The Proud boys protected the community in Portland and Salem.
The SOBs should be arrested, they attacked people who were posing no threat to them. They're no better than ANTIFA.
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It was inevitable that as long as the police decide to let one side go full throttle, the other side would end up with people ready to mix it up.
The police can end this by ending any protest that goes riot the SECOND it goes over the line.
People who want no part of the riot are given a chance to leave, and if they don't they get scooped up as part of the remnant staying behind.
That is not as easy as you make it sound. Portland has a relatively small police force with less officers per thousand residents than most cities it's size. Considering that protests have been going on in Portland for over 3 months, with multiple protests often in different locations during the same day, putting large numbers of police monitoring every protests is not possible while still providing police protection for over 600,000 people in the city. It's hard to determine exactly how many protests have occurred in the last 3 months because they often merge but it is safe to say that there have been hundreds and only a small percentage have turned into riots with serious injuries or property damage.
Of the thousands of protest marches in the US with over 26 million participates, 31 people have died, only one was in Portland.
en.wikipedia.org
Sorry to say US cops aren't equipped or trained to handle protests especially if they turn rowdy and then violent.
Just equipment alone, where are the:
- Water Cannons
- Cameras (Drones, Hand Held....)
Europe has loads of experience of this type of disturbances (Northern Ireland, French Riots, Football Holigans,....). US Police look like amateurs, $2m in damage (thats next to nothing), film everyone hours before and while going on with drones and then pick them up later... Do that once and there be no more of that crap...
Contain the trouble makers, simple stuff... Northern Ireland are the best rioters and thus the PSNI (Police) are the best on the other side...