Antifa was at it again on Saturday night, the 52nd straight night of attacks on the city and police.
At the PPA building right now, looks like there may be a fire inside. #blacklivesmatter #protest #pdx #portland #oregon #blm #acab #PortlandProtest #PDXprotest #PortlandPolice pic.twitter.com/dOzXfNDEFb
— Garrison Davis (Teargas Proof) (@hungrybowtie) July 19, 2020
Police declared a riot and ordered them to disperse, but the anti-police extremists broke into the Portland Police Association and set the inside on fire.
People have broken into the Portland Police Association office and lit the building on fire.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) July 19, 2020
The Portland Police union in north Portland was broken into and set on fire by antifa rioters. A riot has been declared. pic.twitter.com/kp9JucufA3
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 19, 2020
Police then used tear gas, rushed them, and made multiple arrests.
Portland Police Officers charge into the crowd. The Police tackle and arrest anyone they can grab. #blacklivesmatter #protest #pdx #portland #oregon #blm #acab #PortlandProtest #PDXprotest #PortlandPolice pic.twitter.com/8doAfPkCmb
— Garrison Davis (Teargas Proof) (@hungrybowtie) July 19, 2020
Officers were able to put out the fire inside the PPA office and have restored order in the neighborhood there.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) July 19, 2020
This is how large the antifa mob was who started fires both inside and outside the Portland Police union hall. @tedwheeler has prohibited local police from cooperating with federal law enforcement in riot policing. pic.twitter.com/K889cy1xG6
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 19, 2020
The crowd was also back at the federal courthouse again.
First, there were “protesters” out in front of the courthouse, they employed the terrorist tactic of having pregnant mothers in the front as a ‘human shield.’ It’s a common leftist direct action tactic to put elderly, disabled, or pregnant in the front to dissuade police from acting and/or to create the video of police attacking them which they can then use against them. Pretty sick.
A group of moms are standing at the front of the crowd — some visibly pregnant pic.twitter.com/ekhEaKx8OR
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) July 19, 2020
Antifa also went after the courthouse again.
BREAKING: They’ve torn down the fencing around the courthouse pic.twitter.com/MUWWbt6vBX
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) July 19, 2020
The fencing is being pushed up against entrances to the courthouse in Portland.
People are banging against the walls, taunting officers to come outside pic.twitter.com/484t9RPciP
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) July 19, 2020
Officers came out and dispersed them
Wow officers just came out of nowhere here in Portland. Deployed pepper spray, tear gas, flash bombs etc. Crowd retreated a few blocks but is now trying to go back pic.twitter.com/I2TXV36ERL
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) July 19, 2020
But they came back.
Part of the wood protecting the courthouse in Portland has been broken and a man is trying to make the hole bigger while bashing the wall inside.
Meanwhile, people continue to bring the fencing back.
Police have still not returned. pic.twitter.com/tUew07YIgo
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) July 19, 2020
They were largely too stupid to figure out how to get the wood off to get at the windows, although they did manage to get one panel off.
People are trying to break cameras on the Justice Center building by shining lights at it and hitting it with what looks like paint pic.twitter.com/oTqEgGLZSh
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) July 19, 2020
“WE WANT THE FIGHT!” one man screams into a hole in the courthouse building here in Portland. pic.twitter.com/dip1HLogl7
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) July 19, 2020
One of the things that was interesting from the live streams was that they were joined by a lot of people from Seattle, guess all the CHAZ-ians have no place to go anymore. The Seattle folks started trying to tell the Antifa folks how to protest and what they should be demanding, since they have no demands except anarchy. The Antifa folks were getting ticked off by the folks from Seattle trying to tell them what to do, they want to rip things down and break things, not “protest.” That seemed to end the evening. Great job, Seattle folks!
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