Portland Braces Itself For Violent Clashes Between Right-Wing And Antifa Protesters

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Portland, Oregon, is bracing for what could be another round of violent clashes between a right-wing group and self-described anti-fascist counterprotesters who have pledged to keep Patriot Prayer and other affiliated groups out of this ultra-liberal city.

A rally organized Saturday by Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson was expected to be the third to roil Portland this summer. Two previous events ended in bloody fistfights and riots, and one counterprotester 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 can carry concealed weapons as they demonstrate. Chartered buses will bring participants from Vancouver, Washington -- where Gibson lives -- to downtown Portland with armed security on board.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/04/portland-braces-itself-for-violent-clashes-between-right-wing-and-antifa-protesters.amp.html

[mountaineer]

so some of his Oregon supporters can carry concealed weapons as they demonstrate.

Normally, this wouldn't be a good thing, but considering the weapons the Antifa gangsters usually carry and use against anyone in their path, it seems only fair. 

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Anarchy Breaks Out in Portland, With the Mayor’s Blessing
A vicious mob targeted the ICE office and even a food cart. The police followed orders to do nothing.
By Andy Ngo
Aug. 3, 2018 5:24 p.m. ET

Portland, Ore. - Along the trolley tracks behind the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, a biohazard cleanup crew works under police protection. It finds used needles and buckets of human waste simmering in nearly 100-degree heat. The smell of urine and feces fills the block. For more than five weeks, as many as 200 people had occupied the site to demand ICE’s immediate abolition. They’re gone now, but a community is left reeling. Thirty-eight days of government-sanctioned anarchy will do that.

A mob surrounded ICE’s office in Southwest Portland June 19. They barricaded the exits and blocked the driveway. They sent “guards” to patrol the doors, trapping workers inside. At night they laid on the street, stopping traffic at a critical junction near a hospital. Police stayed away. “At this time I am denying your request for additional resources,” the Portland Police Bureau’s deputy chief, Robert Day, wrote to federal officers pleading for help. Hours later, the remaining ICE workers were finally evacuated by a small federal police team. The facility shut down for more than a week. ...   Full story at Wall St. Journal

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"History has shown that militant resistance is a necessary and important tool in the fight against fascism," the event page said. "We make no apologies for the use of force in keeping our communities safe from the scourge of right-wing violence. Make no mistake, these people are coming here with the intent to harm and threaten people."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/08/04/portland-right-wing-anti-fascist-rallies-patriot-prayer/904871002/


Then don't show up.  Stay out of it, let them march, and observe their 1A rights.  They're not going to beat each other up.

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Then don't show up.  Stay out of it, let them march, and observe their 1A rights.  They're not going to beat each other up.

Exactly. History has shown that when wacko fringe groups, e.g., KKK, hold a march and no one pays attention to them - especially the news media -  it's pretty much a bust and they end up looking pathetic. Apparently, the Antifa thugs don't have that much self-control.

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Exactly. History has shown that when wacko fringe groups, e.g., KKK, hold a march and no one pays attention to them - especially the news media -  it's pretty much a bust and they end up looking pathetic. Apparently, the Antifa thugs don't have that much self-control.

A group doesn't have to be KKK & Aryan Nations to be attacked by these Antifa clowns. They just have to oppose them.

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Bad ground to choose, protesting in Portland.

It's akin to going to Pyongyang to protest the Communist regime's treatment of dissidents.

Choosing better ground is best.

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Portland protests: Police use flashbangs at right-wing rally that drew counter-protesters
Doug Stanglin and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY
 Published 10:37 a.m. ET Aug. 4, 2018 | Updated 6:26 p.m. ET Aug. 4, 2018

A right-wing rally in downtown Portland Saturday that drew a large group of counter-protesters and self-described anti-fascists led to a barrage of flashbangs being deployed in the crowd after rocks and bottles were thrown at police.

The peaceful, right-wing Patriot Prayer rally quickly turned chaotic as the group began to march along the waterfront at Tom McCall park – the site of the rally. Counter-protesters followed, but the two sides were separated by police.

Portland Police said the flashbangs were used to break up a group that threw rocks and bottles at officers dressed in riot gear who were patrolling to keep the protesters separated.   ...

The counter-protesters were made up of a coalition of labor unions, immigrant rights advocates, democratic socialists and other groups. They included people dressed as clowns and a brass band blaring music. ...  More, plus photos, at USA Today