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I'm directly talking about Portland, where plenty of protestors have been knocked unconscious by police. People get pepper sprayed in the eyes for no reason besides cops are angry.

If you want to conflate places to strengthen a case then you need to dive in to what happened at Kenosha and the lack of police response to that tragedy or any of the others.

If you want to bring up how "protestors were asking for it" by showing up to protests then we got to ask if police are asking for mass nation wide protests by actively resisting change and harming black lives.

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> I'm directly talking about Portland, where

Portland where there’s been continuously rioting, looting and attack on civilians for three months now.

The police’s job is to provide law, order and security for the people, something Portland currently lacks, and which the police needs to restore.

When anarchists are obstructing that job, they can’t expect not to be handled appropriately.

Do you even live in Portland? I do and I live a mile away from the Justice Center where protests centered. There was looting the first night but not much at all since. Also, it's been normal COVID times business as usual in the surrounding area during business hours. If you want to make up narratives choose a different city.

Also, if you think police can just beat people senseless because they feel challenged then you're just a short step away from text book fascism.

Also, it's been normal COVID times business as usual in the surrounding area during business hours.

That seems like a massive deflection. Sure, business as usual during the day, but what's happening every evening?

I believe the commonly used term for this is "largely peaceful".

Sure. They're largely peaceful, except when attacking and almost killing civilians[1]. And it's not even intended as a joke. There's some crazy levels of cognitive dissonance going on.

[1] https://twitter.com/RationalTheory/status/129536995058932531...

Yep, one night protestors were just as brutal as police, mistaken identity and tensions high from the other night when a car almost ran protesters over.

You have one example versus dozens of examples of police violence. And it's Andy Ngo, who once again didn't actually take the video footage.

You're the one with cognitive dissonance claiming all nights are violently attacking civilians when you have one example. Somehow though most nights police beat protestors or use tear gas and that’s ok by you?

The purpose of using tear gas is to disperse a disorderly crowd before they can begin attacking people.

You need to learn what a dispersal order is and why it’s not optional.

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