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| − | ['''2018/08/04 - [[US/OR/Portland|Portland, Oregon]]'''] : Local [[antifascist]]s protested downtown in response to a | + | ['''2018/08/04 - [[US/OR/Portland|Portland, Oregon]]'''] : Local [[antifascist]]s protested downtown in response to a rally by elements of the [[far Right]], including the [[Proud Boys]], [[Patriot Prayer]], and [[white supremacist]]s in general. Although elements of the Right had previously promised violence<ref name=right-threat />, the [[US/OR/Portland/police|police]] apparently saw the peaceful counterprotesters as the primary threat and only ever targeted them with violence, disproportionately protecting and defending the far-right fascists. |
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| + | This is but one of a number of incidents in which actions of the Portland Police Department have signalled a preference for [[fascism]] over peaceful coexistence. | ||
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Revision as of 22:54, 9 August 2018
About
[2018/08/04 - Portland, Oregon] : Local antifascists protested downtown in response to a rally by elements of the far Right, including the Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer, and white supremacists in general. Although elements of the Right had previously promised violence[1], the police apparently saw the peaceful counterprotesters as the primary threat and only ever targeted them with violence, disproportionately protecting and defending the far-right fascists.
This is but one of a number of incidents in which actions of the Portland Police Department have signalled a preference for fascism over peaceful coexistence.
Links
News
- 2018/08/07 [L..T] Protesters clash with guards at Portland City Hall; 2 arrested Protesters demanding reforms in police use of crowd control clashed with security officers at Portland City Hall after Mayor Ted Wheeler shut down a Wednesday morning City Council meeting.
- 2018/08/06 [L..T] Portland Police Chief: Allegations Of Protest Favoritism 'Ridiculous' "Everything that was anticipated ... with the very clear intent of what people wanted to do, with the level of confrontation and violence that they were expecting to bring, that did not occur. The officers were there and they prevented all of that from happening."
Footnote
- ↑ Far-right preacher and Portland resident Alan Wesley Pucket made several such threats in late August, 2017.