Video thread from Saturday& #39;s far right rally. Strap in, there& #39;s a lot!

We start the program with a thrown water bottle and a polite police announcement asking people not to do crimes, please

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The far-right protesters bravely mace a woman directly in the face

(I should mention this whole thread is in chronological order: this is the first macing of the day)

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Here we have a far-right protester escalating the situation by responding to some thrown water bottles with paintball rounds

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An exchange of smoke bombs. Far Right throws first, then anti-fascisfs return the favor

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Alan Swinney and unknown Chud friend: "So anyway, I started blasting"

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Alan Swinney shoots at people, people don& #39;t like it. A spicy fight breaks out: mostly the far right macing everything and everyone

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Here& #39;s the thing I thought was a gunshot. I heard a bang in the distance and then someone fell down

Thankfully, it was NOT a gunshot. But this person was still very much hurt by whatever happened

Notice how Swinney fires at the people attempting to render medical aid
Haley Adams--the blonde-haired woman in the helmet--encourages her Patriot Supersoldier to fire at her enemies

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Didn& #39;t catch the start of this, but one can extrapolate

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This Antifa Supersoldier gives no fucks

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A surreal announcement from the Portland Police Bureau asking protesters to respect each other while protesters exchange paintball fire

This is not an unlawful assembly, apparently: this is fine by the PPB. Very cool

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A counter-protesters bangs a baseball bat on the pavement. Someone in the shield line takes a cowardly swing at his back

Then all hell breaks loose

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@IwriteOK repeatedly assaulted by am asshole with a blue shield

I cannot confirm but I& #39;d be willing to bet money this guy would tell you he& #39;s pro free speech if asked. But only speech he likes

Everyone else gets the boot

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(Robert Evans was seriously hurt yesterday) https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1297319998877097985?s=20">https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/...
The far right charges into the park, macing indiscriminately, beating people, brawling

This is, apparently, not a riot. After all, not a single water bottle was thrown

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It& #39;s a good thing @hungrybowtie is actually teargas-proof (and mace-proof too)

Again we have so-called first amendment activists macing the fuck out of am established journalist

Don& #39;t buy into their bullshit. They don& #39;t give a fuck about anyone& #39;s rights but their own
Just some more generic mayhem. Loving this ombre smoke, very Black Hawk Down

(I am not loving the ombre smoke)

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Tusitala "Tiny" Toese doing a parole violation

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These law and order protesters fuck up the snack van with a baseball bat and armored gloves. Broken windows. The whole deal

Why? Who can say. Maybe they didn& #39;t like the giant BLM on the side. Maybe because I was filming from the roof

Chuds hate free speech
Van surfing: the official sport of 2020

Always weird seeing a group of people working together to cause you grevious crippling injury

Judge me by my enemies

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Another angle: https://twitter.com/suzettesmith/status/1297272791075495936?s=20">https://twitter.com/suzettesm...
Police make their "be nice" announcement while the far right fucks up private property

They aren& #39;t refusing to help because we want abolition

We want abolition because they have ALWAYS refused to help those they consider "dangerous classes"
The far right takes some paintball fire

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This American free speech activist decides to bravely throw an apple at me

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The far right begins to retreat

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Someone throws an explosive into the park

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The counter-protest advances

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