Posted on 09/02/2020 11:16:15 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Until last weekend, no one had been killed in Portland.
That changed with the shooting death of 39-year-old Aaron Danielson — by a still-unidentified suspect — signifying an even darker turn as the city has seemingly become a magnet for armed right-wing militias and left-wing agitators.
Trump himself was quick to blame his new go-to target, antifa “thugs,” a perception growing out of reports that the victim was a member or sympathizer of a Washington-based right-wing group Patriot Prayer.
Former FBI agent Michael German said “the story that isn't being told is the escalation of violence from out-of-towners who come to Portland to wreak havoc without police interference.”
German, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, published a report on connections between law enforcement and white supremacist and far-right militant groups, highlighting the history of Portland police officers with ties to white supremacists and racist groups. It concludes the department’s failure to adequately address earlier allegations of white supremacist activity set the stage for the public to believe officers failed to control violent rallies instigated by far-right militants and white supremacist groups starting in 2016.
Saturday’s rally for Trump was just the latest in a series of gatherings over the past month resulting in violent clashes between far-right activists and armed militants on one side, and Black Lives Matter protesters and antifascist activists on the other.
The events, which attracted many of the same far-right groups and individual activists that have been engaged in violent brawls in Portland in recent years, have renewed questions about the Portland Police’s apparently hands-off and even friendly approach to these groups — particularly contrasted to the treatment of participants in protests demanding police accountability, which have consistently been declared riots.
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Portland Tribune reporter Jim Redden said he sees the shooting as part of a dangerous dynamic playing out in the city since Trump was elected.
by a still-unidentified suspect
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Not true, 4chan identified him.
The powers that be just don’t want to arrest him or prosecute him.
Wait a minute. It was “right-wing” groups that have been rioting for the last three months? It was “right-wing” groups that burned the mayor’s condo?
What a bizarre “news” article.
It’s all ramping up, isn’t it?
I hope evrybody is ready for after the election. It appears that it will be epic. As for me, I’m staying here on Galt’s Knob. Let me know when the whole thing has fully collapsed. It won’t be long.
And don’t kid yourselves. It won’t be just the US either.
the murderer and his DAUGHTER were
with the mayor the NIGHT BEFORE
the slaughter the next day.
the murderer is protected by the Mayor
because they worked together to plan
and execute their plan.
CAITLIN DICKSON AND MELISSA ROSSI should be the Poster Girls to REPEAL 19
This article was written in the Bizarro world.
So, if 4chan identified him, is he from the left or the right? Inquiring minds want to know.
If politicians refuse to protect property and lives, the militia will do it.
There are so many lies in this screed that I don’t even know where to begin. No specifics, just faceless “right wing supremacists”. Typical AOL lying lefty shyt.
“Brennan Center for Justice” - says all you need to know about this article. The Washington Post refers to them as “the progressive voice of the modern court.”
So it’s Trump voters rioting in the streets then eh?
Cying Lunts.
The Grinch — what I call the murderer after I saw a pic of him with that Grinchy smirk — was actually just turned into the authorities by his own sister. However, I have no idea what the local authorities, as Wokity-Woke as they are, will do.
“the murderer and his DAUGHTER were
with the mayor the NIGHT BEFORE”
That comment was stretching it a bit....
Michael Forest Reinoehl, the 48-year-old man under investigation in the fatal shooting Saturday night of a right-wing demonstrator in downtown Portland, attended a Black Lives Matter protest the night before outside the mayor’s home.
Oh good God.
With BS absurdity from FBI and journalists, how are we ever going to overcome this?
I see nothing but CW.
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