Late night protest in Portland, Oregon, declared unlawful

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and SALLY HO

PORTLAND (AP) — Law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly late Saturday, forcing protesters from downtown Portland, Oregon, and making several arrests, just hours after demonstrations earlier in the day ended without many reports of violence.

Hundreds of people were gathered downtown in Oregon’s largest city when the unlawful assembly was announced just before midnight by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.

Images showed protesters crowded in and around a park near the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse — the same courthouse that had been the scene of nightly unrest over the summer. A protester was seen burning an American flag.

Earlier, protesters had shot fireworks at police. Video posted by KOIN-TV showed officers warn that protesters who hurl projectiles will be subject to arrest.



A protester burns an American flag while rallying at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. The rally came as Portland has seen nearly nightly protests since the police killing of George Floyd in late May. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)



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[MichMan]

1. OK, so it's unlawful, now what?

Is it anything like Dean Wormer's Double Secret Probation ?

[ancianita]

2. Called Smear-the-Left-Wing Theater by right wing reactionaries.

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[FarPoint]

3. I'm getting a little lost in the mix now...

What are we accomplishing now in Portland? Seems like we are giving the radical right thugs an opportunity to gain momentum...Help me out here...

[bucolic_frolic]

4. At least it's being handled by local constabulary forces

and not the seemingly Fed/Gestapo. It's local/regional protests that get out of hand. To call it an insurrection is to escalate it to something more than it is; these protestors have no power to truly subvert/occupy government from what I've read. Thankfully it's somewhat de-escalated from mid-summer.

[ancianita]

5. Okay with the forces, but

I refuse to call them protestors as the media do, because that conflates other anti-fascist protestors with these, who are really tools of reactionary fascist insurgency in democratic republic government.

[2naSalit]

7. +1

[DallasNE]

9. The Proud Boy Leader

Announced that Saturday night was to be an all hands on deck protest and he forecast that 10,000 people would rally in protest. Roughly 200 showed up so it looks like they are losing a lot of supporters. And I suspect the photo op of the burning flag is boogaloo.

[FarPoint]

11. Yhippe!

The hate wave maybe dwindling after all.

[rickyhall]

8. Where does it say, "The 1st Amendment to The Constitution only applies in daylight?"

[keithbvadu2]

10. The right wingers must have left right away. - 'Law and order' don'cha know?

The right wingers must have left right away. - 'Law and order' don'cha know?