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Posted on 08/04/2018 3:08:03 PM PDT by BBell
PORTLAND, Ore. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A right-wing group and self-described anti-fascist counter-protesters rallied in Portland, Oregon, Saturday as police tried to prevent the gatherings from turning violent as they have before.
The rally organized by Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson was the third to roil Portland this summer. Two previous events ended in bloody fistfights and riots, and one counter-protester was sent to the hospital with a skull fracture.
This time, Gibson changed the venue from a federal plaza outside U.S. District Court to a waterfront park so some of his Oregon supporters could carry concealed weapons as they demonstrate.
Protesters saw a significant police presence that included bomb-sniffing dogs and weapons screening checkpoints. In a statement, police said weapons may be seized if there is a violation of law and added that it is illegal in Portland to carry a loaded firearm in public unless a person has a valid Oregon concealed handgun license. Many protesters were expected to be from out of state.
Gibson’s insistence on bringing his supporters repeatedly to this blue city has crystallized a debate about the limits of free speech in an era of stark political division. Patriot Prayer also has held rallies in many other cities around the U.S. West, including Berkeley, California, that have drawn violent reactions.
But the Portland events have taken on outsized significance after a Patriot Prayer sympathizer was charged with fatally stabbing two men who came to the defense of two young black women — one in a hijab — whom the attacker was accused of harassing on a light-rail train in May 2017.
A coalition of community organizations and a group representing more than 50 tribes warned of the potential for even greater violence than previous rallies if participants carry guns.
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If there is any violence the communist will instigate it, in spite of what the libtard drivel in the media says.
Dream of the ‘90s | Portlandia | IFC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4hShMEk1Ew
That was the good work of the Proud Boy. He knocked down three of them attacking him with tools- one punch each. The one with the asp got his jaw broke.
Whoa Whoa Whoa!
“Tribes”? What?
And is that guy on the train really associated with “Patriot Prayer”?
Conservatives “instigate” all violence by breathing offensively. Attacks by the Auntie Fayes in masks is an automatic and uncontrollable reaction to the existence of vile Disagreement and being one of Them.
Yes, safe bet, that.
CBS Weekend News just began their coverage of Portland with the anchor saying, “In Portland, Oregon, a massive demonstration by a right-wing group turned violent.” The did cover the police firing tear gas, but failed to mention which group they were firing at and why. They then showed shots from the Charlottesville. Nope, no bias here.
That sounds like pure propaganda ... proving that CBS is an enemy of the people.
It’s a shame that we the people get no unfiltered reports of an event anymore. All we really want are the facts. The who, what, when, where, why and how of it without a pack of attention hogg journalists telling us what to think about it. We can see for ourselves if we’re just allowed to see.
The title should read “ Heavy Police Presence as Patriotic Americans and Socialist bonehead Anarchists Rally In Portland Oregon”.
CBS Fake News.
If they can’t report the facts and then present “facts” from other events to bolster their report, then they are fake news.
Stalin would have loved it. Propaganda at it’s finest.
And then they get butt hurt when calling them fake news.
will the FakeNewsMSM please show Clinton protests where Trump supporters turn up to violently protest against the Dem protestors?
oh, there aren’t any to show.
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