Rumor What's going on in Portland?

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  1. e_blazer

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    Well, I guess I am just thinking that some of the civil rights cases BLM is going to want to bring forward in the future to enforce the new federal laws they hope to see enacted are going to need courtrooms and judges. Just a thought.
     
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    what actual physical damage has been done to the federal courthouse (other than some graffiti)? I couldn't find any evidence of any significant damage. Mostly, it was the fence around the courthouse that got damaged. Did I miss something?
     
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    Well, they have been pretty consistent in shooting fireworks and burning stuff there, including inside the building the time they broke in through the window. Molotov cocktails have been found in the area.

    Saying the “protesters” “haven’t done much damage” kind of needs a “yet” after it. The guy playing Russian roulette doesn’t do any damage until he suddenly does permanent damage. Of course, these guys aren’t pointing the gun at themselves so the analogy doesn’t work real well, but you get the idea.
     
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    So you're saying the feds and the fence helped to protect it from serious damage?
     
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    "Found"... LOL! Well, I guess at least SOMEONE believed that they just happened to 'find' a backpack with Molotov cocktails (they weren't full, either, BTW--in case you're keeping score at home) and AK-47 clips in it.
     
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    Just reporting what I read. The backpack could have been a plant. What about this one reported by KATU?

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/katu.c...portland-courthouse-during-protest-police-say

    The fire inside the courthouse and the guy arrested for arson, is that fake too?

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.or...ire-inside-justice-center.html?outputType=amp
     
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    Unfortunately, at this point, black people probably end up in better shape if we just shut off the stream of routine arrests of young black men and women for things white people aren't arrested for, then having both that and the ability to bring civil rights cases.

    I'm being tongue-in-cheek about getting rid of courts, but not at all tongue-in-cheek that the justice system is net balance far worse for the black community than positive.
     
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    That’s what I thought you meant. Point taken about the imbalance, but I think there’s an important distinction to be made between municipal/state courts, which have been rife with injustice towards blacks, and federal courts, which have been used to pound states into submission many times on civil rights matters. That’s why I think the rioting(not the protesting) at the courthouse is largely anti-government in general, not BLM.
     
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    Not gonna read most of this thread cause I'm not all that talkative, but while I have a lot of issues with what's going on. This kid (and I say that cause he looks pretty young, not because I'm trying to disparage his age) gets it right.

    We (White people me included), need to quit thinking that it's just angry black men and women, or that they aren't trying to get the 'bad apples' from their ranks. Many of the black people I've talked to don't want riots and people's lives being taken or livelihoods taken away from them. Most of the actual bull crap happening downtown is actually being done by white people using BLM for their own purposes. White people love to tell them to get their bad apples out, but most of the bad apples in a lot of these protests are white people so and I'm not virtue signaling or whatever that crap is, but maybe white people need to do some weeding out too.

    Just my thoughts, flame away.

     
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    Good to hear from ya TBF!
     
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    He 100% correct in my view!
     
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    no...I'm questioning if there was ever a real threat of serious damage
     
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    Gotcha. Well serious damage is probably somewhat subjective. Isn't there footage and/or reports of people breaking into buildings and lighting them on fire? And if so, wouldn't that warrant a serious threat?

    I'm not sure if the buildings lit on fire were up in Seattle or here though.
     
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    We'll see what happens tonight!
     
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    I'm betting Oprah shows up and gives everyone a new car.
     
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    You Hanna be in downtown posting your videos?
     
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    No, it was proven by Mueller with concurrance by every intelligence agency we have but you know better?
     
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    Now you're not reading.
     
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