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CentralMass

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14. If there were 3,000 like minded protesters behind that fenced off federal building
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 07:37 PM
Aug 2020

everynight and a dozen up front throwing bottles, rocks, firework etc at police and trying to pull down the fence, break back into the building, start fires etc, what do expect the police to do ? Invite them in ?
Unless you condone the violence, the police have to react.
They would give fair warning and declare an illegal assembly over the bull horns. Then ask the crowd to disperse and stated that they would use non-lethal derrents if the crowd didn't comply. We know the outcome of that excersize, night after night. The actions of the few ended up impacting everyone in the vicinity.

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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