Border Patrol cites movement to remove Lincoln statue in Park Square as one of its justifications for disappearing people in Portland, OR

despite social media efforts by conservatives and the NRA to make shit up about disarming the Minuteman. The Lincoln statue portrays the emancipated slave kneeling at the feet of his savior. I always found the statue as belittling. My opinion.

Madisons Federalist 46 is often cited by Second Amendment zealots to argue the need for arms to defend against a tyrannical government. The NRA endorsed president has sent secret police into a major American city to prevent constitutionally protected free speech and gathering. The second amendment warriors see no hypocrisy but consider confederate statues and flags as "heritage". The Minuteman is heritage, Robert E. Lee, his generals and troops traitors. Lincoln statue, bad art.

came to post exactly this

The Portland situation makes me even more curious about the purpose of Attorney General Barr and Police Commissioner Gross's meeting. I'm wondering if snatching people off the street here was proposed or may still be on the table.

Thats the whole point of this... put people like you (and myself) over the edge into complete chaos from the overload of information.

Being inundated with information from all different directions to break you down is exactly what they want. Its an authoritarian tactic (perfected by the KGB). Orange face has been doing it since he got into office.

Beangate is an perfect example.. and in the midst of that, this memo was drafted. While we were all pooping our pants with black beans over Goya, this crap was going down.

It's always "look over here, don't look at what I'm doing over there" with him. Distraction is is plan..

I fear this is just the start of something that is going to escalate more over the next few weeks, add C19 being at extreme levels, masks N maga fights, election woes...

August and Fall 2020 are shaping up to be fun. I've weirdly been right about everything so far...

So Fasten your seatbelts slutpuppy, this is gonna be no cake walk.

They would be quartered in a free-standing hotel with a large parking lot with an abutting restaurant with good highway access. Think Woburn, Braintree, Norwood, or Saugus. Perhaps Burlington, because that's where DHS keeps most of their prisoners and office space in the area.

You don't want these guys to be intimidated by any building over 4-stories tall. They will stick to the burbs and national chains off duty.

This is the same crap from Beijing in 1989. Bring in redneck soldiers to the city and say - Look at these liberaalls and what they are doing to your heritage. That will get them riled up.

Look for 3 or 4 guys in shape in a minivan with out of state plates and no dealer markings. Then you will know if they are here.

Charlie, Marty, Liz, Ayanna, and Ed better pass the word on to Washington; F'Off federales, we have this democracy thing going on that is more important than the gibbon's re-election strategy.

Something, something, due process.

When was the last time you were in Portland, OR?

How many relatives do you have living near the river?

What your fake news feed and dear leader are telling you about the place is an enormous pile of bullshit.

The reality is that the city has been invaded by forces in a manner that violates the 1st, 4th, 5th,10th, and 14th amendments.

You know the bill of rights has more than a single amendment, right?

Every time police forces become more aggressive, amp up the militarism, and escalate tensions the situation becomes worse.

It’s almost as if highly paid professional police forces countering anti-police brutality protests with additional layers of police brutality is an ineffective strategy. Funny how that works.

These protests stem from police violence and I under-prosecuted murder by police; end police violence and end the protests.

In Minneapolis, the police started and escalated the violence, or have you forgotten who murdered George Floyd?

Fires were being started by people who almost certainly didn't live in Minneapolis, driving around in cars with no license plates (so it's possible some weren't from out of state). Friends of mine were sleeping in their front yards with fire extinguishers ready, in case the out-of-state thugs decided to burn their homes down.

That's not "protest," that's arson and murder in support of the existing white supremacist power structure.

Meanwhile, you're saying that because some people tore down a statue without permission, it's okay for armed men to shoot protestors.

Or possibly mid January.

Do they have a large hill overlooking their downtown? If so, all you need to do is set up a fortified artillery battery under cover of darkness and they seem to evacuate pretty quickly after.