Ted Wheeler Has Been Told To Sit in the Corner and Color....

Of course the disgusting governor blames the action on “right wing vigilantes” and Ted gets to come out and play again after the right wingers leave, but will interesting to watch over the weekend to see if law and order is applied equally.

Oregon State Police, Sheriff’s Office to command police response as Proud Boys come to Portland

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Oregon State Police and the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office will command the law enforcement response this weekend in Portland to stem potential violence between the far-right group Proud Boys and left-wing counter-protesters planning simultaneous demonstrations in the city on Saturday, the governor announced.

The joint unified command, with Oregon State Police Supt. Travis Hampton and Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese at the helm for 48 hours this weekend under the governor’s emergency authority, will enable state, county and Portland officers to bypass Mayor Ted Wheeler’s ban that restricted local officers from the use of tear gas.

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The Oregon State Police superintendent earlier in the week had expressed “serious reservations” about assisting Portland police if his troopers were restricted from using tear gas to disperse crowds after riots or unlawful assemblies were declared. Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office also had been reluctant to help with crowd control, limiting its offer of help to the city previously to responding to dispatched emergency calls or providing mobile booking for those arrested.

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The state police superintendent promised a “massive influx of Oregon state troopers,” starting Saturday morning, “saturating” North Portland, along Interstate 5 and between the two parks - Delta and Peninsula Parks - where the demonstrations are planned. He said the troopers, sheriffs' deputies and Portland police will work “to keep hostile parties apart from one another," through the day and try to interdict any illegal fireworks or explosives, narcotics or firearms ahead of the demonstrations. He said his hope is for officers to make no arrests and use no force. “We will bring every resource to bear,” Hampton said. “We will do this together, in the spirit of having a day absent of criminal conduct and injury."

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The governor called it “a critical moment," as she signed Executive Order 20-54. It declares a state of emergency to address coordination of resources to “control anticipated civil disturbance” in Multnomah County, from 12:01 a.m. Saturday through 12:01 a.m. Monday. It allows Hampton and Reese to issue road closures and restrictions, and if needed, a curfew. “We have seen what happens when armed vigilantes take matters into their own hands: we’ve seen it in Charlottesville. We’ve seen it in Kenosha. And, unfortunately, we have even seen it here in Portland,” she said. “The Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer groups have come to Portland time and again, from out of town, looking for a fight, and the results are always tragic. Let me be perfectly clear: We will not tolerate any kind of violence this weekend. Left, right or center, violence is never a path toward meaningful change. Those stoking the flames of violence. Those coming to Portland looking for a fight will be held accountable.”

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