On Portland's streets:
Anger, fear, and a
fence that divides
Associated Press,
by
Mike Balsamo
&
Gillian Flaccus
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
7/27/2020 2:31:40 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. — The party at the Salmon Street Springs fountain, a riverfront landmark in the heart of Portland, was just getting started. Dozens of drummers beat out entrancing rhythms and a crowd of hundreds danced joyfully as the setting sun cast a soft pink glow on distant Mount Hood. Poster boards bearing the names of dozens of Black men and women killed by police stirred in a gentle breeze as the energy built to fever pitch and more and more people poured into the square. Suddenly, 10-year-old Xavier Minor jumped into the center of the circle and started dancing with abandon. The emcee took note.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 7/27/2020 2:36:33 PM (No. 492146)
List of dozens of black men killed by police...
Lies.
Stopped at that point, AssPress is Fak ed News.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DARling 7/27/2020 2:44:33 PM (No. 492158)
I think the article started out focusing on the only black people in the whole crowd. I would think blacks would be insulted by being white suburban liberals' current pet project.
It is time for the authorities to arrest the vandals and search their social media for instructions of where to meet to incite violence. This has conspiracy to commit vandalism and assault written all over it. It is not about spontaneous gatherings if they occur night after night. If Soros and anyone connected with BLM and Antifa had judgments rendered against them for the millions of dollars in damages, maybe this garbage would stop.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 7/27/2020 2:46:19 PM (No. 492162)
There may in fact be dozens of black men and women "victims" but when did they occur and under what circumstances? Context matters.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Quigley 7/27/2020 2:52:36 PM (No. 492168)
Drummers beating “entrancing rhythms.”
I guess the reporters lost consciousness. Kind of like putting a chicken’s beak on a white line.
So pathetic. Maybe they’ll invent a vaccine while dancing.
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Looks to be a HUGE difference between those who are peacefully protesting, and those who look to be in combat gear who are trying to tear-down the fence that's now protecting that FEDERAL building, and attacking the people who's job it is to protect FEDERAL property.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 7/27/2020 2:59:33 PM (No. 492174)
No, this nation ISN'T 'deeply divided over the role of the police in this country". There are certain armpits where these loser riot monkeys have been wreaking havoc since Hillary lost the election in 2016.Real Americans know role and value of the police in our society. If these maggots continue to amp it up, the police might be the least of their worries. In fact, they may call upon them when America is all full up with this nonsense.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 7/27/2020 3:05:27 PM (No. 492184)
i was going to post this last night but..
it went on.. and on.. and on..
and it was as if it was written buy a seventh grader..
and, as noted above, it was all lies..
i didn't know how to comment on it so i took the coward's way out..
i let someone else do it! thanks!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Highvoltage 7/27/2020 3:15:50 PM (No. 492193)
Blacks have nothing to gain by letting anarchist lead them back to the plantation of violence, failed policies, substandard education in failed public schools, crowded tenements and food stamps. Blacks are capable of a living standard of whites but the Democrats don’t want that. Instead they prefer the issue to help buy the Black vote. What a morally corrupt party.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 7/27/2020 3:22:19 PM (No. 492200)
This is all part of a trial run by the Marxists/Democrats to see how much they can get away with hiding the violent truth from the public. They are being quite successful. Those of us who follow conservative alternative sources are the only ones in the country who realize the extent of the outrageous violence against property and against police taking place right now. Most of the country, even here in the Portland area, think the protesters are mostly peaceful and that Trump's "storm troopers" in the police are causing all the problems. When the Marxist coup actually occurs, all they have to do is shut down sources like Breitbart, et.al. and nobody will even know it's happening until it's all over.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/27/2020 3:23:51 PM (No. 492201)
Gyrating around to a drumbeat and chanting. Some of these wizards are just a few generations beyond centuries of doing that same thing and some are just stupid white people who finally have some excitement in their lives and have no idea what they are doing to their futures and to the country. I hope the lethal force type of defense begins soon so these idiots can go home and live out the rest of their miserable lives away from civilization. If thousands of people broke through that fence these tired soldiers hopefully would be emptying every magazine they had and building a wall of bodies.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Geoman 7/27/2020 3:25:54 PM (No. 492204)
FTA: "... small pods of three to four protesters dressed in black circulated in the crowd, stopping every few minutes to point green laser beams in the eyes of agents..."
“My friends have been hit in the head with hammers. I know people who have been shot with fireworks. It’s disgusting,” said the Deputy U.S. Marshal who’s been at the courthouse for weeks."
I don't hate the protesters but I believe the violent rioters should be shot dead in the streets. They are using force intended to cause serious bodily injury to the police. Using deadly force to prevent serious bodily injury is the standard that President Trump should apply when he puts federal LEOs in harm's way, even in an election year.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 7/27/2020 3:26:40 PM (No. 492205)
FTA - Is this the beginning of the United States transforming into a military state, where federal agents flood the streets and overrule local authorities?
Local authorities have already been overruled. But the AP would never acknowledge this.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
4Liberty2020 7/27/2020 4:06:58 PM (No. 492231)
I hope the Feds take fingerprints of the cans that are thrown at them, then put these terrorists in jail.
Praying for the safety of these men who are trying to keep peace.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 7/27/2020 4:25:21 PM (No. 492247)
Man. This is so sweet. Brings a tear to your eye. s/
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Namma 7/27/2020 4:58:11 PM (No. 492286)
I think blacks are being used. There is a poster of mugshots of antifa members. There are 20 musgshots.
All WHITE. out of 20, 13 are teachers. Says a lot
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
gramma b 7/27/2020 6:06:39 PM (No. 492349)
The “peaceful protestors” are knowingly and willingly providing a platform and cover for the violent ones. IMO they are just as guilty.
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