Pirate's Cove

The Modern Socialist HuffPost wasn’t particularly concerned with all the violence in Portland from their Comrades nor that the police weren’t really do all that much, backing off quite a bit, especially as they were ordered to back off, over the past 80+ days. Now, though

Portland Police Are Giving Up On Policing The Far-Right

The Portland Police Bureau appears to have all but given up on policing the far-right factions brawling in the Oregon city’s streets, despite a recent escalation in violence that has seen those extremists throw explosives, brandish guns and in one case fire them at other protesters.

It’s common to see far-right extremist groups like the Proud Boys exchanging blows with counterprotesters in Portland. They’ve been doing that for years, often as PPB officers watched until a riot was officially declared and then police cleared the streets using tear gas and other munitions.

But over the weekend, police took an entirely hands-off approach to the fighting, even as the demonstrations grew more violent than ever. As officers stood by on Saturday, the Proud Boys and their far-right friends attacked and intimidated anti-fascist protesters using paintball guns, mace, fireworks, aluminum bats and various firearms, according to The Washington Post.

See? Suddenly, groups like the Proud Boys show up and brawl with Antifa (wait, I thought Leftists said that Antifa was a myth, that there was no group? No?) and the cops are seemingly powerless/avoiding the violence, and this is too much? That they want the cops, who have been demonized constantly in the HuffPost, to Do Something? The violence prior to the Proud Boys showing up, all the arson, assaults, property destruction, and so forth, was OK, and they were happy the police did nothing about it? They were upset that federal law enforcement was there to protect a federal building, and were happy when they left so the violence could continue. The Oregon State Police came to replace them to attempt to reduce the violence, yet, it didn’t, and they left because the people breaking the law were not being charged.

Meanwhile, over a loudspeaker, police encouraged those present to “self-monitor for criminal activity.” In essence, the PPB had thrown up its hands.

In a statement to The Washington Post, the bureau said that officers were tired from responding to ongoing demonstrations against racism and police brutality, which have kept Portland in the national spotlight for weeks. Officers wouldn’t intervene in small skirmishes between “willing participants,” even if the clashes fit the city’s definition of a riot.

Seriously, HuffPost is on the front lines of calling for the police to be defunded, and now they want the police?

Hey, perhaps if they are fighting each other the Antifa/BLM folks won’t trash businesses, scare people at their homes, light fires, and assault normal citizens.

“Each skirmish appeared to involve willing participants and the events were not enduring in time, so officers were not deployed to intervene,” the bureau said of Saturday’s events. “PPB members have been the focus of over 80 days of violent actions directed at the police, which is a major consideration for determining if police resources are necessary to interject between two groups with individuals who appear to be willingly engaging in physical confrontations for short durations.”

For all those saying "send the cops and Guard home", I bet you'd have a different opinion if it was your property and/or your business getting trashed, your friends and family being assaulted

— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) August 25, 2020

Or a different opinion if the cops were suddenly ignoring crazies like the Proud Boys showing up to beat the asses of the Antifa nutters (they’re both horrible sets of people).