From The Guardian: Hundreds clash in Portland as Proud Boys rally descends into violence(.)

[abqtommy]

Who knew that The Guardian has a reporter in Portland, Oregon?

"Running street battle ends in gunfight after ‘Summer of love’ protest in a parking lot of a former Kmart store(.)

A rightwing protest in Portland on Sunday has culminated in a gunfight, when antifascist demonstrators returned fire at a man who shot at them with a handgun in a downtown street.

The firefight took place in the heart of downtown Portland, soon after 6pm. As antifascists followed a man at a distance who they were trying to eject from the area, he took cover behind an electrical substation box, produced a handgun and opened fire. He fired at least two shots before an antifascist returned fire with their own handgun. At least seven shots were fired.

Portland police bureau confirmed that a man had been arrested over the shooting but did not have any information on any injuries."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/23/portland-oregon-clashes-protests-proud-boys-antifascist

There's lots more text and photos at the link. My alternate headline is "Proud Boys don't get a pass
since anti-fa shows up to kick their ass".

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. One good thing about living in a blue city in a red

state. We really haven't had much of this sort of stuff.

Midwesterners are bred to be polite. That can be a detriment sometimes but mostly it's a good thing.

[Wingus Dingus]

2. Is Portland still the hip cool city where everyone wanted to move to, or is that over?

That was a thing for a while. I guess now it's Boise or Austin.