Total Members Voted: 9
Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM
“There's already a lot of lazy reporting about what happened in Portland last night. It was not a "clash of protesters".A large group, maybe 200 people, gathered at a mall in a nearby county. They formed a caravan of mostly large, jacked-up trucks, displaying pro-Trump and American flags. The people wore various t-shirts, hats, etc supporting Trump but also with fascist and neo-Nazi symbols. Many of the trucks had additional people (usually men) in the beds. They were armed with guns, pipes, knives, and other visible weapons. One can reasonably assume there were also concealed weapons. The trucks were also weapons.They drove from the mall, toward downtown. All along this path, local law enforcement (police, sheriffs) facilitated their movement, stopping traffic so they could stay together as a caravan. This includes the Portland Police blocking off other traffic on a bridge that leads into downtown.Once downtown -- they did NOT go to the area where there have been daily protests for many weeks. No, they drove directly to and through a busy mixed residential/retail area, with people walking to the grocery store, sitting at outside bars, walking their dogs, etc. Yes, some anti-fascist, anti-police brutality protestors came to that area in response to the caravan. But this is what the Trumpers did: They indiscriminately assaulted pedestrians in this residential/retail area. They shot them with paintball guns, yelled sexually violent things at women, jumped out of their trucks to physically attack anyone who verbally disagreed with them, brandished their weapons and threatened people. They drove their trucks through groups of people.They laughed while they did it.Later in the evening, in a different part of downtown, someone was shot and killed. That death will overshadow and cloud the story about the caravan -- which is the part that should chill you to the bone.”
You think Trump saying "everyone just calllllm down now" - or quoting peaceful leaders of yesteryear, etc will have any effect?
A civil authority that ignores violence in cities is illegitimate.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy: "Corona virus should be gone by now"Really?
Quote But this is what the Trumpers did: They indiscriminately assaulted pedestrians in this residential/retail area. They shot them with paintball guns, yelled sexually violent things at women, jumped out of their trucks to physically attack anyone who verbally disagreed with them, brandished their weapons and threatened people. They drove their trucks through groups of people.They laughed while they did it.
But this is what the Trumpers did: They indiscriminately assaulted pedestrians in this residential/retail area. They shot them with paintball guns, yelled sexually violent things at women, jumped out of their trucks to physically attack anyone who verbally disagreed with them, brandished their weapons and threatened people. They drove their trucks through groups of people.They laughed while they did it.