"Mostly Peaceful"
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CNN is still hawking the "mostly peaceful" line:
After a day of mostly peaceful protests staged by ideologically opposed groups in volatile Portland, Oregon, the demonstrations turned violent as night fell Saturday, prompting police to declare a downtown gathering unlawful and make several arrests.
Police confiscated numerous weapons as well, they said....
As officers tried to arrest protesters defying their orders to disperse late Saturday, people threw full beverage cans, firecrackers, rocks and other projectiles at them, police said.
"Officers attempted to disengage and leave the area multiple times in an effort to de-escalate, but each time as they retreated, individuals in the crowd threw projectiles at officers and re-entered the street. Officers made additional arrests," the unified command statement said.
As officers attempted to put one arrestee into a transport van, the statement said, a man inside the van forced his way out and and fled, running about two blocks with zip-ties binding his hands before officers recaptured him.
So, it was peaceful, until it wasn't.
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CNN is still hawking the "mostly peaceful" line:
After a day of mostly peaceful protests staged by ideologically opposed groups in volatile Portland, Oregon, the demonstrations turned violent as night fell Saturday, prompting police to declare a downtown gathering unlawful and make several arrests.
Police confiscated numerous weapons as well, they said....
As officers tried to arrest protesters defying their orders to disperse late Saturday, people threw full beverage cans, firecrackers, rocks and other projectiles at them, police said.
"Officers attempted to disengage and leave the area multiple times in an effort to de-escalate, but each time as they retreated, individuals in the crowd threw projectiles at officers and re-entered the street. Officers made additional arrests," the unified command statement said.
As officers attempted to put one arrestee into a transport van, the statement said, a man inside the van forced his way out and and fled, running about two blocks with zip-ties binding his hands before officers recaptured him.
So, it was peaceful, until it wasn't.
@George-K No, it was “mostly peaceful”. That means there was some violence...Then it turned “not mostly peaceful” and considering what has been called mostly peaceful, I shudder to think of what that means.
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@George-K No, it was “mostly peaceful”. That means there was some violence...Then it turned “not mostly peaceful” and considering what has been called mostly peaceful, I shudder to think of what that means.
@LuFins-Dad 93% of people would probably agree.
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@89th said in "Mostly Peaceful":
In Nov 1963, the Book Depository in Dallas was mostly peaceful.
Very cool museum there. When you go to the location where President Kennedy was shot, I was surprised at how close to the street it was. I always pictured it quite a long distance, but it is not.
