What You Need To Know About The Battle of Portland

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By the time the crowd started marching they were all in violation of the curfew. But there were far, far too many people to arrest, and the Police kept their distance almost the entire march. They seemed to panic at one point, when the crowd began marching across the Burnside Bridge into downtown, towards the Justice Center. Several riot trucks, loaded down with officers, came roaring in to block the bridge. When they got a good look at the sheer size of the crowd, they turned back around.

Donc, il y a bien un problème ?

J’ai passé presque trois mois à Portland et c’est une des capitales de la contre-culture US, je m’étonnais de n’avoir pas de nouvelles de là-bas depuis la reprise de BLM. Celles qui arrivent sont... ce qu’elles sont.

Mayor of Portland to Trump : Get your troops out of the city
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Democratic Gov. Kate Brown said Trump is looking for a confrontation in the hopes of winning political points elsewhere. It also serves as a distraction from the coronavirus pandemic, which is causing spiking numbers of infections in Oregon and the nation.

Brown’s spokesman, Charles Boyle, said Friday that arresting people without probable cause is “extraordinarily concerning and a violation of their civil liberties and constitutional rights.”

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said she would file a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Marshals Service, Customs and Border Protection and Federal Protection Service alleging they have violated the civil rights of Oregonians by detaining them without probable cause. She will also seek a temporary restraining order against them.

The ACLU of Oregon said the federal agents appear to be violating people’s rights, which “should concern everyone in the United States.”

C’est le baroud d’honneur de Trump avant les poubelles de l’histoire ? ou le début de la fin ? Marrant, l’alt-right américaine, si prompte à défendre la liberté des individus et des États devant le pouvoir central, ne s’est pas emparée de cette cause - ce que tout le monde note aux USA (tout le monde, c’est mes trois potes).

pas eut le temps de finir l’article hier soir, un article en français ici : ▻https://seenthis.net/messages/868313