Posted on 08/20/2020 5:30:14 AM PDT by karpov
PORTLAND, Ore. — A crowd of protesters marched to a county building in southeast Portland on Tuesday night, where a handful of people in masks and all-black outfits threw rocks through windows and lit a small fire inside, marking the 83rd night of protests in Portland that have led to millions of dollars in damage to city property, officials said.
Several hundred people participated in the peaceful protest before a smaller group broke off, police said, lighting fires in dumpsters in the street to block traffic and slow down police who later tried to clear the scene. Some sprayed anti-police graffiti on the county building and scrawled instructions to “aim here” across the windows on the first floor. A few masked people threw rocks through window panes, and someone tossed a flaming newspaper into the building, according to reports.
The fires lit inside the building remained relatively small, leaving behind scorched curtains and piles of ash on desks near the shattered windows. The flames did not burn for long, but they grew large enough to set off alarms and trigger the sprinkler system, officials said. Police made two arrests Tuesday: Peter Curtis, 40, on charges of criminal mischief and reckless endangering, and Jesse Hawk, 23, on eight common protest-related charges: riot, interfering with a peace officer, resisting arrest, unlawful use of a weapon, assaulting a public safety officer, harassment, disorderly conduct and attempted escape.
The weeks of destruction and intense clashes with police following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May have spurred angry backlash from Portland officials and some residents. Tensions have risen in recent weeks following a period of relative calm after federal law enforcement left Portland last month. “The unprovoked actions by those who engaged in criminal behavior is reprehensible,”
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Sounds like it was mostly violent looking for someone to beat.
There: Corrected, you ass-clown, Bezos.
I guess it was a "mostly cold," fire.
that’s one link I won’t click on. The Washington Post is pure propaganda,
Hahaha! It is somewhat entertaining to se the leftist losers “protesting”. Dear oreGOONians...you have what you want. Enjoy the suck. More popcorn!
It was a peaceful fire..................
Curfew, martial law, shoot on sight — poof, Antifa & BLM @$$holes are back in the basement, along with Joementia.
I don't think those words mean what the author thinks they mean. Every march to battle is peaceful until you reach your enemy/target.
“I guess it was a “mostly cold,” fire.”
...”the flame by a gentleman simply lighting his cigarette, was blown out of proportion by right wing...”
Peter Curtis, 40 and Jesse Hawk, 23 were quickly released without bail, thanks to the efforts of the National Lawyers Guild.
Brown, Wyden and Merkely are going to be recalled.
Now it’s time to start shooting the terrorists because Oregon has been usurped by NAZI demon-rats.
Protesting what?
What is good about the way Trump has handled this all along is that he is keeping it a local problem rather than a national problem by leaving complete control to the Democrat/Left politicians who, rather than looking at this as having a once-beautiful city to save instead are looking at this as an election to try to win.
Enjoy the suck.
Like the “small” box of baseball bats delivered to the battle in NYC.
Tensions have risen in recent weeks following a period of relative calm after federal law enforcement left Portland last month.
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Must have been out that day ‘cause I don’t remember a “period of calm”.
They are enemy combatants.
They have nothing to still be “protesting” about. The “peaceful” ones are likely spoiled kids wanting attention. The antifa anarchists need serious butt kicking now.
There is no undifferentiated right to “protest”.
There is a right to peaceably assemble. There is a right to petition for redress.
But there is no right to do what is happening in Portland and Seattle. None at all.
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