Opinion| If you think Seattle is home to the kind of kids that you pray yous children will never grow up to be like, just wait until you see Portland. Portland may well be the SJW & entitlement capital of the world.
Last night, according to a slew of posts on Twitter, radical and violent Antifa militants and other radicals in Portland attacked, and attempted to barricade, the police’s Central Precinct last night.
Antifa had just allegedly just set fire to the North Precinct:
Barricades set up around #Portland N. Precinct and on MLK pic.twitter.com/0dW5DHhneb
— John #AbortTheCourt (@Johnnthelefty) June 26, 2020
Some pictures of the precinct itself. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #oregon #blm #acab #northprecinct #portland pic.twitter.com/HagnZtdaMW
— Garrison Davis (or just Gare) (@hungrybowtie) June 26, 2020
Made my way to group on the north side, here’s the fire they somehow found the time to start. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #oregon #blm #acab #northprecinct #portland pic.twitter.com/iBbAsH39ob
— Garrison Davis (or just Gare) (@hungrybowtie) June 26, 2020
Reinforcements pic.twitter.com/tp0jqFeZ4m
— Donovan Farley (@DonovanFarley) June 26, 2020
Gas. Puking. Cops shooting at people from the roofs of buildings while they scatter pic.twitter.com/3G4Zj6nMd3
— Donovan Farley (@DonovanFarley) June 26, 2020
The fire still burns on, and the police keep giving out threats. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #oregon #blm #acab #northprecinct #portland pic.twitter.com/amwGeiicVK
— Garrison Davis (or just Gare) (@hungrybowtie) June 26, 2020
Bank of America windows smashed#PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/6fiZUVFpBR
— John #AbortTheCourt (@Johnnthelefty) June 26, 2020
Police pushing the group further north, and using multiple stun grenades. #Portlandprotest #blacklivesmatter #PDXprotests #pdx #oregon #blm #acab #northprecinct #portland pic.twitter.com/MyyUqtOxy6
— Garrison Davis (or just Gare) (@hungrybowtie) June 26, 2020
Portland police issed an offical press release, whch reads:
‘At approximately 10:00 pm, several hundred demonstrators began gathering outside North Precinct near Northeast Emerson Street and Northeast Martin Luther King Boulevard. Demonstrators arrived with supplies to build a fence and began erecting one which stretched from the south side of North Precinct to the north side of the Boys and Girls Club. While building the fence, demonstrators blocked northbound traffic at Northeast MLK Boulevard. During this time, demonstrators began throwing projectiles at police including glass bottles.
By 11:00 p.m., demonstrators began moving dumpsters and other large barriers around North Precinct. Some demonstrators began ramming the dumpsters into large garage doors located on the west side of the North Precinct in an attempt to breach the building. Demonstrators were not successful at breeching the doors so they turned their attention to barricading exit doors so officers inside the building, as well as people in custody, could not get out (photo).
By 12:00 a.m., a demonstrator in the crowd outside North Precinct began yelling over a bullhorn that they were “going to burn the building down”. Several demonstrators in the crowd were wearing masks and yielding shields. Fireworks were thrown at Officers over the barricade they had built on Northeast Emerson Street.
Around 1:00 a.m., there were still several hundred demonstrators in the crowd surrounding North Precinct. Due to life safety issues, the sound truck made an admonishment stating an unlawful assembly had been declared, instructing the crowd they needed to leave the area immediately or they could be subject to use of force or arrest.
At approximately 1:21 a.m., officers began dispersing the crowd in an effort to move them from the immediate area. While performing this lawful action, demonstrators fought with officers. Furthermore, demonstrators shot officers with paintball rounds, causing officers not to be able to see out of their face shields. Around 1:40 a.m., a mortar was launched on to the roof of North Precinct. During this time, crowd control munitions were deployed.
By 2:14 a.m., demonstrators had set the north side of North Precinct on fire. To protect the life and safety of police personnel and community members inside the precinct, CS gas was used to disperse the crowd. Several demonstrators picked up the canisters of CS gas and threw it at the police.
Around 2:56 a.m., demonstrators began looting and setting fire to businesses in the area. Several business windows were broken and fires were set to property. By 3:30 a.m., a majority of the crowd had dispersed.
Numerous officers sustained minor injuries. One officer was taken to the hospital for a more serious injury. All officers are expected to make a full recovery.
4 arrests were made over the course of the evening, including arrests for assaults or attempted assaults on Police Officers. Information on arrests is still being compiled and an updated release will be published when this information becomes available.
The dynamics of the demonstrators during this incident were more aggressive and violent than those seen in past weeks.’
Finally the cops had, had enough, and instead of retreating and letting the mob run the city, they did the only think one can do when countering a mob of entitled, spoiled brat children who have never had to face the consequences of their actions in the real world: they responded to their attack in kind, with a bum rush.
When you watch the video two things become clear, first, these kids in black are terrible when it comes to self defense, courage and doing battle. Two, they maintain some odd sense of entitlement which leads them to believe they can burn the city down, attack innocents, and if they cops so much as stop them and push them back, the police are the problem.
As you well know, I am all for peaceful demonstrations and protests. However the videos above show this is not was occurring on the ground. I have a history of calling out police brutality when I see something a cop does that is messed up. This was not that. This, IMHO, was the cops defending their city and themselves. Quite frankly, I think they showed great restraint.
.@PortlandPolice rushed in after #antifa rioters began trying to barricade the Central Precinct (they did that last night to North Precinct & set it in fire). Police knock rioters to the ground, angering their comrades. #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/NEdF2elcry
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) June 27, 2020
Dear media, please stop signaling to demonstrators that burning things, over turning dumpster and violence are legit forms of protest, you are already have enough blood on your hands.
It is about time that we see some authorities standing up to the radical, likely marxist ‘black block’ mobs that are destroying our (mostly Democrat run) cities. Enough is enough, ‘Law and Order’ … Trump keeps tweeting it, I’m ready to see it happen, how about you?
