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And yet the Portland resident and journalist, Andy Ngo, who first posted the now viral video says "This is the type of street anarchy that routinely happens where I live."Notice that these thugs include white people using racist anti-white language to order drivers to do as they say.
Is this America? Is this routine in Portland? Why are the Portland police not arresting these people? This video captures the faces of some of them. Arrest them. Jail them.
A report from the Wall Street Journal from August details the a wave of anarchy taking over Portland, Oregon. Antifa and Black Lives Matters protests have been taking to the street and blocking traffic in an effort to bring attention to various social issues.Every extreme provokes an oppositional reaction. Antifa and its ilk may be in for some unpleasant surprises if they continue along this course.Anarchy Breaks Out in Portland, With the Mayor's Blessing
A vicious mob targeted the ICE office and even a food cart. The police followed orders to do nothing.
A mob surrounded ICE's office in Southwest Portland June 19. They barricaded the exits and blocked the driveway. They sent "guards" to patrol the doors, trapping workers inside. At night they laid on the street, stopping traffic at a critical junction near a hospital. Police stayed away. "At this time I am denying your request for additional resources," the Portland Police Bureau's deputy chief, Robert Day, wrote to federal officers pleading for help. Hours later, the remaining ICE workers were finally evacuated by a small federal police team. The facility shut down for more than a week.
Comment: The Indonesian government likely does not want foreign NGOs going around their country stirring things up, as NGOs are wont to do.