Interesting how no one on this board ever wants to acknowledge the right wing violence in this country that many of these peaceful protests turn violent due to right wing people instigating the violence or the fact that many peaceful protests turned violent due to police responding to peaceful protesters with violence
https://komonews.com/news/local/warrant-issued-for-vancouver-proud-boy-busted-at-seattle-protest
https://www.foxnews.com/us/proud-boys-seattle-chop-assault-portland-protests
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/right-wing-group-counter-protesters-clash-in-michigan/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-17/far-right-boogaloo-boys-linked-to-killing-of-california-lawmen-other-violence
There are at least two sides to every story. Below are clips from a couple of articles that were in Today's Oregonian. And for those of you suggesting I participate in these events, my answer is, HELL NO!
Residents call police an unsettling presence as neighborhood protests move around the city
‘It has shaken me to my core’Lizzy Acker The Oregonian/OregonLive
At least 10 police officers in full riot gear, in uniforms with the word “police” written across the back, waiting quietly on her street, “hiding in the bushes,” (officers are allowed to station on private property).
Roberts said they asked the officers if they were with the Portland Police Bureau and they wouldn’t say. When they were asked to identify themselves, they threatened her neighbor, saying, “Turn your flashlight off or we will come back and arrest you — we know where you live.” “It was chilling,” Roberts said.
“I went down there to ask the question I keep asking,” Sabina said, “which is why does it make sense to show up to a protest in full riot gear? How is that going to de-escalate the situation?”
She said, “If you’re not going to answer a valid question from a concerned citizen that lived in this neighborhood,” Sabina said she told the officer, “I would appreciate it if you guys would get off my street.” Sabina said the male officer then stepped toward her and said, “What, you want to dance?”
“If we cannot ask a question of our police,” she said, “we are so far from a democracy.”
PORTLAND PROTESTS
Reports of gunshots at counter protest on 80th dayMolly Harbarger and K. Rambo The Oregonian/OregonLive
The day started with a counterprotest held by
right-wing demonstrators gathered in front of the downtown Justice Center to support police. About 30 pro-police protesters gathered downtown, with a seemingly equal number of protesters there to oppose them. Small skirmishes broke out between the opposing demonstrations, with pro-police protesters aiming pepper spray and firing some kind of pellet gun at people.
The incident culminated in reports that
a pro-police protester fired a gun twice from a car as they left a parking garage.
