Portland Parks Bureau denies permit for Proud Boys to hold rally at Delta Park, citing coronavirus s

[Mme. Defarge]

Source: The Oregonian

The city of Portland has denied a permit to the far-right group Proud Boys, which has been planning a rally on Saturday in North Portland’s Delta Park, finding that the group’s estimated crowd of 10,000 people exceeds public safety measures in light of the current coronavirus pandemic.

The right-wing group, which has gained national attention for its heated rhetoric and marches that often devolve into violence, originally planned to hold the rally in Terry Schrunk Plaza. The change in venue was made, the group said in a statement last week, “in order to accommodate … a ‘battalion of patriots’ who are ready to exercise their constitutionally protected right to assemble.”

But the city’s Park Bureau, in consultation with Mayor Ted Wheeler, found that the group’s large crowd estimate ran counter to safeguards necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to city officials.

The city found the described event gathering would not comply with Oregon Health Authority guidelines about the number of people allowed in gatherings and can’t be conducted with proper physical distancing, according to Commissioner Amanda Fritz, who oversees the Parks Bureau.


Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/09/porltands-parks-bureau-denies-proud-boys-permit-to-hold-rally-at-delta-park-citing-coronavirus-safeguards.html

[soothsayer]

1. Awwww, too bad, so sad

[Mme. Defarge]

2. Please do read the entire article.

[soothsayer]

3. Ok but if it makes me eat my snark I'll be sad

[soothsayer]

5. Phew, I stand by my snark

[Illumination]

4. So glad I never moved to Oregon! These people ARE NOT "patriots"!

They're trouble makers & terrorists!...

[Hekate]

9. Our visit to Portland was delightful. One of my brothers lived in Newport for 50 years.

My sister worked in Beaverton long ago.

Every place has its jerks, some more, some less. Southern Poverty Law Center even has maps so you can look up your own home town.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

[Illumination]

12. Loved Portland also when I was there several years ago. My grandmother & grandfather lived in

Beaverton. Just keep hearing about these militant groups in Oregon & unrest...

[Hekate]

13. They're all over. Have a look at the SPLC map.

They were always there, under the rocks, and Trump has empowered them. Joe Biden is correct: this is a battle for the soul of America.

[2naSalit]

17. But but but...

What about all us rural terrorists out here that nobody can talk to? I was under the impression that's it's all about us out here in the hinterlands with our AR15s and chump flags and all that.

just in case.

[Initech]

6. About damn time!

Fuck the Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer, III%ers, Boogaloo Boys, Q Anon and so on. It's time these assholes get their just desserts.

[Mme. Defarge]

14. They are, for the most part, not from Portland.

Or Oregon for that matter, but from Vancouver, Washington.

[3Hotdogs]

8. Fuck.... allow the rally but require that any and all masks (if there are any)

be left at the front gate.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. good read. and they always violate the flag code act , yet calling themselves patriotic.

[Illumination]

15. Yes. The word "patriot" is annoying! WE are patriots! They are descendants

from the Nazi's!...

[kimbutgar]

11. Arrest and fine them if they show up

[warmfeet]

18. Yep.

Throw them in prison as well, for breaking the law.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

16. Wish more mayor's and others

Would have the guts to take shit from proud boys and militia assholes.
Ban them from protests ban them from the town.
Is there a way to evict them and force them to leave the city forever?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Just breaks my heart