Portland is a mess

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dresden was the Brits, but otherwise...

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English was the Brits, but otherwise...

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[Tethler]

Originally Posted by Topgunben [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have a lot of liberal friends up in Seattle that were saying the same thing about CHAZ/CHOP. It's like they are trying to downplay the severity of the damage as to make the original intent of the protests more meaningful. The reality is, even if it is only a few blocks where the epicenter is, it also spreads throughout the rest of the city.

https://www.newsbreak.com/oregon/por...-investigation

The link is a newstory showing where over 100 arsons were committed in Portland over a 2 week period. Youll notice that its far more than just a couple of blocks.

Yep. The vast majority of those are from burning piles of stuff in the street to slow law enforcement advancement, dumpsters, and cars. There aren't burned out husks of buildings all over downtown. The article you linked also listed fireworks as arson [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[douglas1999]

I know I mean fireworks are just wacky and fun. Nobody ever gets killed by fireworks! That's not like a well known category of people dying on the 4th of july for the last 100 years or anything

[Topgunben]

Originally Posted by Tethler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yep. The vast majority of those are from burning piles of stuff in the street to slow law enforcement advancement, dumpsters, and cars. There aren't burned out husks of buildings all over downtown. The article you linked also listed fireworks as arson [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"Suspected causes include fireworks and Molotov cocktails. Targets range from offices to vehicles to portable toilets, piles of debris and dumpsters."

This article was published more than 2 weeks before 4th of July, so blaming this on celebratory fireworks (not that you specifically are blaming the 4th of July) would be incorrect. Additionally, fireworks are stated as the catalyst, not the fuel.

[Woke Locc]

Originally Posted by douglas1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I know I mean fireworks are just wacky and fun. Nobody ever gets killed by fireworks! That's not like a well known category of people dying on the 4th of july for the last 100 years or anything

reminder that Adam schefter is a piece of shit for releasing JPP's firework accident medicals

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

what does a million have to do with it? Portland OR Population: 653,115

Portland OR - Riots for 59 straight days, WTF seriously? get a grip dems.

Jacksonville (R) No riots
Fort Worth (R) No Riots
El Paso (R) No Riots
Oklahoma City (R) No Riots
Fresno (R) No Riots...

ah screw it heres a link do your own research

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._United_States

yeah yeah yeah i know mayors arent the entire government, most of these cities have had recent civil demonstrations - not riots.

West coast bluebies are a joke; a stain on the American Flag that we need to just wash off.

El Paso sucks dude, everyone there is 500 lbs

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

El Paso sucks dude, everyone there is 500 lbs

I liked El Paso when I was there.

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by douglas1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I know I mean fireworks are just wacky and fun. Nobody ever gets killed by fireworks! That's not like a well known category of people dying on the 4th of july for the last 100 years or anything

Despite fireworks being wacky and fun, I saw them getting launched at the courthouse during a livestream last week and stuck around for a couple hours because I was sure I was gonna see a live massacre. Instead the host just got maced a couple times.

[Trexller]

an explosive device is an explosive device.

Mortars, Roman Candles, M80s are all basically IEDs, the ATF/E should be legally rounding up any people who deploy those.

If you're bringing explosives to bear, you have graduated from violent protester to insurgent and should be dealt with accordingly.

[Cecily]

I kind of agree, and I hate that. I can't help but think this model for social change is deeply, deeply flawed. Are we sure crowds chanting one-liners like a bunch of boomers who occasionally break windows and start fires is the best option we have? I'm delighted to see my generation finally have a cause, but I think we can do better than mobs.