News Dec 3, 2014 at 4:20 pm

In Charlie Hales' Police Bureau, Riot Cops Lob Flash-Bangs and Threaten Mass Arrests

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I drink in requiem for what our society could have been.
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So what do you suggest the cops do when transit or streets are blocked by these opportunistic "protestors"?

I find it funny that prior to this whole Ferguson fiasco that was started by the false initial reports by those with an agenda (Dorian, others clamoring to be on tv with made up accounts) and the flames fanned by the media, none of these protestors gave a darn about any of this. But give them a chance to be in the "spotlight", they will take up any cause. The whole thing is so self-serving. Just like the occupy "movement"...all of a sudden all of these protestors come out of their parents' basements so they can fulfill their selfish desire to be a part of something.

More specifically and succinctly, where were all of these “passionate” PDX anti - police brutality crusaders before Ferguson? It wasn't an important enough topic to protest before then?

If you want to work for change, that's great. But do it in an effective way. These little marches don't do anything but piss of other citizens, marginalize your "cause" (most people easily see the lack of sincerity I point to above), and force the cops into minor squabbles as they do their job. But, I guess it does make for a good sensationalist story, so you have me on that one.
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JTR sez: "More specifically and succinctly, where were all of these “passionate” PDX anti - police brutality crusaders before Ferguson? It wasn't an important enough topic to protest before then?"

You're curious why an increase in police brutality has led to increased protests? Hm.. The reason why there are more protests now is that police brutality is getting worse. Police militarization is getting worse. That is the succinct and specific answer to your question.
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Mick - just so I understand correctly, before Ferguson, police brutality was at an acceptable level for all these protestors, and that one incident was the tipping point that brought the issue to a protestable level? BS.

It is the big media / social media frenzy that was created around the initial false reports in Ferguson (kid walking down the street, brutally shot down by a cop for no apparent reason with his hands up) that started this, and that alone. Its a big bandwagon.....in a month or so there will be another cause of the day bandwagon to jump on.

If you feel strongly about something, work to change it in a meaningful way. What we have here is a bunch of attention hungry children. The whole thing wreaks of insincerity.
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The Merc by fomenting riots, is no better than the Pigs who brutalize the useful idiots.
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What the Merc and commentors here always dislike, is whenever I say that the most effective way to change abusive conduct of cops, politicians and other criminals is through litigation.
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This particular group of protestors in Portland has nobody to sue here unless they can successfully bait the police into brutalizing them.
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Oh but who will speak for the middle-class white kids who were simply trying to provoke confrontation! They're clearly the real victims of this whole police brutality / racism thing

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