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Portland's unrest continues for six straight weeks with no apparent end in sight
Ptarmigan:
Trump-loving grandma outs Portland ‘bomber’ to feds — and it’s her own grandson
https://nypost.com/2020/08/01/trump-loving-grandma-outs-her-own-grandson-as-portland-bomber/
--- Quote ---Shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning, videos captured the moment a makeshift bomb was thrown at the Portland federal courthouse during another night of violent protest. A Trump-loving, 69-year-old woman soon stepped forward to out the suspect publicly — as her own grandson.
Karla Fox says she recognized the alleged bomber as her daughter’s son, 18-year-old Gabriel “Rico” Agard-Berryhill.
In the hours after the IED attack, social-media users analyzed videos showing a slim male, wearing a distinctive olive vest with the word “ICONS” printed on it, throwing something over the fence at the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. Seconds later, a large explosion erupts, covering the front door in flames. The man picks up something off the ground and sprints off-camera. Police said the concussion could be “heard and felt more than a block away.”
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Karla Fox turned in her own grandson Gabriel “Rico” Agard-Berryhill in for throwing bombs at the federal courthouse.
--- Quote ---Agard-Berryhill seemed to confess to misguided involvement in the incident in text messages to The Post on Thursday, although he did not confirm he was the bomber.
“The device I’ve been accused of allegedly throwing was allegedly given to me by an unknown protestor with full face coverings,” he wrote. “I was allegedly told that it was a strobe firework that wouldn’t damage the building or harm anyone around it.”
He added: “Law enforcement has not contacted me for any alleged crime as of right now.”
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He is clearly a willing participant if someone handed him a bomb and he threw it at the federal courthouse.
--- Quote ---Fox said her grandson is currently on probation for a felony conviction when he was a minor. She said he spent the past two years at Rogue Valley Youth Correctional Facility in southern Oregon and recently talked of turning his life around, and getting a job at Amazon.
Fox spoke Thursday with Agard-Berryhill’s mother — her daughter — who told her she was not aware of the bomb video.
The 12:11 a.m. explosion was so loud that even members in a private chatroom used to coordinate protest and riots expressed surprise.
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He is still on probation.
Ptarmigan:
Riot declared after Portland protesters set police union building on fire
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/riot-declared-after-portland-protesters-set-police-union-building-on-fire
--- Quote ---Police in Portland, Oregon, declared another riot after local and state officials requested federal officers withdraw from the state.
On Saturday, a mass gathering of protesters devolved into violence, with demonstrators later in the night blocking traffic with dumpsters, setting dumpsters on fire, and vandalizing the Portland Police Association building. A group of people later broke a window into the PPA office and ignited a fire in the building.
"Officers from the Oregon State Police and PPB arrived in the area to disperse the crowd. They were met with a hostile crowd who began throwing glass bottles and paint balloons at them," the police said in a statement. "The hostile crowd also tried to injure officers by shining green lasers into their eyes, which is a crime in Oregon. Three officers suffered injuries. Two were transported to an area hospital by police vehicle and later released. Personnel from Portland Fire and Rescue were able to gain access to the location and extinguish the fire inside the PPA Office."
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The riots continue to rage on in Portland.
--- Quote ---At the end of July, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, said that "all Customs and Border Protection & ICE officers will leave downtown Portland" in a "phased withdrawal." However, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said federal authorities will maintain a presence until the government is confident the federal property is safe.
"The Department will continue to maintain our current, augmented federal law enforcement personnel in Portland until we are assured that the Hatfield Federal Courthouse and other federal properties will no longer be attacked and that the seat of justice in Portland will remain secure," Wolf said of Brown's publicly stated timeline.
Protests in Portland have continued since the Memorial Day death of George Floyd. Police previously declared another riot in the city after protesters toppled a courthouse fence last month.
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It keeps going and going and going............................... :mental: :mad: :argh:
Ptarmigan:
Police Name 25-Year-Old Marquise Love as Suspect in Beating of Portland Man
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/18/police-suspect-marquise-love-beating-portland-man/
--- Quote ---The Portland Police Bureau on Tuesday named 25-year-old Marquise Love as a suspect in the beating of a man in Portland by rioters on Sunday evening.
The PPB said in a statement:
Yesterday, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) began investigation of an assault that occurred in the downtown area where an adult male associated to a white pick-up truck was violently assaulted. Investigators positively identified the suspect as 25 year-old Marquise Love. Investigators made attempts to contact Love but could not locate him.
Update: PPB Identifies Suspect in High-Profile Assault, Efforts to Locate Suspect Underway (Photo) https://t.co/BPDNv50ifp pic.twitter.com/g5JfsNefBb
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 18, 2020
Love was allegedly captured on video kicking the victim in the head as he sat on the ground after being beaten by several rioters, knocking the man unconscious.
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A person was violently attacked by rioters.
--- Quote ---According to The Post Millenial, Love was previously charged with fourth-degree assault and harassment in a 2017 domestic violence case book at Washington County Community Corrections Center in Hillsboro, Oregon.
The PPB also said the victim, identified on social media as Adam Haner, has been released from the hospital and is recovering, despite rumors that he is not recovering or dead.
The PPB said investigators are still trying to locate a transgender female who was robbed in the area of Southwest Taylor Street and 4th Ave, where the incident began. That person’s identity is unknown, police said. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Detective Brent Christensen at 503-823-2087 or at Brent.Christensen@portlandoregon.gov.
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Talk about a career criminal.
Ptarmigan:
The Lights Are “Blinking Red” in Portland — The Rubicon May Have Been Crossed Today
https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/08/23/the-lights-are-blinking-red-in-portland-the-rubicon-may-have-been-crossed-today/
--- Quote ---Earlier today I had this report on an eruption of violence in Portland in the afternoon between BLM/Antifa and “Back the Blue” groups said to include members of the right-wing group “Proud Boys.”
I noted in the story that until federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security appeared on the scene approximately an hour after the incident began, there was a noticeable lack of Portland Police in any of the videos of the two groups clashing.
Late today came an explanation for their absence — there were insufficient police resources available to the shift commanders to do anything to intervene in the incident that involved well over 100 protesters from both sides.
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Portland continues to riot. It keeps going and going and going....................... :mental: :mad:
--- Quote ---Portland PD has confessed that it is running out of the capacity to deal with violence in the city on a 24-hour basis. There are going to be some hours during the day when insufficient police resources will be unavailable to separate the two sides. Episodes like today are likely to repeat, maybe grow in size, and involve more weapons and greater violence employed by each against the other.
The District Attorney announced two weeks ago his office was not going to prosecute “riot” related crimes. That caused the State Police to pull their personnel out of Portland.
It sure does not appear that the local and state authorities have a plan to turn the tide here. This may eventually come down to a steel-cage death match that each side seems to want to have.
After today’s escalation, it might come faster than expected.
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Ptarmigan:
Portland protesters stage sit-in at mayor's home -- after he and Trump trade barbs
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/portland-protesters-stage-sit-in-at-mayors-home-after-he-and-trump-trade-barbs
--- Quote ---A group of Portland, Ore. protesters staged a sit-in inside the lobby of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condominium building Friday evening while others held a loud concert outside.
The protesters said they wouldn’t leave until Wheeler meets with them over their demands that he resign, reduce the Portland Police Bureau budget and never vote to increase police spending.
The protest appeared to be peaceful as of 10 p.m. local time, although red-paint handprints were seen on the glass outside the lobby, according to independent journalist Garrison Davis.
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The Jacobins are sitting in at Mayor Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condominium building after he rejected federal officers to stop the riot.
--- Quote ---Thank you Portlanders for a powerful display of solidarity at last night's demonstrations,” he tweeted. “Racial justice requires the entire community to come together. Let's continue to focus on the work ahead and move forward with reform, recovery and resilience plans for PDX.”
Earlier Friday, Wheeler wrote a letter to President Trump, declining an offer of more federal officers to quell rioting that has plagued the city since the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.
“We don’t need your politics of division and demagoguery,” he wrote. “When you sent he Feds to Portland last month you made the situation far worse. Your offer to repeat that disaster is a cynical attempt to stoke fear and distract us from the real work of our city.”
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The Jacobins want Mayor Wheeler out. Pandering to Jacobins is an exercise in futility.
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