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“In June 2019, Portland Antifa terrorists were arrested after assaulting rightwing demonstrators and police with quick drying cement and bear spray.” – The White House

PPB’s baseless lie from 6 years ago is being used as pretext for an authoritarian crackdown against Portlanders, as well as decent, working class volunteers who oppose fascists and neo-Nazis all over the USA.

At any point, PPB could have displayed a minimal commitment to truth and civic responsibility by retracting this bullshit; but, even as their own Police Commissioner & Mayor Ted Wheeler’s City Hall was evacuated due to bomb threats, they never did.

PPB consistently displays far-right malice toward the people of PDX, and are too rarely held to account for it. Nobody should be under the illusion that they’re going to be helpful against Trump’s current fascist military deployment.

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