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Protesting - Portland declares Saturday gathering a riot
« on: July 19, 2020, 10:42:33 AM »

Portland, Oregon, police declare Saturday gathering a riot after another night of protest, unrest


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I hope the poor old fuck is okay:



Portland police declare Saturday night protests as a riot

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/19/portland-police-declare-saturday-night-protests-riot/5467736002/

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Re: Portland
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2020, 12:30:11 PM »
Primemuscle never fails to chime in on every thread regardless of the topic, yet when his neck of the woods is the center of attention, he’s awol.

I hope the poor old fuck is okay:



Portland police declare Saturday night protests as a riot

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/19/portland-police-declare-saturday-night-protests-riot/5467736002/

Just finished reading the Sunday Oregonian. There's lots of news and articles about the protests. It is possible some of the media is misrepresenting the extent of the rioting and violence by ignoring the number of peaceful protests taking place and only showing the destruction and violence caused by a relatively small number of people.

The scuttlebutt is about the DHS interference, use of force and arrests of peaceful protesters. Oregon attorney general sued federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters’ civil rights.

I am safely ensconced in my mostly "lily white" suburban neighborhood. There is a proliferation of Black Lives Matter lawn signs throughout West Linn.  I have no reason to go downtown. I'm not interested in marching with the protesters.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2020, 01:07:16 PM »
Just finished reading the Sunday Oregonian. There's lots of news and articles about the protests. It is possible some of the media is misrepresenting the extent of the rioting and violence by ignoring the number of peaceful protests taking place and only showing the destruction and violence caused by a relatively small number of people.

The scuttlebutt is about the DHS interference, use of force and arrests of peaceful protesters. Oregon attorney general sued federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters’ civil rights.

I am safely ensconced in my mostly "lily white" suburban neighborhood. There is a proliferation of Black Lives Matter lawn signs throughout West Linn.  I have no reason to go downtown. I'm not interested in marching with the protesters.

White folk in West Linn think those BLM signs on their lawns will protect them.

Like putting deer repellent on your plants.


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Re: Portland
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2020, 01:16:13 PM »
Actually beautiful. Red pilling libs.


Trump is playing it very smart, allowing these protests to fester.

And no PrimeFaggot, red pilling isn’t slang for Indian dick.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2020, 01:29:17 PM »
White folk in West Linn think those BLM signs on their lawns will protect them.

Like putting deer repellent on your plants.

Interesting thought. We do have deer in the green spaces that occasionally invade our yards. What exactly do we think we need protection from? I don't have a black lives matter lawn sign. I do have an In Our America.... sign exactly like the one pictured below.



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Re: Portland
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2020, 01:31:59 PM »
Interesting thought. We do have deer in the green spaces that occasionally invade our yards. What exactly do we think we need protection from? I don't have a black lives matter lawn sign. I do have an In Our America.... sign exactly like the one pictured below.




Oh brother.

I need to get my estrogen checked just reading that sign.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2020, 02:01:52 PM »
White folk in West Linn think those BLM signs on their lawns will protect them.

Like putting deer repellent on your plants.

They don’t get it. What you should do is put something threatening on your lawn like “Property rights will be strictly enforced.”

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Re: Portland
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2020, 02:02:35 PM »
Just finished reading the Sunday Oregonian. There's lots of news and articles about the protests. It is possible some of the media is misrepresenting the extent of the rioting and violence by ignoring the number of peaceful protests taking place and only showing the destruction and violence caused by a relatively small number of people.

The scuttlebutt is about the DHS interference, use of force and arrests of peaceful protesters. Oregon attorney general sued federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters’ civil rights.

I am safely ensconced in my mostly "lily white" suburban neighborhood. There is a proliferation of Black Lives Matter lawn signs throughout West Linn.  I have no reason to go downtown. I'm not interested in marching with the protesters.

Prime you are such a radical left winger. DHS interference?  They are rightfully arresting people. Peaceful protesters is an outrageous thing to say in light of the arson, killings, assaults, vandalism,  and businesses lost. You would feel differently if you drove downtown at night. As they destroyed your car and dragged you out of it you tell them your one of them.

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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2020, 02:10:57 PM »
Interesting thought. We do have deer in the green spaces that occasionally invade our yards. What exactly do we think we need protection from? I don't have a black lives matter lawn sign. I do have an In Our America.... sign exactly like the one pictured below.



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Re: Portland
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2020, 02:12:17 PM »
Just finished reading the Sunday Oregonian. There's lots of news and articles about the protests. It is possible some of the media is misrepresenting the extent of the rioting and violence by ignoring the number of peaceful protests taking place and only showing the destruction and violence caused by a relatively small number of people.

The scuttlebutt is about the DHS interference, use of force and arrests of peaceful protesters. Oregon attorney general sued federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters’ civil rights.

I am safely ensconced in my mostly "lily white" suburban neighborhood. There is a proliferation of Black Lives Matter lawn signs throughout West Linn.  I have no reason to go downtown. I'm not interested in marching with the protesters.

The media you use is Truthful. Any topic that disagrees with your media is misinformation.

Seems reasonable.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2020, 02:13:47 PM »
Interesting thought. We do have deer in the green spaces that occasionally invade our yards. What exactly do we think we need protection from? I don't have a black lives matter lawn sign. I do have an In Our America.... sign exactly like the one pictured below.



Is that the new fag flag? Lol jk prime


Portland is out of control

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Re: Portland
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2020, 02:17:56 PM »
Imagine suing the federal government for violating the civil rights of a rioter?

The mayor and City Council of Portland, the Governor, and that AG need to see the inside of a prison for a very long time.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2020, 02:33:50 PM »
Prime you are such a radical left winger. DHS interference?  They are rightfully arresting people. Peaceful protesters is an outrageous thing to say in light of the arson, killings, assaults, vandalism,  and businesses lost. You would feel differently if you drove downtown at night. As they destroyed your car and dragged you out of it you tell them your one of them.

Oregon attorney general sues federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters’ civil rights

July 18, 2020 at 10:52 p.m. PDT
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon attorney general filed a lawsuit late Friday night alleging that the federal government had violated Oregonians’ civil rights by seizing and detaining them without probable cause during protests against police brutality in the past week.

The legal action comes after days of intensifying clashes between the Trump administration and Portland officials, who have accused federal agencies of heavy-handed tactics that inflame unrest and threaten citizens.

Department of Homeland Security agents have swarmed the city in recent days, arguing that they are needed to restore order after nearly two months of demonstrations. But local officials, including Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D), have implored the agency to step down, with the mayor calling the police force President Trump’s “personal army” and suggesting its tactics are only making things worse.

The federal government is “overstepping their powers and injuring or threatening peaceful protesters on the streets of Downtown Portland,” according to a release from the Oregon Department of Justice Friday.

As Portland entered its 50th night of protests on July 16, here's a look back at how tensions between protesters and police have risen. (Monica Rodman/The Washington Post)
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit that accused several agencies of unlawful law enforcement, including the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Protection Service.

“John Does 1-10” are also named as defendants because “they have made it impossible for them to be individually identified by carrying out law enforcement actions without wearing any identifying information, even so much as the agency that employs them,” the complaint says.

Rosenblum said her department was also seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent federal authorities from unlawfully detaining Oregon residents. That comes after Mark Pettibone, 29, was detained by several men in green military fatigues and generic “police” patches on their clothing as he walked home from a protest early Wednesday morning.

Pettibone said the men, later identified as CBP officers, searched him and then took him in an unmarked minivan to a federal courthouse, where he was held for several hours. Pettibone told The Washington Post that the federal agents did not tell him why he had been picked up or provide a record of his arrest.

One protester, Conner O’Shea, said he was standing on a street corner with Pettibone when he saw an unmarked vehicle pull up next to him. Men wearing fatigues and helmets jumped out of a van and started running toward O’Shea and other protesters, who quickly dispersed.

O’Shea said the men didn’t announce who they were. He ran several blocks before diving behind a barricade where he hid until a friend drove to pick him up.

“My brain was firing on every cylinder, ‘We’re getting taken by the government,’ ” he said. “I have never been more terrified in my life. I could not and am still not thinking straight.”

CBP’s tactics came under intense scrutiny after a video circulating online showed two men in apparent military garb take a young man wearing all black into custody in Portland in the past week. In a statement, CBP said that its agents were wearing gear that identified them as agency personnel and that they detained the man because they suspected he was involved in “assaults against federal agents or destruction of federal property.”

Rosenblum highlighted another incident as motivating the department’s actions. On July 12, a peaceful protester was hit in the head with an “impact weapon” and suffered severe injuries. The Oregon Department of Justice Criminal Justice Division has also opened an investigation into that incident.

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon has also filed suit against DHS and the U.S. Marshals Service. The lawsuit seeks to block federal law enforcement from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force against journalists or legal observers, the organization said.

‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them

On Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) issued a joint statement drawing on the Portland protests, the crackdown in June by the White House on peaceful gatherings in the District and the death of fellow congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.

“We are again reminded of the immense power of peaceful protest in the fight against racial injustice and police brutality,” the statement read. “Yet time and time again, the Trump Administration shows its lack of respect for the dignity and First Amendment rights of all Americans … We will not tolerate the use of Oregonians, Washingtonians — or any other Americans — as props in President Trump’s political games.”

Several different protests took place throughout Portland early Saturday evening, Pacific time, with demonstrators showing no signs of losing energy or fervor on their 51st straight day of protesting police brutality.

One protest drew a crowd of more than 200 people, a majority clad in all black, to a park in the northeast part of the city. Attendees applauded speakers and chanted “black lives matter” and “all night all day, we’re going to make the piggies pay.”

Another gathering of about 100 people included speakers advocating for a smaller police force and police accountability.

At a protest organized by a group called Doctors for Justice, about 100 people gathered outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. Speakers admonished police violence in front of a cloth backdrop that read, “stop assaulting our patients.”

By 9 p.m., the size of the downtown protest had grown significantly, with demonstrators spilling down several streets. A line of women who called themselves the “wall of moms” linked arms and blocked the road between the federal courthouse and the protesters. They chanted, “feds stay clear, the moms are here” and “leave our kids alone.”

By 10 p.m., protesters had begun to dismantle a new heavy duty fence surrounding the federal courthouse. They stacked pieces of the fence against several entryways, pounded on the building’s graffitied walls and pointed green lasers at windows.

Federal police responded with CS gas and flash bangs, dispersing the crowd. Protesters responded to police use of gas by shooting fireworks at the federal building.

Video captured at the scene of Saturday’s demonstration showed police using a baton and pepper spray against protesters. At another large protest across town, protesters reportedly broke into the police union building and started a fire, which was quickly extinguished. Police declared that protest a riot.

In previous evenings of protests, groups have converged upon police precincts and union buildings, where late-night clashes with officers have occurred.

The legal actions come after nearly two months of unrest. In the weeks after George Floyd’s death in police custody, protests swelled nationwide over police violence and racism in U.S. society. But in Portland, the demonstrations have been sustained for 51 days.

Clashes between the federal government and local authorities continued to escalate in the past week. On Friday night, some protesters lobbed water bottles, smoke bombs and fireworks at courthouse and police buildings.

In response, federal agents used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to disperse a crowd, and several people were arrested. Videos and witness accounts described unidentified officials in unmarked vans and detaining protesters.

Mayor Wheeler said the federal agents were Trump’s “personal army” and called on them to leave Portland.

“This is part of a coordinated strategy of Trump’s White House to use federal troops to bolster his sagging polling data,” Wheeler said. “As we were starting to see things de-escalate, their actions last Saturday night and every night since have actually ratcheted up the tension on our streets.”


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Re: Portland
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2020, 04:43:53 PM »
Oregon attorney general sues federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters’ civil rights

July 18, 2020 at 10:52 p.m. PDT
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon attorney general filed a lawsuit late Friday night alleging that the federal government had violated Oregonians’ civil rights by seizing and detaining them without probable cause during protests against police brutality in the past week.

The legal action comes after days of intensifying clashes between the Trump administration and Portland officials, who have accused federal agencies of heavy-handed tactics that inflame unrest and threaten citizens.

Department of Homeland Security agents have swarmed the city in recent days, arguing that they are needed to restore order after nearly two months of demonstrations. But local officials, including Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D), have implored the agency to step down, with the mayor calling the police force President Trump’s “personal army” and suggesting its tactics are only making things worse.

The federal government is “overstepping their powers and injuring or threatening peaceful protesters on the streets of Downtown Portland,” according to a release from the Oregon Department of Justice Friday.

As Portland entered its 50th night of protests on July 16, here's a look back at how tensions between protesters and police have risen. (Monica Rodman/The Washington Post)
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit that accused several agencies of unlawful law enforcement, including the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Protection Service.

“John Does 1-10” are also named as defendants because “they have made it impossible for them to be individually identified by carrying out law enforcement actions without wearing any identifying information, even so much as the agency that employs them,” the complaint says.

Rosenblum said her department was also seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent federal authorities from unlawfully detaining Oregon residents. That comes after Mark Pettibone, 29, was detained by several men in green military fatigues and generic “police” patches on their clothing as he walked home from a protest early Wednesday morning.

Pettibone said the men, later identified as CBP officers, searched him and then took him in an unmarked minivan to a federal courthouse, where he was held for several hours. Pettibone told The Washington Post that the federal agents did not tell him why he had been picked up or provide a record of his arrest.

One protester, Conner O’Shea, said he was standing on a street corner with Pettibone when he saw an unmarked vehicle pull up next to him. Men wearing fatigues and helmets jumped out of a van and started running toward O’Shea and other protesters, who quickly dispersed.

O’Shea said the men didn’t announce who they were. He ran several blocks before diving behind a barricade where he hid until a friend drove to pick him up.

“My brain was firing on every cylinder, ‘We’re getting taken by the government,’ ” he said. “I have never been more terrified in my life. I could not and am still not thinking straight.”

CBP’s tactics came under intense scrutiny after a video circulating online showed two men in apparent military garb take a young man wearing all black into custody in Portland in the past week. In a statement, CBP said that its agents were wearing gear that identified them as agency personnel and that they detained the man because they suspected he was involved in “assaults against federal agents or destruction of federal property.”

Rosenblum highlighted another incident as motivating the department’s actions. On July 12, a peaceful protester was hit in the head with an “impact weapon” and suffered severe injuries. The Oregon Department of Justice Criminal Justice Division has also opened an investigation into that incident.

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon has also filed suit against DHS and the U.S. Marshals Service. The lawsuit seeks to block federal law enforcement from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force against journalists or legal observers, the organization said.

‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them

On Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) issued a joint statement drawing on the Portland protests, the crackdown in June by the White House on peaceful gatherings in the District and the death of fellow congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.

“We are again reminded of the immense power of peaceful protest in the fight against racial injustice and police brutality,” the statement read. “Yet time and time again, the Trump Administration shows its lack of respect for the dignity and First Amendment rights of all Americans … We will not tolerate the use of Oregonians, Washingtonians — or any other Americans — as props in President Trump’s political games.”

Several different protests took place throughout Portland early Saturday evening, Pacific time, with demonstrators showing no signs of losing energy or fervor on their 51st straight day of protesting police brutality.

One protest drew a crowd of more than 200 people, a majority clad in all black, to a park in the northeast part of the city. Attendees applauded speakers and chanted “black lives matter” and “all night all day, we’re going to make the piggies pay.”

Another gathering of about 100 people included speakers advocating for a smaller police force and police accountability.

At a protest organized by a group called Doctors for Justice, about 100 people gathered outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. Speakers admonished police violence in front of a cloth backdrop that read, “stop assaulting our patients.”

By 9 p.m., the size of the downtown protest had grown significantly, with demonstrators spilling down several streets. A line of women who called themselves the “wall of moms” linked arms and blocked the road between the federal courthouse and the protesters. They chanted, “feds stay clear, the moms are here” and “leave our kids alone.”

By 10 p.m., protesters had begun to dismantle a new heavy duty fence surrounding the federal courthouse. They stacked pieces of the fence against several entryways, pounded on the building’s graffitied walls and pointed green lasers at windows.

Federal police responded with CS gas and flash bangs, dispersing the crowd. Protesters responded to police use of gas by shooting fireworks at the federal building.

Video captured at the scene of Saturday’s demonstration showed police using a baton and pepper spray against protesters. At another large protest across town, protesters reportedly broke into the police union building and started a fire, which was quickly extinguished. Police declared that protest a riot.

In previous evenings of protests, groups have converged upon police precincts and union buildings, where late-night clashes with officers have occurred.

The legal actions come after nearly two months of unrest. In the weeks after George Floyd’s death in police custody, protests swelled nationwide over police violence and racism in U.S. society. But in Portland, the demonstrations have been sustained for 51 days.

Clashes between the federal government and local authorities continued to escalate in the past week. On Friday night, some protesters lobbed water bottles, smoke bombs and fireworks at courthouse and police buildings.

In response, federal agents used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to disperse a crowd, and several people were arrested. Videos and witness accounts described unidentified officials in unmarked vans and detaining protesters.

They are NOT peaceful protesters.  You refuse to see the damage they've caused... ruining peoples lives and businesses.  You're one mentally ill person.
 
These antifa soyboys deserve to get hit over the head and be preyed upon. 

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Re: Portland
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2020, 05:22:05 PM »
Interesting thought. We do have deer in the green spaces that occasionally invade our yards. What exactly do we think we need protection from? I don't have a black lives matter lawn sign. I do have an In Our America.... sign exactly like the one pictured below.



I agree with 5 and 6.

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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2020, 05:38:49 PM »
Oregon attorney general sues federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters’ civil rights

July 18, 2020 at 10:52 p.m. PDT
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon attorney general filed a lawsuit late Friday night alleging that the federal government had violated Oregonians’ civil rights by seizing and detaining them without probable cause during protests against police brutality in the past week.

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50 straight nights of rioting and this mentally ill asshole is trying to justify it.

Sick in the fucking head.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2020, 05:39:08 PM »
Just finished reading the Sunday Oregonian. There's lots of news and articles about the protests. It is possible some of the media is misrepresenting the extent of the rioting and violence by ignoring the number of peaceful protests taking place and only showing the destruction and violence caused by a relatively small number of people.




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« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2020, 05:42:29 PM »
Interesting thought. We do have deer in the green spaces that occasionally invade our yards. What exactly do we think we need protection from? I don't have a black lives matter lawn sign. I do have an In Our America.... sign exactly like the one pictured below.




Looks like you are submissive coward !.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2020, 05:43:06 PM »
50 straight nights of rioting and this mentally ill asshole is trying to justify it.

Sick in the fucking head.

Thank you for editing the length of his bullshit post. Thanks you.

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« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2020, 06:57:26 PM »
Thank you for editing the length of his bullshit post. Thanks you.

That stupid old pervert is fucking mentally deranged. You can’t even feel sorry for the senile old fuckhead because of the way we all know he treated his dying wife.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2020, 07:02:59 PM »


..............use of force and arrests of peaceful protesters ......................



 ::) ::) ::) peaceful my azzz

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Re: Portland
« Reply #21 on: July 19, 2020, 07:04:17 PM »
These tweets are 10 hours apart.

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« Reply #22 on: July 19, 2020, 07:09:28 PM »
These tweets are 10 hours apart.

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Re: Portland
« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2020, 11:33:43 PM »
They are NOT peaceful protesters.  You refuse to see the damage they've caused... ruining peoples lives and businesses.  You're one mentally ill person.
 
These antifa soyboys deserve to get hit over the head and be preyed upon.

Well I am not about to go downtown to count how many are peaceful and how many are not. But, according to everything I've read and heard in the local news the 'bad actors' are just a small group of maybe a hundred or so people. I see the damage they've caused on the news and in the newspaper every day. There are thousands of other protesters who are peaceful.

Do you live in Portland, have you personally seen number of protesters and the damage they've caused here?