Portland's anti-Trump protest turns violent, as rioters rampage in Pearl (home, living in)

[Raisinet]

This is now the regular reality of downtown Portland. And don't think there's a police department to stop it. There's not. They are way understaffed. They can't even pay potential new cops enough money to interest them to even take the job, because they know they'll have to turn a blind eye to all the social justice warriors running loose with impunity.

Portland's anti-Trump protest turns violent, as rioters rampage in Pearl | OregonLive.com

[Sanys]

In Portland protests there had escalated and were being considered a riot.

[Minervah]

I have been caught in riots like this while on the bus trying to get home from work over the years I worked in downtown Portland. The so-called "protesters" don't help their cause with this kind of behavior.

[Port Pitt Ash]

In Portland you have the bleeding-heart protesters, who are usually jumping on the bandwagon of whatever injustice is popular to be against to give them something to do. They seem to range from bored people with nothing better to do to total nut jobs.

A few examples from my time there are:

1. Pioneer Square had two groups protesting. One group was about the whole Tibet thing and the other was about the dolphin killing. Well, I guess the square was too small for both so one group started protesting the other group saying they were infringing on their rights to protest.

2. A meat is murder protest with one of the protesters in a leather jacket and another few trying to take a break and hide behind their signs as they wolfed down fast food burgers.

3. One of my bosses at the time tried to engage a protester who was going on about avoiding the big banks by banking local. Only to have another protester ream her out for using said local bank because they were evil in some way.

Then you have the anarchists who are most likely the ones causing the damage and turned it into a riot. They always seemed to latch on to whatever movement was going on in town, but can't be bothered with the smaller daily protests. No idea how many there are, but based on what I've seen in the past I'd say no more than 50. What they are actually interested in is anyone's guess. Usually they'd show up when something was going on and then disappear the rest of the time. Maybe in their day to day they're just wearing regular clothing and minding their business? I have no idea.

After that group you have the far left politically correct Portland folks. They try to squash any speech that they don't like & want you to feel guilty for things that have nothing to do with you. I'd imagine you'd find a few mixed in with those riots as sort of mouthpieces just because they tend to be the loudest. There is a splinter group of the PC or Social Justice Warrior that is actually violent, but I don't know if they are in Portland now (as they weren't when I lived there).

Generally this was the group that made daily living in the city difficult and ironically pushed regular people toward Trump because those people were just tired of the PC bull.

After that group you have the street kids who live home free (homeless by choice) who usually get in on the action just because they've been hassled by the police in the past and also have nothing better to do. Often mistaken for anarchists as the style of dress is similar.

Lastly the old hippies who are still in Portland (most have been priced out) just sit at home shaking their head or perhaps commenting on how the new generation is too dumb to know the difference between protesting and rioting while trying to figure out how they are going to keep paying their bills.

Originally Posted by Raisinet

And don't think there's a police department to stop it.

With all the hyper vigilance on filming cops in Portland in the past few years some have taken the view of not policing certain areas. It's one thing to make sure they are doing their job, but entirely something else when you're surrounded by what from a distance could seem like paparazzi.

[Yankeemama]

Originally Posted by Minervah

I have been caught in riots like this while on the bus trying to get home from work over the years I worked in downtown Portland. The so-called "protesters" don't help their cause with this kind of behavior.

The violent ones were not part of the real protest which was covered by a local tv channel.

[KJoe11]

Originally Posted by Yankeemama

The violent ones were not part of the real protest which was covered by a local tv channel.

The violent ones are not part of the real protest? How did you come to this conclusion?

[KJoe11]

Originally Posted by Raisinet

This is now the regular reality of downtown Portland. And don't think there's a police department to stop it. There's not. They are way understaffed. They can't even pay potential new cops enough money to interest them to even take the job, because they know they'll have to turn a blind eye to all the social justice warriors running loose with impunity.

Portland's anti-Trump protest turns violent, as rioters rampage in Pearl | OregonLive.com

Lets see... we have anarchists blocking highways, smashing windows, starting fires.

That is not protestting but illegal activity. Now the real kicker is that the law enforcement ALLOW these rioters to continue with little repercussion. They break the law, destroy property, take other peopleś rights, and put citizens in danger unabated.

Portland officials should be embarrassed. But the responsibility lies with the citizens. When a state that is inhabited by people with no moral conviction this is the result. It is really quite pathetic

[redguard57]

For every action, there is a reaction.

Did anyone think electing someone as provocative as Trump would not elicit a reaction?

We are all complicit in this mess.

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by KJoe11

The violent ones are not part of the real protest? How did you come to this conclusion?

No true Scotsman.

[Yankeemama]

Originally Posted by KJoe11

The violent ones are not part of the real protest? How did you come to this conclusion?

It was well reported that the abarchists weren't part of the organized protest.