{"id":106093,"date":"2018-10-15T07:03:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T11:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=106093"},"modified":"2018-10-15T07:05:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T11:05:47","slug":"chaos-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=106093","title":{"rendered":"CHAOS IN PORTLAND!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Bear spray, bloody brawls at Patriot Prayer &#8216;law and order&#8217; march in Portland<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_106097\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/0dd_screenshot20181013at62434pm.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106097\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/0dd_screenshot20181013at62434pm.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"722\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/0dd_screenshot20181013at62434pm.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/0dd_screenshot20181013at62434pm-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/0dd_screenshot20181013at62434pm-768x578.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-106097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh<br \/>\nThe Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning: This post contains graphic content <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A demonstration billed as a march for &#8220;law and order&#8221; in the streets of Portland descended into chaos as rival political factions broke into bloody brawls downtown Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer and their black-clad adversaries, known as antifa, used bear spray, bare fists and batons to thrash each other outside Kelly&#8217;s Olympian, a popular bar on Southwest Washington Street.<\/p>\n<p>The melee, which lasted more than a minute, ended when riot cops rushed in and fired pepper balls at the street fighters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedMedia entry_widget_full entry_widget_full\">\n<div class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo\">\n<div class=\"adv-video_smrt\">\n<div class=\"vidContainer\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"player_nSQrM3R-0HA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nSQrM3R-0HA?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregonlive.com&amp;widgetid=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"video-data\"> <span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nSQrM3R-0HA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly&#8217;s Olympian Brawl<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Portland Police Bureau reported seeing protest and counter-protest participants outfitted with hard knuckle gloves, knives and firearms earlier in the evening.\u00a0Police said they made no arrests Saturday night, but will continue to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>The wild scene unfolded amid mounting tensions among both groups, fueled in part by a pair of national news stories.<\/p>\n<p>A march in Portland against police brutality last week drew headlines after law enforcement&#8217;s hands-off approach to the event was blamed for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2018\/10\/portland_driver_at_center_of_v.html\">an encounter between protesters and an elderly driver<\/a>, which outraged many, including Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson and his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, viral video surfaced showing members of the Proud Boys, a right-wing fraternal organization, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/ny-metro-proud-boys-arrests-20181013-story.html\">beating two or three protesters<\/a>\u00a0in New York City after an event at the Republican Party headquarters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"thumbnail\"><a class=\"enhanced-link small-thumbnail\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2018\/10\/portland_driver_at_center_of_v.html\" data-enhanced=\"small\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MJLylzPRvyw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Portland driver at center of viral protest video says he just wanted to escape\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<p class=\"headline\"><a class=\"enhanced-link small-thumbnail\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2018\/10\/portland_driver_at_center_of_v.html\" data-enhanced=\"small\">Portland driver at center of viral protest video says he just wanted to escape<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><a class=\"enhanced-link small-thumbnail\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2018\/10\/portland_driver_at_center_of_v.html\" data-enhanced=\"small\">&#8220;Admittedly, I might have given them the one-finger salute when I rolled up,&#8221; Kent Houser, 74, told The Oregonian\/OregonLive.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was against this backdrop that Gibson, who counts a number of Proud Boys among his ranks, organized the so-called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/277557706212499\/\">Flash march for Law and Order in PDX<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 ostensibly to protest Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and his oversight of the city&#8217;s police force.<\/p>\n<p>Waving American flags and breaking into patriotic chants, Gibson and several dozen supporters\u00a0set off to a street memorial for Patrick Kimmons, a 27-year-old black man shot and killed by police, an incident\u00a0that prompted last week&#8217;s march.<\/p>\n<p>As they arrived at the vigil on Southwest Fourth Avenue and Harvey Milk Street, they were met by a large group of counter-demonstrators chanting &#8220;Black Lives Matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The two sides exchanged taunts and threats as police stood by and warned against physical confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 minutes later, the violence erupted a few blocks away among a smaller group of the participants.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a detailed timeline of\u00a0events from the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2018\/10\/patriot_prayer_flash_march_cal.html\">http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2018\/10\/patriot_prayer_flash_march_cal.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bear spray, bloody brawls at Patriot Prayer &#8216;law and order&#8217; 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