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Posted on 08/02/2020 7:09:12 AM PDT by jazusamo
More than 150 rounds were fired and one woman was shot in Portland on Friday night while protesters on Saturday – some of whom appeared to impersonate press – threw glass bottles and shined lasers at city police officers sent to quell the nighttime unrest witnessed for more than two months straight.
Saturday marked the third night of federal and state law enforcement cooperation in Portland, as the Department of Homeland Security continues to weigh plans to withdraw from the liberal Oregon city. It was the 64th straight day of violent demonstrations and rioting in Portland.
A shooting rang out about 11:08 p.m. Friday outside an apartment building near the 600 Block of NE 87th Avenue. The Portland Police Bureau said in an update Saturday that more than 150 rounds were fired and bullets struck at least eight occupied apartments and seven vehicles. One round struck a woman in the arm, and responding officers applied a tourniquet before she was transported to the hospital by ambulance with injuries that were not life-threatening.
“This is America and it’s a war zone with 150 shots in an apartment complex close to a Christian university. How can we explain that?” Aragon Marks, who lives at the building, told Fox 12 Oregon.
Though it was not immediately clear whether the shooting was linked to demonstrations seen in Portland nearly every night since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the end of May, another resident, Kemoh Sulimani, connected the violence to the city’s efforts to defund police.
“They had a gang violence task force that are no longer funded, which is unfortunate because as soon as that defunding happened all of this really peaked up,” Sulimani told Fox 12.
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Just another Mostly Peaceful Protest™, no big deal.
< /Dem politicians and media types>
Ping
Um, you vote Communist.
.22LR?
Portland protests stay calm as state troopers take watch
Okaaaaay....
Please note that all 150 bullets were peacefully fired./sarcasm
This is just a disgraceful dereliction of duty by the piece of garbage mayor. And it sets a bad example to be copycatted by other communities governed by libtards. The Feds need to go in there and CLEAN IT UP. Jail the stinking mayor and city council if necessary. This cannot be permitted to go on, lest it spread like a cancer. It already is, but maybe it can be arrested before more people are injured or killed. The commies/dummocraps do not operate rationally and fail to take into account the human consequences of their actions.
Mythical ala fat boy Nadler.
“...gang violence task force that are no longer funded....as soon as that defunding happened all of this really peaked up...”
Well now, who would’ve expected THAT to happen????
This can’t be! I saw a headline that after the feds pulled out, Portland was more peaceful!
Start sending the politicians out on the shootings instead of police, that’ll put a stop it. /sarc
It’s past time to put a stop to all this, no matter how damn rough it gets to stop all of it....
Your mayor says it is all because of Trump’s divisiveness. /thinking off
I’m sure the problem is that Portland hasn’t yet funded more social workers to take care of those situations.
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Anarchy reigns in Portland because the elected want it that way.
Probably .22’s. Maybe BB’s.
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