Antifa has decided to try and disrupt another patriot rally that they claim is ran by a white supremacists… though anyone with common sense and a little sleuthing can clearly see this is not the case…
Police in riot gear were summoned to downtown Portland Saturday to keep a lid on clashes between hundreds of right-wing protesters and self-described anti-fascist counterprotesters.
Authorities patrolled the streets at midday advising demonstrators to “get out.” There were some arrests and reported injuries but it wasn’t immediately clear how many of either occurred.
A reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive was bloodied when he was struck by a projectile, The Associated Press reported. Eder Campuzano said later on Twitter that he was “okay.”
Protesters aligned with Patriot Prayer and an affiliated group, the Proud Boys, met in a park at a rally organized by their group leader, Joey Gibson, but they were met by antifa protesters carrying signs saying, “Nazis go home” and “Alt right scum not welcome in Portland.”
Wire reports say police officers stood in the middle of the four-lane boulevard, essentially forming a wall to keep the two sides separated.
Police backing the crowd up now. pic.twitter.com/78LUSdIR7u
— Anna Spoerre (@annaspoerre) August 4, 2018
Indeed, the police presence remained strong throughout the demonstrations, as bomb-sniffing dogs patrolled and weapons checkpoints were visible. At one point, authorities deployed “flash bang” devices to break up the feuding parties. Long sticks and homemade shields were confiscated, AP reported.
Saturday’s rally was in stark contrast with two other rallies organized by Gibson this summer that ended in bloody fistfights and riots that sent one counterprotester to the hospital with a skull fracture.
Portland police had threatened to seize weapons after Gibson changed the venue for this latest event from a federal plaza outside U.S. District Court to a waterfront park so some of his Oregon supporters could carry concealed weapons as they demonstrated. It is illegal in Portland to carry a loaded firearm in public unless a person has a concealed handgun license.
Gibson’s insistence on repeatedly bringing his supporters to this intensely blue city has stoked a debate…
As always Antifa. This is for you. Fuck Antifa.
