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Related: About this forumRaw video: Federal Military deploy gas in downtown Portland, PEACEFUL Protesters 7/16/20
Peaceful protesters being gassed!!Fast forward to @5-min
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Raw video: Federal Military deploy gas in downtown Portland, PEACEFUL Protesters 7/16/20 (Original Post)
mysteryowl
Jul 2020
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. Ironic .. .
Bloody Sunday is being showed all over the media now.
R.I.P. John Lewis.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)2. When?
When was our right to peacefully assemble revoked?
If it were still in effect, we wouldn't have military-style actions like that and any law enforcement would be handled by local police, especially in a situation where backup wouldn't even be needed.
Welcome to dystopia. This still has a very surreal quality to it. They don't announce they are Fascists, but they make it clear by fighting anti-Fascism.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,634 posts)3. They aren't military, they are CBP and US Marshalls nt
2naSalit
(86,675 posts)4. Many of whom...
transferred over from the military. I have a relative who did just that, I hope they are not involved in this. I do suspect that Erik Prince is involved somehow.
KPN
(15,646 posts)5. Which may explain why there are no badges or agency markings. Contract enforcement?