Anarchy In Portland

[volfanjustin]

so lets get this right.

1. Why was the guy in the pickup there?
2. It's been suggested that he was fearful and that's why he ran over a motorcycle.
3. So we have an armed man in a pickup who is fearful of the situation around him.... What is he afraid of? It doesn't appear that anyone threatened him or detained him illegally. The simple explanation is that he went there looking for trouble.
Also, Campbell street is a side street, it's one of those streets you have to go looking for. Now if this had happened on Lombard Street it would be more questionable as that is a main route.
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According to police, the driver drove through the group of protesters, NOT the protesters gathering around the vehicle. This was clearly a situation created by the driver.

Because streets are for cars/trucks and not idiot leftists rioters?

He should have just ran as many as he could have over

 

[Rickyvol77]

Of course not.

However, carrying a weapon and going out looking for a confrontation is very questionable. Do you really think that if this driver had been supportive of the protesters that any issues would have come up? Answer, of course not. So that infers that he was there looking to stir things up and that make being armed a bit more of a problem.

- carrying a weapon isn’t “looking for a confrontation”
- so the driver has to “be supportive” to not be illegally detained and assaulted by a mob?
- driving down a legal open street is not “stirring things up”
Jesus the stupidity

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.

Dude enough BS! Wednesday is not the time for SH!T burger pansy fest.

 

[ETV]

Of course not.

However, carrying a weapon and going out looking for a confrontation is very questionable. Do you really think that if this driver had been supportive of the protesters that any issues would have come up? Answer, of course not. So that infers that he was there looking to stir things up and that make being armed a bit more of a problem.

Carrying a weapon/firearm in your vehicle is not "looking for a confrontation".

Whether the driver is supportive of their cause or not, it's a public road. Why is it so difficult for them to understand that if a vehicle is approaching, split and make a hole, allowing the driver to pass, then resume the protest. If this protest wants respect and the attention they believe they deserve, show some of the same courtesy to those driving vehicles on the road. Remember, not everyone is glued into the news and trying to determine their evening plans based on the location of protestors.

Their rights don't begin, where another's rights end.

 

[Y9 Vol]

Of course not.

However, carrying a weapon and going out looking for a confrontation is very questionable. Do you really think that if this driver had been supportive of the protesters that any issues would have come up? Answer, of course not. So that infers that he was there looking to stir things up and that make being armed a bit more of a problem.

IGNORANCE PERSONIFIED

 

[hndog609]

Of course not.

However, carrying a weapon and going out looking for a confrontation is very questionable. Do you really think that if this driver had been supportive of the protesters that any issues would have come up? Answer, of course not. So that infers that he was there looking to stir things up and that make being armed a bit more of a problem.

It was one of LG's favorite schticks to play the prescience game. Short of you being able to demonstrate actual knowledge of his intentions you're just speculating...poorly.

 

[luthervol]

Then unless you know them it's irrelevant to this situation

I think everyone personally evaluates each situation.
Someone walks into a bank or a church in full camo carrying a rifle should be viewed differently than someone walking into the woods in full camo carrying a rifle. Or at least I would view them differently and assign different levels of threat and intent.

 

[luthervol]

Dude enough BS! Wednesday is not the time for SH!T burger pansy fest.

Go wade in some concrete.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Go wade in some concrete.

That was rude! How could you say that to such a nice person?

 

[utvolpj]

I think everyone personally evaluates each situation.
Someone walks into a bank or a church in full camo carrying a rifle should be viewed differently than someone walking into the woods in full camo carrying a rifle. Or at least I would view them differently and assign different levels of threat and intent.

Yet you simply read the unconfirmed possibility he was armed and assume he was an instigator. Not the people blocking the street and trying to stop his truck but the person legally traveling down the road

 

[hUTch2002]

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden says Trump deployed 'secret police' in Portland to provoke violence for campaign ads

Did he also withhold the full George Floyd video to spark racial tensions? Portland probably wouldn’t even be in this position if that full video came out the first time.

 

[luthervol]

Yet you simply read the unconfirmed possibility he was armed and assume he was an instigator. Not the people blocking the street and trying to stop his truck but the person legally traveling down the road

Sort of like if he drove down the street at 9:30 am on Thanksgiving morning and then claimed ignorance about the presence of a parade.

 

[C-south]

Sort of like if he drove down the street at 9:30 am on Thanksgiving morning and then claimed ignorance about the presence of a parade.

Yep. Armed rioters are just like the thanksgiving day parade.

 

[Y9 Vol]

Yep. Armed rioters are just like the thanksgiving day parade.

Please don't feed the troll.

 

[ETV]

Did he also withhold the full George Floyd video to spark racial tensions? Portland probably wouldn’t even be in this position if that full video came out the first time.

There are many unanswered questions that will probably never be addressed, also...it's an election year.

Conservatives will have to figure out new ways to counter this type of behavior.

 

[BigOrangeD]

- carrying a weapon isn’t “looking for a confrontation”
- so the driver has to “be supportive” to not be illegally detained and assaulted by a mob?
- driving down a legal open street is not “stirring things up”
Jesus the stupidity

Indoctrinated Liberals.

 

[hUTch2002]

There are many unanswered questions that will probably never be addressed, also...it's an election year.

Conservatives will have to figure out new ways to counter this type of behavior.

So is it ok the full video was withheld in your mind because it’s an election year? Look at all of the damage that has been done. I’m betting it doesn’t happen like this at all if that full video came out originally. I’ll be curious to see if BLM addresses it at all. It won’t surprise me if they don’t or if they dismiss it as irrelevant.

 

[Rickyvol77]

Sort of like if he drove down the street at 9:30 am on Thanksgiving morning and then claimed ignorance about the presence of a parade.

This wasn’t a city permitted event

 

[luthervol]

This wasn’t a city permitted event

Make it kids in the road in a subdivision on Halloween.

 

[37L1]

So is it ok the full video was withheld in your mind because it’s an election year? Look at all of the damage that has been done. I’m betting it doesn’t happen like this at all if that full video came out originally. I’ll be curious to see if BLM addresses it at all. It won’t surprise me if they don’t or if they dismiss it as irrelevant.

They had video of that guy shooting a taser at the cops before he, himself, got shot. That didn't stop the riot/protest/riot, did it?

Facts Don't Matter.

 

[VolStrom]

They had video of that guy shooting a taser at the cops before he, himself, got shot. That didn't stop the riot/protest/riot, did it?

Facts Don't Matter.

But they burned down a Wendy's, justified.

 

[C-south]

Make it kids in the road in a subdivision on Halloween.

Are they armed and beating on someone’s vehicle? Also many communities block the roads on Halloween so there’s no traffic.

 

[utvolpj]

Sort of like if he drove down the street at 9:30 am on Thanksgiving morning and then claimed ignorance about the presence of a parade.

That parade likely has a permit. Just like me when I carry

Do your beloved protesters have one to block the streets?

 

[37L1]

Make it kids in the road in a subdivision on Halloween.

Come on luther. You can do better than that.

Here I've got one for you:

A block party on the Fourth of July with fireworks.

That should come close to checking all the boxes for you.

 

[ETV]

So is it ok the full video was withheld in your mind because it’s an election year? Look at all of the damage that has been done. I’m betting it doesn’t happen like this at all if that full video came out originally. I’ll be curious to see if BLM addresses it at all. It won’t surprise me if they don’t or if they dismiss it as irrelevant.

Election year, meaning that no punches are pulled and everything is fair game. Typical shady political BS.

No matter whether an edited or unedited version was released, or if there were 10 other camera's rolling with different points of view showing Mr. Floyd in a more aggressive role, it wouldn't have changed much regarding what we're seeing today.

Radicals have been waiting for a situation like this to occur for quite some time.