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CentralMass

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Thu Aug 6, 2020, 06:41 PM Aug 2020

Police declare riot for second consecutive night Wednesday, disperse crowd using tear gas [View all]

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/08/portland-protests-continue-on-day-70-downtown-throughout-city-live-updates.html

Well there is too much to edit and quote on my cellphone but the rioting in Portland continues . The trouble has moved to police buildings in precincts away from the downtown area.
Rioters continue to provoke a situation by committing acts of vandalism. This time on police stations.

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I watched it live on the feed last night. No riot. Grasswire2 Aug 2020 #1
This has been a constant from this poster Blecht Aug 2020 #2
Thank you! Nevilledog Aug 2020 #3
Again, reference the article and take it up with Oregon live and the authors ff the article CentralMass Aug 2020 #7
Please open the article from the Oregonian that I posted. The details are in the article. CentralMass Aug 2020 #5
Maybe you should actually attend a protest yourself (NT) Blecht Aug 2020 #6
One of these late night lessons in insanity. No thank. If you incite a riot it becomes a riot. CentralMass Aug 2020 #9
Instigators do not equal a riot. Grasswire2 Aug 2020 #10
If there were 3,000 like minded protesters behind that fenced off federal building CentralMass Aug 2020 #14
Ten bucks says you fail to see the irony in your having said that. LanternWaste Aug 2020 #13
I think that'd be a safe bet Blecht Aug 2020 #15
Cops declaring a riot doesn't make it a riot. I do not trust a thing the establishment says these walkingman Aug 2020 #4
Protesters spray painting over cameras on a police building, shining lasers at them and trying to CentralMass Aug 2020 #8
what's going on in your neighborhood? Grasswire2 Aug 2020 #12
It's hard to see out of a basement window (NT) Blecht Aug 2020 #16
That is what happened in South East Portland last night according to Otegon Live. CentralMass Aug 2020 #17
exactly Grasswire2 Aug 2020 #11
I caught video on one of the local stations of the incident. CentralMass Aug 2020 #18
I caught video on one of the local stations of the incident. CentralMass Aug 2020 #19
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