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Police used stun grenades, rubber bullets and other "crowd control munitions" to try and prevent protesters from destroying and repurposing sections of chain-link fence outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. Last week, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking police from using tear gas against protesters.UPDATE: 11/6/2020 Trump: Democrats' unable to maintain law & order in Seattle:
It was the 14th consecutive night of anti-racism and police brutality protests in Portland in the aftermath of George Floyd's death at the hands of the Minneapolis police department.
Thousands of people thronged the city's parks, bridges and streets with various forms of protest, including a skateboard march.
Since the protests began, Portland has selected a new police chief and Mayor Ted Wheeler has vowed to redirect at least $7 million of police funding to help communities of color.
Seattle has been overrun by "domestic terrorists," US President Donald Trump said, slamming "Radical Left Democrats" after a self-styled anarchist commune was set up around an abandoned police station in the city.See also:
Calling for "LAW & ORDER" in his standard all-caps style on Wednesday night, Trump decried the situation in Seattle following days of heated protests over police brutality, blaming its Democratic leadership for losing control of the city.
Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before. Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stopped IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day be day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right." - George Orwell, 1984See also:
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According to the statement of probable cause outlining the police case against him, Fernandez claimed he was about to get carjacked and feared for his life. He told police protesters yelled at him, kicked his car and attempted to grab him through his open, driver's side window — and that the man he shot had reached into his car and grabbed the steering wheel, the statement says.
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Nearly simultaneously, "a male aggressively approached the barrier that was keeping people away from the East Precinct building," breached the barrier and yelled to officers, "I just had to shoot somebody, they tried to jack my car," the statement says.
Police say Fernandez said he was driving around the area of the protest and thought he could get through, so he continued driving on 11th Avenue, then grabbed an unholstered gun from his front passenger seat and shot the man who reached in his window and grabbed the steering wheel.
When asked why he shot the man, Fernandez told an officer he "was getting barricaded by everybody and was fearing for his life," the statement says.
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