminal activity that includes assaults on law enforcement officers, arson, looting, destruction of property, and vandalism. The federal courthouse has become a target of leftist vandals and has sustained extensive damage.
Deputies with the U.S. Marshals and officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Federal Protective Service have been working hard to protect the courthouse on a nightly basis.
For their alleged criminal conduct during the night of Jul. 20 and into the early morning hours of Jul. 21, five defendants have been charged with crimes ranging from assaulting a federal officer to failing to comply with a lawful order. The ages of the five defendants range from 18 to 45 years of age.
For their alleged crimes on the night of Jul. 21 and into the early morning hours of Jul. 22, seven defendants are accused of crimes that include arson, willfully damaging government property, and assaulting federal officers. The ages of the seven defendants range from 19 to 31 years of age.
Six others were charged for alleged criminal conduct during a protest that began on Jul. 22 and continued into the early morning hours the following day. All six defendants were charged with failing to comply with a lawful order. Their ages range from 22 to 37 years of age, so they're old enough to know better.
All of the accused have made their first court appearances and have been released pending further court proceedings.
Here's the aftermath of the protests at the courthouse which are occurring on a nightly basis ( See Andy Ngo's tweet below ).
At a White House press briefing on Friday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the White House remains committed to bringing law and order to Portland and continuing the presence of federal troops to protect federal property. The press secretary also played footage of some of the violence and threats made by the protesters, at which time the major networks stopped covering the live briefing.
Portland public education is child abuse!
Wow. I wonder if it’s time to start dumping trash like this in their neighborhoods, in front of their coffee shops or left wing book stores. And I’m not joking. I don’t consider these people citizens.
13 out of 20 => 65%
Seems this is a teacher’s union protest!
I would say, they should never teach again!
which are female which are male, etc.
Ooops - did not notice that it was already posted.
Dis goan be good.
For later
I was a liberal at 10, read Milton Friedman in my teens and became Consevative before 20.
It looks like a pic taken after every RAT event for the last ten years. Nothing to see here.
I thought this was a partial Cast Photo of the Zombies for the Walking Dead series with full make up...
Shocking!
:)
Another Liberal paradise!
“You’d think they would have more sense than that.”
Once they’ve been ground through the federal legal process and their wallet is considerably lighter and they are enlightened with the amount of fines, restitution and confinement they are facing, only then will they have more sense than that.
Teachers you say? Thank you for sharing.
It seems I read somewhere that at least three generations have now been brain washed at the public schools...
I went to a union gathering in WV in support of a striking union. I think it was in 1980.. that would be 40 years ago.. There were commies everywhere handing out literature.. I remember that because bothered me a lot. The union made no attempt to make them leave. It was like, they belonged there... :(
It reminds me of the “weeping Hillary lost” crowd.
CSPAN video coverage of Hillary HQ—wonderful, wonderful stuff...start at about the three hour mark when the murmurs of the crowd tell the story:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?418089-101/hillary-clinton-campaign-headquarters
guess those w/beards could be more likely identified as males
“guess those w/beards could be more likely identified as males”
no guarantee!
Arson, assault of a federal officer and all have been released on some type of bail.
This is no deterrent, there needs to be YUGE bail amounts or no release at all.
This federal action is all talk, start splitting skulls of people using lasers, shoot them with rubber bullets, step on their arches and break their foot, hit them in the back of the leg and bread a tendon, hurt the bastards.
Let them sue from the back of an ambulance.
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