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Dartastic

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This is currently happening here in Portland. The Twitter link below is one of the reporters who you want to follow for honest on the ground reporting. Portland, OR had 93 days of protests. Nobody died. The closest we got was a federal agent shooting a peaceful protester doing his best John Cusack in the head. Then tonight a bunch of Trump supporters rolled into Portland in their big trucks. Police helped them. Someone was killed. Our mayor created this situation by never having any control over the police who have been beating people for months. Oh, did I forget to mention that he's also the police commissioner? He's also the police commissioner.

White nationalist terrorists came into the city where I lived and someone wound up dead. There have been 93 continuous days of protest without a single death. Trump supporters came into town and someone died. I cannot stress this enough.

 

5taquitos

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Looks like it was a Trump supporter. Theres a video of it out there not sure if i should post.

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Oct 25, 2017
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Conservative media will spin this in the most disgusting way compared to the reality of the Kenosha murders.

Watch as Republican congressmen begin to declare open war because of this, while praising Rittenberg as a hero & patriot.

They knew this was about inciting violence.
 
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Dartastic

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Looks like it was a Trump supporter. Theres a video of it out there not sure if i should post.

I'm trying to go through local news and remember that reporting is sketchy at this point. I tried to remain neutral in the OP about who was killed and who started violence and whatnot. But the fact remains that we have had 93+ days of protests here without a single death. A caravan of Trump supporters rolled into town and someone wound up dead.
 

Mekanos

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Oct 17, 2018
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Even though it's probably a Trump supporter I'll wait to learn about the nature of the killing and motive. Not sure what to make of it.
 

nilbog

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Oct 25, 2017
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I'm trying to go through local news and remember that reporting is sketchy at this point. I tried to remain neutral in the OP about who was killed and who started violence and whatnot. But the fact remains that we have had 93+ days of protests here without a single death. A caravan of Trump supporters rolled into town and someone wound up dead.

A Trump supporter was shot, confirmed already.
 

TaySan

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

Edit- stream was taken down. Found an alternative link.
At first it seemed like it wasn't protesting related until later news.
 
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EnronERA

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Oct 25, 2017
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my best friends both live in Portland. One of them lives downtown right near where all this shit is happening, and the other one lives out next to the mall where all these shitheads staged their caravan at. He saw all these jackasses gathering, including a Peterbilt hauling a a scissorlift full of trump supporters that was later involved in a hit-and-run downtown.
 

JackSwift

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Oct 28, 2017
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Its about to get real crazy guys, everyone be safe these next 3 months. Real crazy is coming.
 

Mekanos

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Oct 17, 2018
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There is a video that shows most of that. One guy says "there's one", the other guy says "who this one?" then shoots the guy.

Hm, okay. Not gonna watch a video but I'll take your word for it.

Would prefer leftists don't systematically seek out and murder people, but I'm not gonna lose sleep over a dead Nazi (not just a Trump supporter, but a Patriot Prayer guy), and this civil war was probably inevitable.
 

whytemyke

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Oct 28, 2017
3,789
While violence against Trump supporters isn't unexpected it's certainly not good. It's just going to give further pretext for the child in the White House to be reckless. Honestly it's pretty worrisome to see these things escalate
 
Oct 27, 2017
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I wonder if the maga hats now are gonna say he had a knife hidden somewhere, or he attacked first, or he had a criminal record, or...
 
Oct 27, 2017
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Yea.... shit's about to pop off for real this fall.

Stay safe out there fam. There will definitely be 'retaliation' against minorities and liberals.
 
Oct 28, 2018
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Ugh the right is going to use this to try to scare the electorate even more. Trump and his lackeys are salivating over something like this, it's easy political points at a time when polls are showing that people are becoming more and more disillusioned by the violence stemming from the protests going on throughout the country.
 

wenis

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Oct 25, 2017
16,120
If there were ever a moment in history for minorities to consider to arm themselves, it was November 2016. Today tho is a reminder to reconsider your position on the right to own a weapon for protection.
 

ReturnOfThaMack88

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May 30, 2020
567
Ugh the right is going to use this to try to scare the electorate even more. Trump and his lackeys are salivating over something like this, it's easy political points at a time when polls are showing that people are becoming more and more disillusioned by the violence stemming from the protests going on throughout the country.

I think the opposite is going to be true. Moderates are gonna realize this IS Trump's America. You're voting for this chaos by voting for him.
 

blanton

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Jul 28, 2020
1,576
Congrats, Portland. You just gave Trump's re-election chances a shot in the arm.
 

Rellodex

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Oct 29, 2017
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I don't think people really understand how radically different, like, any 20-mile radius is in any given point in Oregon.

The I5 corridor is 30 minutes from the ocean, 30 minutes from the snow-covered mountains, 30 minutes from the desolate desert.

And the political ideologies are as diverse as the landscape.

It's the home of the most radical left and the stormfronters looking for a white homeland.

But one thing's for sure: Oregon is white as hell.
 
Oct 31, 2017
9,630
They are fascists, things are probably going to snowball yeah. People may legitimately have to defend democracy in the most literal sense. I seriously don't think there's any de-escalating a huge number of them at this point.

Edit: What I said above is still true, but if it is indeed someone with conservative iconography, then it's still pretty fucked regardless. Shit could really snowball off of escalating violence, no matter which way it is directed/originated. That's a huge part of the danger with movements like this, they bait their victims into violence so they can ratchet their violence/oppression up.

Would definitely like to know what actually happened here.
 
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Tukarrs

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Oct 27, 2017
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My understanding is that I have not seen any evidence that the shooter is even Anti-Trump.

With groups like the Boogaloo Boys, we can't discount it might be an alt-right person trying to start a civil war.
 
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Dartastic

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I wanna add that my girlfriend was driving to get burritos before all this shit happened and one of these assholes cut her off and she almost got into an accident.
 
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My understanding is that I have not seen any evidence that the shooter is even Anti-Trump.

With groups like the Boogaloo Boys, we can't discount it might be an alt-right person trying to start a civil war.
The civil war is already here, we just won't admit it, we are beyond peaceful protesting, all of this calls for direct action. Joe winning in 2021 isn't gonna magically pull back the fascism.
 

Mahonay

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Oct 25, 2017
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They were antagonizing protesters and trying to incite violence by lighting them up with automatic paintball shots from the back of a pickup truck. Somehow weren't arrested for that.

This far right terrorist dude being shot in a confrontation described as having no words exchanged sure is a bit suspect. At the same time, it's perfectly possible someone was just sick of their shit.
 

Metallix87

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Nov 1, 2017
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They were antagonizing protesters and trying to incite violence by lighting them up with automatic paintball shots from the back of a pickup truck. Somehow weren't arrested for that.

This far right terrorist dude being shot in a confrontation described as having no words exchanged sure is a bit suspect. At the same time, it's perfectly possible someone was just sick of their shit.
If "sick of their shit" is enough justification for shooting and killing someone, we're going to be in a lot of trouble in the coming months.
 

_swee_

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Oct 26, 2017
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They were antagonizing protesters and trying to incite violence by lighting them up with automatic paintball shots from the back of a pickup truck. Somehow weren't arrested for that.

This far right terrorist dude being shot in a confrontation described as having no words exchanged sure is a bit suspect. At the same time, it's perfectly possible someone was just sick of their shit.
And PPB doing jack shit
 

KtotheRoc

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Oct 27, 2017
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This is the damage that Trump has wrought. This is the damage he wanted to happen.

It can very easily get even uglier from here. And that is exactly what Trump wants.

Stay safe, folks in Portland. Stay safe, folks in America.
 

Loud Wrong

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Feb 24, 2020
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They've received the message about Trumps only real hope for re-election is if the violence within the protests gets amped up and scares suburbia. Joe was right, Trump is cheering for this.
 

Mahonay

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If "sick of their shit" is enough justification for shooting and killing someone, we're going to be in a lot of trouble in the coming months.
They're redneck white supremacists rolling into the city and inciting violence against people fighting for equality. How exactly would it be surprising if one of them got capped?

Yes obviously they are trying to start shit, but please go on and keep suggesting that it would somehow be unwarranted.
 

Metallix87

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They're redneck white supremacists rolling into the city and inciting violence against people fighting for equality. How exactly would it be surprising if one of them got capped?

Yes obviously they are trying to start shit, but please go on and keep suggesting that it would somehow be unwarranted.
It's not about warranted or unwarranted. Those people can just as easily argue that they're sick of the protester's shit, and your logic gives them essentially a pass for reciprocal escalation. Maybe you're okay with an all out gun fight between the right and the left, with countless deaths on both sides, but I'm certainly not. That's not the path I want to see this country take.
 

Wolf

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Oct 25, 2017
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These guys are not going to back down in November if Trump loses. It's going to be complete chaos.
 

Mahonay

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Oct 25, 2017
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It's not about warranted or unwarranted. Those people can just as easily argue that they're sick of the protester's shit, and your logic gives them essentially a pass for reciprocal escalation. Maybe you're okay with an all out gun fight between the right and the left, with countless deaths on both sides, but I'm certainly not. That's not the path I want to see this country take.
BOTH SIDES INTENSIFIES

fuck off dude
 
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Dartastic

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Oct 25, 2017
3,779
The cops are seen here escorting Joey Gibson, known Patriot Prayer dude, aka a terrorist. I'm tired of "editorializing." This fucker has been fucking around in my city for fucking years and causing shit. Fuck this guy.

 

Kemal86

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Oct 25, 2017
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It's not about warranted or unwarranted. Those people can just as easily argue that they're sick of the protester's shit, and your logic gives them essentially a pass for reciprocal escalation. Maybe you're okay with an all out gun fight between the right and the left, with countless deaths on both sides, but I'm certainly not. That's not the path I want to see this country take.

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