Portland again: Neighbor Describes What Happened When-

By artappraiser on Sat, 12/26/2020 - 8:29pm |

Law Enforcement Stopped Responding to an Armed Encampment. (Note replies to Suzette's tweet below are interesting too.)

This is so interesting and a welcome perspective. But I have an incredible sense of smell (it’s a burden) and I never smelled any gasoline for all my rolling around on the ground at Red House on Mississippi. https://t.co/yOXcmZhtwv
— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) December 23, 2020

URL:

https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/12/23/a-neighbor-describes-what-happened-when-law-enforcement-stopped-responding-to-an-armed-encampment-in-north-portland/

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Extra creepy, almost like doing the Batman villain thing:

Nashville RV played Petula Clark's 'Downtown' just before explosion https://t.co/tDyyqlNQfH pic.twitter.com/mnE43Vfxh2
— New York Post (@nypost) December 27, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/28/2020 - 2:35am

Whoa.

by Orion on Tue, 12/29/2020 - 8:25am

Good song if you're gonna do it, jes saying...

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 12/29/2020 - 9:34am

oops I posted this on the wrong thread and didn't notice it until you guys did. Oh well, it goes with the Portland meme too, I guess?

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/29/2020 - 2:02pm

from silly "performance art" war games going on today in nearby Salem:

“No more back the blue” pic.twitter.com/oxEnOj8FYT
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) January 2, 2021

Protestors try to burn back the blue sweater pic.twitter.com/nE7PCBkaXS
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) January 2, 2021

Everything right wing protestors are yelling at police is stuff that’s been yelled at police for months in Portland protests.
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) January 2, 2021

How many are dying in hospitals while they are typing up resources doing this?

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/01/2021 - 7:45pm

“F*** the blue!” Proud Boys yell at police at the end of tonight’s demonstration #Salem #Oregon #ProudBoys pic.twitter.com/hrVd3fzRa1
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/01/2021 - 10:56pm

gee wonder which liberal city he is referring to:

Sowing nightly unrest on the streets of one of America's most liberal cities is an ineffective way to fight fascism. It also harms a lot of innocent people.
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) January 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/01/2021 - 7:58pm

more elite gen-x's that just don't get "it" :

The one thing that will unite our fragmented country is the shared understanding that teenagers running around saying "Stalin is good" are jackasses.
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) January 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/01/2021 - 8:15pm

clearly the citizens of Portland are sick of this shit YES FROM "BOTH SIDES", but the anarchists are the main cultprit here, way past the breaking point, mayor has to crack down or get thrown out

Portland mayor promises to ‘hold people responsible’ after 2 days of vandalism, violence https://t.co/Sfr3XQWXQs pic.twitter.com/abNCtzwuxu
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) January 2, 2021

more here, Twitter news section, enough humoring the lefty brats who no doubt include numbers from allover the country

US news 2 hours ago Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler denounces two days of violence in the city

Mayor Wheeler held a press conference on Friday in which he promised to have a tougher response to violence and vandalism in the future. The conference was held after people clashed with police and vandalized property in downtown Portland over two days starting on New Year's Eve. He specifically called out members of "antifa" and "anarchists" during his press conference.

Photo via @Oregonian

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/02/2021 - 3:49pm

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