Moms Form Human Shield In Front Of Portland Protestors

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Moms locked arms and chanted, ‘Feds stay clear! Moms are here!’ around Portland protestors

As a part of President Trump’s executive order allowing federal officers to patrol cities in the wake of protesting, Portland has been consumed with unrest and violent government overreach. Protesters have been tear-gassed, assaulted, shot, and most recently it was reported that they were being removed from the streets in unmarked vehicles. It seems area moms have had enough and decided to step in to help protect the protesters.

The protests began in the city in the days following the murder of George Floyd and, though growing smaller, have not stopped in the past 50 days. And though these demonstrations would be described as peaceful protests — and not “riots” as the president likes to label them as — clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters, however, have become more violent. Coverage of the city’s unrest found its way to the Trump administration and the president vowed to “dominate” the city. Showing up in force last night, area moms have had enough.

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In Portland, the federal courthouse is surrounded by a fence to keep protestors out. Preschool teacher Lindsey Smith shared a series of videos from the site yesterday and tweeted that protestors risk violence if they go anywhere near the fence. “Touching fences has resulted in tear gas, shooting, arrests, and more from police, both federal and local, over the past month and a half,” Smith tweeted. She then shared another video showing a line of moms arm-in-arm around the protestors, writing in part, “The moms are chanting, ‘Feds stay clear! Moms are here!’ at the federal courthouse. All three fences are still up.”

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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/moms-form-human-shield-front-152544392.html

[lame54]

1. Momdhi's

[csziggy]

2. Are those the Moms who were teargassed?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213774533

[LakeArenal]

3. I wondered the same.

[csziggy]

6. Comparing the two videos, I don't see people that are the same

Since the gassing video only shows the very far left end of the line of Moms when viewed from their front, and the other video (in this OP) show more towards the middle.

That said, I think the location is the same - if you look at the gassing video, the horizontal siding and the indentation in the building matches what you can see across the line of Moms in the above video.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. These are BRAVE PEOPLE.

[Hortensis]

5. 'Feds stay clear! Moms are here!' GOOD for them!

We all know they're not the "anarchists" brownshirt types are claiming all protesters are.