Those Quick Drying Cement Cups At Portland's Rally On Saturday? They Were Vegan Milkshakes.

[Initech]

In the midst of the Portland Police Bureau's (PPB) live-tweeting of yesterday’s clash of left-wing and alt-right groups in downtown Portland, the bureau fired off an unusually alarming message:

“Police have received information that some of the milkshakes thrown today during the demonstration contained quick-drying cement,” read the PPB tweet.

It's since been determined this claim was based on one officer's assumption, rather than truth. However, this sweeping allegation has already been regurgitated as fact by mainstream news organizations and popular right-wing leaders, contributing to an already warped national perception of Portland politics, policing, and protest.

PPB's tweet is referencing the homemade vegan milkshakes that Popular Mobilization, one of the left-leaning groups, handed out to hundreds of attendees during the day’s events. Several people ended up throwing their 12-ounce milkshakes at people associated with the alt-right and at PPB officers—but most people consumed the coconut milk-based treats.

PPB did not immediately offer proof to substantiate this claim.

Yet, PPB’s tweet containing this rumor has gained nearly 13 thousand re-tweets and has been regurgitated by national media outlets like NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, and, of course, FOX News. Conservative leaders—like US Senator Ted Cruz, Ann Coulter, FOX’s Laura Ingram, and former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch—also parroted the claim on their popular Twitter accounts.
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/06/30/26731412/portland-police-offer-no-proof-that-protesters-had-milkshakes-with-quick-dry-cement

And shame on PPB for spreading this conspiracy theory.

[Mme. Defarge]

1. Same thing?

Sorry, bad joke.

[customerserviceguy]

9. First thing I though of! n/t

[genxlib]

2. I have no doubt

If I were to taste one, I would also mistake it for quick drying cement.

[Initech]

3. Yeah true!

[diva77]

4. Vegans don't get no respect

[Igel]

5. You have to admit,

no animal products are used in the making of cement, quick-drying or otherwise.

That sidewalk is vegan. And properly prepared, with the right kind of sauce ... Who knows? Certainly high in calcium.

[diva77]

8. I admit...

...however...

in our neighborhood, there is not one square inch of sidewalk unscathed by doggy fluids and solids (which I believe would reclassify the sidewalk as "non-vegan&quot

[gratuitous]

6. I saw a report on the local news

The claim was that one officer with the Portland Police Bureau thought the milkshakes "smelled like quick-drying cement." Mrs. gratuitous and I exchanged a look, and both of us wondered aloud what the fuck quick-drying cement smelled like?

The claim was ludicrous on its face, but that didn't stop it from becoming a thing in certain circles of nitwits. It's instructive that they're all wringing their hands over the horrible treatment meted out to Andy Ngo ("He was a dripping mess of non-dairy product!" ), but they couldn't give a tin shit about Adnan Khashoggi, who came off slightly worse than Andy did. By the way, I keep seeing Andy referred to as a "conservative journalist." Anyone know who pays him or where he's published?

[maxsolomon]

7. 100% bullshit.

The "information" was probably from the Proud Boys.

How many tweets covered Elizabeth Hokoana shooting Josh Dukes point blank in the guts on University of Washington's main plaza on Inauguration Day?

The left has to be Ghandhi or MLK; only non-violence is validated. the right gets to shoot people, stab people, run people over, blow up buildings, yet somehow the legitimacy of their stance is never questioned.