{"id":176127,"date":"2020-08-30T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/08\/30\/this-was-inevitable\/"},"modified":"2020-08-30T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:07:00","slug":"this-was-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/08\/30\/this-was-inevitable\/","title":{"rendered":"This Was Inevitable"},"content":{"rendered":"
The right-wing organized a driving Trump rally in Portland, and after repeatedly driving through crowds of protesters, something that has not been covered by the main stream media, one of the right-wingers was shot to death<\/a>.  <\/div>\n

At this point, there is no information as to where the shot came from. <\/p>\n

It could have been the protesters, the counter-protesters, or the cops.<\/p>\n

Portland Police Bureau (PPB) say the unidentified victim died around 8:45 pm from a gunshot wound to the chest. Videos shared by reporters on the scene<\/a> show a man lying on his back near SW 3rd and Alder, surrounded by officers and medics attempting to treat him. <\/p>\n

A video posted on Facebook<\/a> shows the minutes leading up to the shooting from across the street. The clip captures several people on a sidewalk in front of a parking garage shouting at each other before the sound of two gunshots go off, accompanied with a puff of smoke. <\/p>\n

The shooting coincided with a pro-Trump car caravan winding its way through downtown Portland. It’s not immediately clear if the shooting was directly connected to this protest. <\/p>\n

The caravan, dubbed a “Trump cruise rally,” met around 4 pm at the Clackamas Town Center parking lot. In the Facebook page for the pro-Trump event, organizers encouraged attendees to bring firearms with them, as long as they followed concealed carry laws. <\/p>\n

After gathering at the shopping mall, several hundred vehicles\u2014many waving large American and Trump 2020 flags\u2014then drove to downtown Portland, where they were met by groups of counter-protesters. Portland police dressed in riot gear stood by as caravan members drove through groups of people<\/a> in the street. Other drivers jumped out of their cars to confront counter-protesters on the street, some getting into fistfights. <\/p>\n

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One rally member turns to avoid counter-protesters but another drives right through them hitting several people. pic.twitter.com\/i3aLRQg9tJ<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

\u2014 Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) August 30, 2020<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is assault with a deadly weapon, and the cops are ignoring it.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/i> coverage, by comparison diminishes the right-wing violence to<\/a>, “Trump supporters shooting paintball guns from the beds of pickup trucks.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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