Crackdown in Portland
Major stuff going down in Portland, Oregon.
First, what is the mainstream media saying about it?
Federal agents dressed in camouflage and tactical gear have taken to the streets of Portland, unleashing tear gas, bloodying protesters and pulling some people into unmarked vans in what Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon has called “a blatant abuse of power.”
The extraordinary use of federal force in recent days, billed as an attempt to tamp down persistent unrest and protect government property, has infuriated local leaders who say the agents have stoked tensions. “This is an attack on our democracy,” Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland said.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/portland-protests-trump-arrests-geroge-floyd-cbp-chad-wolf-dhs-barr-a9626236.html?fbclid=IwAR0rjkf7Ix_mygPc5xtrrYcKafz_1bzzphY8n8cnhGJ17VLTGV5I9t05OGA
Pardon me for being this uncivil this early in the morning but, seriously, what in the FCK is this shit? From Oregon Public Broadcasting:
Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14. Personal accounts and multiple videos posted online show the officers driving up to people, detaining individuals with no explanation of why they are being arrested, and driving off. The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland city streets, as federal officials and President Donald Trump have said they plan to “quell” nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks.
Federal officers have charged at least 13 people with crimes related to the protests so far, while others have been arrested and released, including Pettibone. They also left one demonstrator hospitalized with skull fractures after shooting him in the face with so-called “less lethal” munitions July 11. Officers from the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group and Customs and Border Protection’s BORTAC, have been sent to Portland to protect federal property during the recent protests against racism and police brutality. But interviews conducted by OPB show officers are also detaining people on Portland streets who aren’t near federal property, nor is it clear that all of the people being arrested have engaged in criminal activity. Demonstrators like O’Shea and Pettibone said they think they were targeted by federal officers for simply wearing black clothing in the area of the demonstration.
LEO’s in camo? Unmarked vehicles? Disappearing people off the street without charge? Detention in something far too close to a police black site? (Ask some folks in Chicago how those work out.) I always knew I missed something not growing up in Santiago.
Pettibone did not escape the federal officers. “I am basically tossed into the van,” Pettibone said. “And I had my beanie pulled over my face so I couldn’t see and they held my hands over my head.” Pettibone and O’Shea both said they couldn’t think of anything they might have done to end up targeted by law enforcement. They attend protests regularly but they said they aren’t “instigators.” They don’t spray paint buildings, shine laser pointers at officers or do anything else other than attend protests, which law enforcement have regularly deemed “unlawful assemblies.” Blinded by his hat, in an unmarked minivan full of armed people dressed in camouflage and body armor who hadn’t identified themselves, Pettibone said he was driven around downtown before being unloaded inside a building. He wouldn’t learn until after his release that he had been inside the federal courthouse.
Of course, it is not as if there haven't been riots and arson, with attacks on people and property.
But of course this has all been described as "peaceful demonstrations" or, (in the case of Seattle) "a love fest".
Of course this is a dangerous moment but haven't BLM, Antifa and the liberal Establishment been trying to provoke such a reaction by refusing to do anything to reestablish order?
Then there is this
Homeland Security restricts air space over Portland "for special securiy reasons"
For the view from the other side - tell me this is not revolutionary sedition.
Portland Riot Organizer Claims Mission is the ‘Abolition of the United States As We Know It’
A Portland riot organizer gained massive applause after saying that their mission is the “abolition of the United States as we know it” and referred to our nation as “stolen land.”
Lilth Sinclair could barely contain her excitement at the cheers when she announced herself as an “Afro indigenous non-binary” protest organizer on Friday
During her speech, she said that she is working towards “not just the abolition of the police state, but also the United States as we know it.”
She went on to claim they were standing on “stolen land,” which of course is not the case. The land was conquered and purchased.
Following her speech, rioters violently attempted to barricade federal officers inside the Portland Federal Courthouse and Justice Center while launching explosives at the building. They also allegedly tied a man to a fence and beat him and held a street preacher at gun point before brutalizing him and physically removing him from their protest, according to a witness at the scene who spoke to livestreamers.
Liberals and some of the more media-focused organizers have repeatedly claimed that the Black Lives Matter riots’ goal is simply to end police brutality, while most of us knew that wasn’t these Marxists only agenda. This woman just let the mask slip on what those of us paying attention already knew.
There have now been 50 straight nights of rioting in Portland.
The liberal commentators will be telling you that this is
fascistic and totally unprecedented.
Looking from half-a-world away it seems that this is not true.
I knew about this from watching a documentary about Bobby
Kennedy.
fascistic and totally unprecedented.
Looking from half-a-world away it seems that this is not true.
I knew about this from watching a documentary about Bobby
Kennedy.
We all know that America has been a fascist nation since 9/11 and the Patriot Act.
Who was it that provided the precedent for this action?
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