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Grandma knows best pic

artappraiser — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:35:21 +0000

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Grandma knows best pic.twitter.com/IPUVY4UrNP
— Robert L. Tsai (@robertltsai) August 10, 2020

Portland Sat. night & Sunday

artappraiser — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:15:56 +0000

In reply to Portland Man Charged with Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshal with Explosive Device During Courthouse Protest

Portland Sat. night & Sunday night, they'e not quitting the same old:

Portland protesters set police building on fire and clash with authorities

Situation declared a riot as police use flashbang munitions and smoke canisters to force hundreds away

By Guardian Staff & Agencies, 9 Aug 2020 15.52 EDT

A fire lit inside a police union building by a small fraction of protesters in Portland overnight led the authorities to declare the situation a riot and then use flashbang munitions and smoke canisters to force hundreds away from the area.

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It was the second time such a fire has been set in recent days. Though both fires were quickly put out, the incidents brought criticism of individuals who have been provoking police by damaging property and other belligerent tactics, in contrast to much wider, calmer protests, according to a report by the Oregonian.

Three officers were hurt during efforts to clear a crowd of several hundred people outside the Portland Police Association building, police said in a statement.

Rallies had been held earlier in the afternoon and evening throughout the city.

Seneca Cayson, a black business owner who helped lead peaceful gatherings in downtown Portland, worries that incidents of vandalism and taunting of law enforcement by a tiny minority of the many thousands of white protesters turning out distracts from the main aims of the Black Lives Matter movement.

But he speculated that such clashes also draw more attention to racial injustice and said of white rebels: “We are fighting alongside them to … be equal.” [....]

UPDATE: Nine Arrests Made During Saturday Night Riot https://t.co/qwOcRkug7e pic.twitter.com/GRa0cI0ieR
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

photos credit @_WhatRiot
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

CLARIFICATION: Still Requesting Evidence About Possible Explosive Devices (Photo) https://t.co/kZcJnNJAUr pic.twitter.com/GchMXyh1N3
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

To those gathering on North Lombard Street, you are at the PPA office. Do not engage in criminal activities such as vandalism or attempt to set the building on fire. (continued)
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

A gathering is blocking the street on North Lombard Street between North Denver Ave and North Interstate Ave. Drivers in the area please use caution. pic.twitter.com/Lg87feZOf4
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

To those near the PPA office, this is now a unlawful assembly. All persons on North Lombard must disperse by traveling WEST now. You are ordered to disperse immediately.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

Failure to adhere to this order may subject you to arrest or citation, and may subject you to the use of crowd control agents, impact weapons, or tear gas.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

The gathering on North Denver Ave near North Russet St is now being declared a riot. All persons in the area on North must disperse by traveling NORTH now. You are ordered to disperse immediately.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

The gathering has moved into Kenton Park. This is still a riot. You are ordered to disperse to the NORTH or to the WEST. Disperse immediately.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

These types of activities will not be permitted and will result in arrest and potential use of force such as riot control munitions and tear gas.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 10, 2020

The mayor called in state

artappraiser — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 08:23:39 +0000

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The mayor called in state troopers:

Oregon state police push protesters back with billy clubs pic.twitter.com/m54CXLTa8m
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) August 9, 2020

No doubt Portland police sick of this shit and exhausted. They stop fighting crime, crime goes up, mayor doesn't get re-elected.

Clue that this doesn't have much to do with Black lives mattering, never was, that has been coopted. This is about Portlandia

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Portland city, Oregon

Population
Black or African American alone, 5.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 0.7%

Asian alone, 8.1%

Native Hawaiian Other Pacific Islander alone, 0.7%

The point to take away: these people don't want a Democratic mayor re-elected, the more fascistic the gummint the better. More fighting, more support to bring the whole system down,in order to rebuild from year zero. Where's those Moms go anyways? Gotta have Trump goons to get the Moms interested, critical mass.

The violent trolling is still

artappraiser — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 08:05:21 +0000

In reply to Portland Man Charged with Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshal with Explosive Device During Courthouse Protest

The violent trolling is still fucking going on. Withdrawing Feds meant little:

Again, this is a riot. All people, including members of the press and legal observers must leave immediately to the north. Failure to adhere to this order may subject you to arrest, citation, or crowd control agents, including, but not limited to, tear gas and/or impact weapons.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 9, 2020

Protesters were back on the streets of Portland, Oregon, Saturday night as violent demonstrations continued in the city that had hoped for calm after federal agents withdrew more than a week ago and local police try to quell the unrest. https://t.co/XhxJur2Jzh
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 9, 2020

Trying to take warring live, it gets real tiresome doing it virtually in mom's basement. Lighting fires, exciting!

Undoubtedly it was hard for

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 05:01:00 +0000

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Undoubtedly it was hard for protesters to admit Nixon was ending the War, pre-'72 election even - much faster than Bush/Obama wound down Iraq/Afghanistan. Bush/Obama also weren't constrained by cross-border attacks - Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Yemen... why not?

Year, US troops, South Vietnamese troops

1967: 485600, 798700;
1968: 536100, 820000;
1969: 475200, 897000; *Nixon takes office, dip
1970: 334600, 968000;
1971: 156800, 1046250;
1972: 24200, 1048000;
1973: 50, 1110000;

Nice summarization on the conditions at the time - Cambodian gambit - 20 mile incursion plus bombing - and the effect at home. What do we think in retrospect from 2020? (Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos largely still not free, but as long as we get cheap Nikes, works for us)

https://www.historynet.com/nixons-cambodian-incursion.htm

Fascinating I didn't know

artappraiser — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:16:24 +0000

In reply to Portland Man Charged with Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshal with Explosive Device During Courthouse Protest

Fascinating I didn't know Chomsky told this story and that the Vietnamese felt it but I and many others had figured this same thing out about those I thought heroic and glamorous freedom fighters by, oh, 1973 or so.

Noam Chomsky talking about how the Vietnamese he knew were appalled at the Weathermen https://t.co/kBLPWzJlss pic.twitter.com/YLWw4avvu4
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 9, 2020

So when I see this extremely moronically counterproductive crapola being pushed again by young self-centered elite entitled idiots, it's a real swearing moment.

In last tweet above. says it

artappraiser — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:04:25 +0000

In reply to Mayor of Portland calls out

In last tweet above. says it best: "a prop for the re-election campaign of Donald Trump". Is clear to me the Feds were there because DOJ had intel that there were violent anarchists in Portland and highlighting their presence would help Trump. And it's far from kumbaya protests there since they left, that's Dem agitprop. Dems need to Sister Souljah on kind of thing, especially as it coinicides with rising gun crime rates in most big cities. If you thought Bernie bros were bad and helped Hillary lose, you ain't seen nothing. These kind of people WANT Trump to win so others will get angrier and join them in revolution in the streets, bring the whole country down, start year zero rebuild.

Mayor of Portland calls out

artappraiser — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:53:19 +0000

In reply to Portland Man Charged with Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshal with Explosive Device During Courthouse Protest

Mayor of Portland calls out last night's protesters as having INTENT OF SERIOUS VIOLENCE. And I therefore call the common claim that the violence was all about the Fed goons is BULLSHIT. There's a subgroup of protesters in Portland that are violent anarchists and they aren't stopping because the Feds are not there

Portland Mayor Wheeler on last night's protests in East Portland, during a press call: "Last night 200-300 people went to the East Precinct intent on violence. The violence I am talking about is not vandalism. I mean specifically violence against people."
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) August 6, 2020

"We anticipate additional planned attempts on occupied buildings over the next few days. If you are a nonviolent demonstrators and you don’t want to be part of intentional violence, please stay away from these areas. These crimes are distracting from reform, not advancing it."
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) August 6, 2020

Damon Simmons, Portland Fire: "My piece is very simple. It is critically important to me that people understand the seriousness of using fire as a weapon. I have been out with firefighters supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. ...But this is not the way to get there."
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) August 6, 2020

PPB Chief Chuck Lovell: "This is not about a movement. It's not about Black lives. It's not about racial justice. It's not about police reform. It's planned, coordinated attacks on police officers, and I feel that lives hand in the balance."
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) August 6, 2020

PPB Commander Passadore explains that last night's event was advertised as "No cops, no prisons, total abolition." He says this shows this is not about the Black Lives Matter movement.
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) August 6, 2020

Passadore says the East Precinct had 20 police officers / civilian employees inside last night. The precinct is also connected to townhomes with people living inside.
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) August 6, 2020

Wheeler: "The nonviolent demonstrations have been successful in achieving their ends, which is racial justice and equity. Elevating that conversation." He says having cops working every night to keep city buildings from being burnt down is distracting from the real work.
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) August 6, 2020

Wheeler, in closing: "Don't think for a moment that if you are participating in these events that you are not being a prop for the re-election campaign of Donald Trump, because you absolutely are."
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) August 6, 2020

Decent BLM protesters need to be more circumspect about the company they keep. Stop being so naive about the movement being co-opted by anarchist types and dilettantes. Especially with those frigging stupid night protests. Better yet: go home as night falls, agitate from home. All you are doing if you hang with this group is helping "police need to get tougher" political candidates. It's totally counter-productive.

Yikes, new WaPo article says

artappraiser — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 06:18:38 +0000

In reply to Portland Man Charged with Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshal with Explosive Device During Courthouse Protest

Yikes, new WaPo article says at least 70 have been charged by the Feds, including 24 felonies:

Federal officers may be leaving Portland, but federal charges will linger for many

By Adam Taylor, Aug. 5, 11:15 pm

PORTLAND, Ore. — More than 70 people have been charged with federal crimes and citations related to the nightly clashes between U.S. agents and Portland protesters, according to the Justice Department. Among them: two local lawyers, a middle-class mother from the suburbs, teenagers accused of lobbing explosive fireworks, a yoga instructor on a road-trip from Denver and a grocery store worker who allegedly wielded a laser pen as a weapon.

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Even as the hostilities have calmed and federal agents have withdrawn, the legal repercussions for many protesters have lingered in the form of federal charges, including assaulting a federal officer, arson, damaging federal property and operating a drone in a restricted area. Among the charges are 24 felonies, 45 misdemeanors and five citations. Federal officials have declined to prosecute at least 23 cases, according to the Justice Department

[....]

CORRECTION: it was smoke, NOT

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 06:00:08 +0000

In reply to Portlandia, Aug. 5:

CORRECTION: it was smoke, NOT tear gas
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) August 5, 2020