“This is the wildest protest video I’ve seen in 80 days,” said one Twitter user. It’s hard to argue after watching the dramatic scene as Portland cops leap over and smash into a “shield wall” of rioters.
Wielding batons, the cops charged the wall, going to battle in what a lot of people said “looks like a scene straight out of a movie.”
First, let’s remember who the bad guys are. The police report that last night “some of the crowd chants included, ‘kill a cop, save a life’, ‘What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now! If we don’t get it, burn it down!'”
Police officers reported “members of the crowd were launching mortars at the police and cars,” as well as “thrown objects.”
People assault police with projectiles causing injuries – arrests (Photo) https://t.co/TPXdjshBKp pic.twitter.com/RHPCQYrXEf
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 16, 2020
This is what antifa do to people they encounter in the street. Watch them assault and hit a man walking away from the antifa riot in SE Portland. They bring bats precisely for this purpose. #PortlandRiots #antifa Video by @VenturaReport. pic.twitter.com/AfxmVHHk6K
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 16, 2020
Attacking police and federal buildings as well as private citizens. It’s not a protest. It’s not even a riot. It’s a war. And here’s some amazing video of some of those criminals getting what’s coming to them.
PORTLAND: police charge Antifa rioters and jump over their shields, using batons to clear the area in what looks like a scene straight out of a movie
— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) August 16, 2020
Police jump into protestor shields, then start swinging pic.twitter.com/sapYPgSftX
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) August 16, 2020
The internet reacted accordingly. Warning: some language here.
This is a great movie. Stayed up all night watching #pantifa getting smashed. Over 20 warnings it’s your fault. They do this this for optics only. https://t.co/lMCmawcliq
— ushouldfade2 (@ushouldfade2) August 16, 2020
how the fuck is this not national news. Portland is literally a warzone https://t.co/Sti4zLuUws
— Armani (@historyofarmani) August 16, 2020
Portland Police Department is done taking Antifa’s shit. It’s go time👊❤️🇺🇸 https://t.co/7bfKSYo7rM
— Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) August 16, 2020
it’s like a medieval battle. crazy shit. #portlandprotest #pdxprotest https://t.co/hSR87sdDAg
— mikeford “barely human” biziths (@itsmikebivins) August 16, 2020
Here’s a little more on what Antifa is doing in Portland.
Rioters have turned parts of north Portland into a war zone. Here, it takes a group of officers to make an arrest of an antifa militant. The person tries to steal a baton from police. Meanwhile, antifa legal observers get his info so they can bail him out. pic.twitter.com/GaxrFBV5ta
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 15, 2020
Protest Blocks Streets, Officers Assaulted, Pelted With Rocks, Glass Bottles, Other Objects (Photo) https://t.co/Kilu4qbnwV pic.twitter.com/Nx5Km0JLGu
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August 15, 2020
Portland PD and rioters clash in residential neighborhoods #Portland pic.twitter.com/O3fcROdesq
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 16, 2020
Crowd throwing rocks and other objects at Portland PD #Portland pic.twitter.com/efOg6oc4mA
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 16, 2020
It’s war. This is what war in the streets look like. It’s time for that city to unleash hell. Unleash and unfetter the COPS. It’s better than having the Feds do it, Portland. Believe that.