Agitators
Huh. Suddenly I live in an outlaw city, banished by the Feds into outer darkness.
Statement from the Department of Justice:
Department Of Justice Identifies New York City, Portland And Seattle As Jurisdictions Permitting Violence And Destruction Of Property
Identification is Response to Presidential Memorandum Reviewing Federal Funding to State and Local Governments that are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities
I guess they mean this presidential memorandum:
The DoJ continues:
The U.S. Department of Justice today identified the following three jurisdictions that have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities: New York City; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. The Department of Justice is continuing to work to identify jurisdictions that meet the criteria set out in the President’s Memorandum and will periodically update the list of selected jurisdictions as required therein.
The list was published on DOJ’s website today in response to President Trump’s memorandum of September 2, 2020, entitled “Memorandum on Reviewing Funding to State and Local Government Recipients That Are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities.”
“When state and local leaders impede their own law enforcement officers and agencies from doing their jobs, it endangers innocent citizens who deserve to be protected, including those who are trying to peacefully assemble and protest,” said Attorney General William P. Barr. “We cannot allow federal tax dollars to be wasted when the safety of the citizenry hangs in the balance. It is my hope that the cities identified by the Department of Justice today will reverse course and become serious about performing the basic function of government and start protecting their own citizens.”
When will Barr tell Trump to become serious about performing the basic function of government and start protecting his own citizens? Over 200 thousand dead of COVID-19, many of whom would not be dead if Trump had taken the pandemic seriously from the beginning. There are bound to be others dead indirectly because of the pandemic, from stress or grief or isolation or destitution or all those.
The Second US Civil War may well get its Fort Sumter moment this weekend. Alt-Right brigands are coming to Portland in force. Why they were given permits and why our police permit armed insurgents to invade our city is a mystery. But I fear significant casualties.
Oh, crap.
No big deal, just another ratchet in criminalising Dem support.
I guess because they are white?
“I guess because they are white?”
I don’t think that’s a strong motivation in the PRP. Part of the challenge is that Oregon has the most liberal and broad interpretation of the freedom of speech in the US.
Well protestors could just not show up to confront them and focus on defending their neighborhoods. What if Trump cultists held a war and no one came?
Guess they’d have to shoot each other.