Protesters Start Fire in Street near Federal Courthouse, Police Threaten Arrests

#1 | Protesters Start Fire in Street near Federal Courthouse, Police Threaten Arrests datum

Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:32 pm

Protesters Start Fire in Street near Federal Courthouse, Police Threaten Arrests
https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/...est-protesters/
Bob Price
15 Oct 2020213

Police officials in Portland, Oregon, ordered a crowd to disperse and stop �stoking the flames� as a fire burned in the street near the federal courthouse.

Protesters in Portland set a wooden pallet on fire in the street near the U.S. federal courthouse late Friday night. Around midnight, police officials ordered people to clear the streets and stop building the fire.

Protesters also burned an American flag and sprayed graffiti calling for the killing of more cops.

KOIN6 reporter Jennifer Dowling reported the crowd started at about 20 people and grew as the flames increased in intensity.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

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#2 | RE: Protesters Start Fire in Street near Federal Courthouse, Police Threaten Arrests datum

Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:32 pm

Posting this just in case anyone thought it was all over with.

And, the headline is a big

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

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#3 | RE: Protesters Start Fire in Street near Federal Courthouse, Police Threaten Arrests datum

Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:46 pm

The only possible reason to not immediately arrest those who started the fires is there is no ordinance in Portland on open fires on public property.

Who believes that is true?

My own answer is no. Guidance is fine. Voluntary self-isolation is fine, and strongly advisable for the more vulnerable. Most of them will do it by choice. But coercion is not fine. There is no moral or principled justification for it. Lord Sumpton

Sanguine said Thank You!

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#4 | RE: Protesters Start Fire in Street near Federal Courthouse, Police Threaten Arrests datum

Sat Oct 17, 2020 8:05 pm

Portland's catch and release policing has been so effective the past 4 months.

Sanguine said LOL!

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