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Ted Cruz demands federal inquiry of Portland mayor after Antifa attack on conservative journalist

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has called for a federal criminal investigation of an Oregon mayor, alleging that he allowed a conservative journalist to be assaulted by an anti-fascist group during a weekend protest.

“To federal law enforcement: investigate & bring legal action against a Mayor who has, for political reasons, ordered his police officers to let citizens be attacked by domestic terrorists,” Cruz wrote on Twitter Sunday.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat who is also the police commissioner of the city, has not publicly responded to Cruz.

On Saturday, Antifa protesters assaulted and threw milkshakes at Andy Ngo, an editor for the conservative publication Quillette, at a Portland rally. Ngo frequently writes about the left-wing group and in his Twitter bio he claims that he is “hated by the antifa.” He later retweeted a video of him being attacked......

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/07/01/ted-cruz-demands-federal-inquiry-portland-mayor-after-antifa-attack-conservative-journalist
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They are busy.  Call back when the Trump investigation is over.

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The Portland mayor is a coward and his police force is a joke.
The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years. The cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil.

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The Portland mayor is a coward and his police force is a joke.

That's right - It is either that, or complicity... Take your pick.

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That's right - It is either that, or complicity... Take your pick.

The police are saying they were told to stand down by the mayor.
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The police are saying they were told to stand down by the mayor.

I would tend to believe them.

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I heard on the radio yesterday afternoon, that 3 had been arrested in connection with battering the reporter, Ngo.

In view of such facts, I will wait for more facts to surface.

From the standpoint of LEO, city managemen etc., leaave the thugs on both sides to beat each ther.

No good reason to risk injury to officers.
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I heard on the radio yesterday afternoon, that 3 had been arrested in connection with battering the reporter, Ngo.

In view of such facts, I will wait for more facts to surface.

From the standpoint of LEO, [...] leaave the thugs on both sides to beat each ther.

No good reason to risk injury to officers.

You are kidding, right? Nothing gets cops jacked up like getting to get out their hut-hut gear.
That they didn't is surely no fault of theirs.

« Last Edit: July 02, 2019, 07:35:50 pm by roamer_1 »

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You are kidding, right? Nothing gets cops jacked up like getting to get out their hut-hut gear.
That they didn't is surely no fault of theirs.

No sadly he’s serious. He sees nothing wrong with police standing idly by and beating people with crowbars and throwing cement and lye laced “milkshakes” on people.
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No sadly he’s serious. He sees nothing wrong with police standing idly by and beating people with crowbars and throwing cement and lye laced “milkshakes” on people.

All it would take is the cops meeting that crap with extreme prejudice  - Just once - And all this stuff just dries up and disappears.

Unfortunately, Like I said upthread, the political types don't like those optics.

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Sen Cruz failed to cite the section of the Constitution that authorizes the Fed. Gov to jump into something local like this.

Two groups of young men voluntarily show up at a designated site, for non-lethal play.

Reporters know the risks.

The local authorities wisely did not risk police safety, and instead let the rowdies have their battle.

I have talked with several Police people.

I welcome anybody with actual experiennce and training to comment, as well as the Constitutional basis.
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They are busy.  Call back when the Trump investigation is over.

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And there you have it! They have to keep the Dims and their RINO buddies happy.
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