More on the Portland street brawls yesterday.
Two opposing protest groups — Patriot Prayer and antifa — clashed in downtown Portland Saturday, CBS Portland affiliate KOIN reports. Portland police said failure to leave the area could leave to arrests, calling the demonstration a riot.
More than 100 members of Patriot Prayer group gathered at Terry Schrunk Plaza for a “freedom rally,” while more than 100 counter protesters with an antifa group gathered across the street at Chapman Square for rallies before a march. Police revoked Patriot Prayer’s permit for the rally after the two groups began to clash.
What began in downtown Portland Saturday as a permitted march by the far-right group Patriot Prayer was quickly declared a riot and halted by police after altercations with anti-fascist counter-protesters escalated, with reports of projectiles causing several injuries.
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Supporters of Patriot Prayer, led by its incendiary leader Joey Gibson, who is also running for a U.S. Senate seat in Washington state, began to assemble in parks along Third Avenue in downtown Portland early Saturday afternoon.
Far-left antifa protesters congregated in similar or greater numbers nearby.
The two groups lobbed insults at each other across a heavy law enforcement presence, clad in riot gear, there to keep the two sides apart and screen for weapons.
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Around 6 p.m. local time, Patriot Prayer initiated its permitted march, working its way along Third Avenue. But projectiles quickly began flying. Police then cancelled the permit, used bullhorns to declare the situation a riot and deployed flash bangs and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.
Portland police have officially declared a riot and are ordering people to leave immediately. pic.twitter.com/yIJKOq1s93
— Scott Bourque (@sdbourque1) July 1, 2018
Many fine people on both sides.
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2 responses to “Ignorant armies clash by night”
Not many ‘fine people’, probably thugs on both sides.
We forget that the ‘battle’ of Cable street was fought against the police. Mosely’s mob never got there.
That doesn’t diminish the significance of Jewish and Communist groups demonstrating their willingness to actually fight against fascists.
Our ‘antifascists’ seem more interested in vandalism and street theatre.