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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProud Boys in Portland drag a guy out of his truck then destroy it and slash the tires.
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Proud Boys in Portland drag a guy out of his truck then destroy it and slash the tires. (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Aug 2021
OP
If it was a BLM event they would show up in military style force. Fuck those Portland cops.
ZonkerHarris
Aug 2021
#11
Hekate
(90,927 posts)1. Did he survive? Where the HELL were the cops?
malaise
(269,237 posts)3. The Slobfather's America
They all need to be sent to prison
Nevilledog
(51,241 posts)5. Crap...misplaced a post meant for you....see #4 👇
Dan
(3,585 posts)2. Only the best people....
I hope that there are cameras, I wish that they could identify everyone of them.
The gentleman with the paint gun, wonder what he would have done if the person in the truck has mistakenly believed that he had a real gun, and shot him.
I wonder, does this mean we as citizens no longer have the right to protect our property?
Nevilledog
(51,241 posts)7. Guessing it depends on the color of your skin.
Nevilledog
(51,241 posts)4. Portland cops basically said "you're on your own"
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Tara Dublin
@taradublinrocks
Just great, @tedwheeler & @PortlandPolice. Letting the Proud Boys run wild with zero consequences is exactly what they want. This is why #Portland has such a shit reputation right now, thanks so much for ruining whats left of our city 🖕🏻
Portland Mayor and Police Chief: You Should Not Expect to See Police Officers Intervene in...
wweek.com
8:49 AM · Aug 22, 2021
Tara Dublin
@taradublinrocks
Just great, @tedwheeler & @PortlandPolice. Letting the Proud Boys run wild with zero consequences is exactly what they want. This is why #Portland has such a shit reputation right now, thanks so much for ruining whats left of our city 🖕🏻
Portland Mayor and Police Chief: You Should Not Expect to See Police Officers Intervene in...
wweek.com
8:49 AM · Aug 22, 2021
Delphinus
(11,845 posts)8. Good grief!
This is outrageous!
BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)10. Is this due to defund the police folks voted in?
BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)19. Portland Mayor says 145 police have quit and he can not get any to stay
ZonkerHarris
(24,278 posts)11. If it was a BLM event they would show up in military style force. Fuck those Portland cops.
crickets
(25,988 posts)14. That's insane. nt
Beachnutt
(7,353 posts)9. Hopefully after dark proud thugs will
get the living shit beat out of them...
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)12. Hearts and Minds people.
This is not how you build support for a movement. This is how you go to prison.
Nevilledog
(51,241 posts)13. Umm.....it's the far right extremists that are being violent
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Eoin Higgins
@EoinHiggins_
Far right extremists in Portland, Oregon opening fire on anti-fascist counter-demonstrators. Looking forward to how the contrarian reactionaries spin this one.
Zane Sparling
@PDXzane
Man with handgun opening fire now
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5:59 PM · Aug 22, 2021
Eoin Higgins
@EoinHiggins_
Far right extremists in Portland, Oregon opening fire on anti-fascist counter-demonstrators. Looking forward to how the contrarian reactionaries spin this one.
Zane Sparling
@PDXzane
Man with handgun opening fire now
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5:59 PM · Aug 22, 2021
IcyPeas
(21,927 posts)21. Clear photo of the shooter:
Nevilledog
(51,241 posts)23. Identified
dalton99a
(81,656 posts)15. Portland mayor: "We are asking you to choose love"
Love Is All You Need
captain queeg
(10,274 posts)17. Just wow. I'd considered driving by there, glad I didn't.
I think a lot of Portland cops are closet proud boys.
Mosby
(16,394 posts)18. The police let it all happen
David__77
(23,566 posts)20. Just noting the "Elad" person appears to be a fascist.
Or at least pro-fascist.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,668 posts)22. Let me guess
There were no arrests.