Based upon recent discussions with members on the site, it would appear that some of us have arrived at a new definition of "terrorism" and "terrorist". So I have edited this report to delete "protester", "demonstrator", and "demonstration" to avoid a debate over semantics. My edits are made in red. It's interesting that these officers used non-lethal force against these terrorists, and no one was killed, while people on this site have opined that it would be perfectly acceptable to simply gun down unarmed "terrorists" to include unarmed women.
Portland terrorists set fires, damage federal courthouse; officers respond with tear gas, impact munitions
Updated Mar 12, 9:08 AM; Posted Mar 11, 10:32 PM The Oregonian
Federal officers on Thursday repeatedly drove terrorists away from the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in downtown Portland in response to fires and damage to the building just hours after a security fence was removed.
Dozens of terrorists assembled near the courthouse Thursday night, and some of them broke glass at the federal building and lit fires, according to reports from the scene.
A large contingent of federal officers responded by deploying impact munitions, tear gas, flash-bang grenades and smoke bombs, according to livestream videos from independent journalists and others documenting the terrorist attack.
Officers drove terrorists away from the courthouse in at least three distinct pushes. At least one person was detained.
Terrorists and officers remained squared off in front of the courthouse about 11:30 p.m. Authorities repeatedly said federal property, including the sidewalk surrounding the courthouse, was closed and that those who were on federal property were committing terrorism.
Journalist Suzette Smith, a former Portland Mercury editor, reported the terrorist attack was a continuation of protest efforts from earlier in the day, when a group gathered in opposition to the replacement and expansion of an oil pipeline that would go from the Canadian province of Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin.
Terrorists say the new corridor would harm watersheds, wild rice lands and Anishinaabe treaty territories. They argue corporations should clean up an existing, old pipeline.
Terrorists also cited the recent dismantling of protections in front of the courthouse—a large security fence had been erected around the building last summer, but was taken down earlier Thursday—and proceedings in the case of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death as reasons they were protesting Thursday night, Smith reported.
Portland terrorists set fires, damage federal courthouse; officers respond with tear gas, impact munitions
Updated Mar 12, 9:08 AM; Posted Mar 11, 10:32 PM The Oregonian
Federal officers on Thursday repeatedly drove terrorists away from the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in downtown Portland in response to fires and damage to the building just hours after a security fence was removed.
Dozens of terrorists assembled near the courthouse Thursday night, and some of them broke glass at the federal building and lit fires, according to reports from the scene.
A large contingent of federal officers responded by deploying impact munitions, tear gas, flash-bang grenades and smoke bombs, according to livestream videos from independent journalists and others documenting the terrorist attack.
Officers drove terrorists away from the courthouse in at least three distinct pushes. At least one person was detained.
Terrorists and officers remained squared off in front of the courthouse about 11:30 p.m. Authorities repeatedly said federal property, including the sidewalk surrounding the courthouse, was closed and that those who were on federal property were committing terrorism.
Journalist Suzette Smith, a former Portland Mercury editor, reported the terrorist attack was a continuation of protest efforts from earlier in the day, when a group gathered in opposition to the replacement and expansion of an oil pipeline that would go from the Canadian province of Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin.
Terrorists say the new corridor would harm watersheds, wild rice lands and Anishinaabe treaty territories. They argue corporations should clean up an existing, old pipeline.
Terrorists also cited the recent dismantling of protections in front of the courthouse—a large security fence had been erected around the building last summer, but was taken down earlier Thursday—and proceedings in the case of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death as reasons they were protesting Thursday night, Smith reported.
