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Grasswire2

(13,570 posts) Thu Jul 23, 2020, 02:57 AM Jul 2020

Portland Mayor Wheeler tear gassed on live feed.

Chaos everywhere.

He had about six "flannels" with him. (Slang for bodyguards.)

Crowd is giving him hell, though.

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Portland Mayor Wheeler tear gassed on live feed. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Jul 2020 OP

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He may not be liked much by the protesters... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #2

Yeah, I've been seeing that Mersky Jul 2020 #3

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Grasswire2

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Thu Jul 23, 2020, 03:00 AM

Jul 2020

[link:https://www.twitch.tv/woke|

total chaos. Feds playing weird military march music.

Threats of arrest over loudspeaker

Fireworks shot AT the feds.

regnaD kciN

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2. He may not be liked much by the protesters...

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Thu Jul 23, 2020, 03:02 AM

Jul 2020

...but, if that was Seattle, Durkan would have shown up to give a speech from a podium over a P.A. system, not mingled with the crowd or listened to any of the protesters, then sent the riot police in the minute her limousine had rounded the corner.

Mersky

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3. Yeah, I've been seeing that

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Thu Jul 23, 2020, 03:05 AM

Jul 2020

Is good he is experiencing what PPB was dishing. The stuff the feds are lobbing is worse, though. He has been taking people’s anger, and that is something.

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