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brettdale

(12,381 posts) Wed Jun 3, 2020, 01:53 AM Jun 2020

Portland police just fired teargas into peaceful crowd????

Some people on twitter are going crazy.

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Portland police just fired teargas into peaceful crowd???? (Original Post) brettdale Jun 2020 OP

They are firing tear gas in front of and behind protesters, called kettling. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #1

They did the same thing to the Occupy Wall Street peaceful protests. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2020 #2

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)

1. They are firing tear gas in front of and behind protesters, called kettling.

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 03:12 AM

Jun 2020

That is what I have been reading about for several days now.

What are protesters supposed to do when they are being corralled up like cattle with tear gas everywhere they try to go? This shit is all wrong. These were peaceful protesters, btw.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)

2. They did the same thing to the Occupy Wall Street peaceful protests.

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:42 AM

Jun 2020

And worse. Sickening what they did to that movement.

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