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Let's make this very clear. Rhetoric like this from
Portland Police Bureau is exactly what is feeding violent white supremacy in this country right now. Ted Wheeler needs to educate his goons on what Antifa is. Antifa means anti fascist. We should all be anti fascist.
"Antifa" in this context is not a single organization. There is no membership. They don't have company BBQ's. This tweet was most likely a lie from our first hand experience but even if it was true, how does PPB know that "Antifa" threw the objects? Is it because the person was wearing black? Is it because they have a mask? Was every person who PPB thinks is "Antifa" throwing things? Was every person who was opposing fascist considered "Antifa" by PPB.
PPB is counting on the people of portland being too uninformed, lazy and unintelligent to see what is going on. They tweeted that for the purposes of propaganda. The same propaganda that leads to a terrorist running his car into protestors and killing Heather Heyer. The same propaganda that makes Jeremy Christian yell "death to Antifa" in court after murdering two heroes. If PPB is going to use the same rhetoric that is getting people killed they need to have a damn good reason, not just because someone was wearing black.
They are trying to give us a narrative of good vs. bad. We were at the events yesterday. It was surreal to be on the front lines experiencing the demonstration and then to see what PPB was tweeting for those sitting at home to see. PPB's twitter thread yesterday was some of the most blatant propaganda we have seen in our city. It was almost as if the tweets were scheduled in advance. They called the events violent when they were not. They said the protest was criminal when it was peaceful. It was shocking to see what they were saying versus the reality in real time.
Our supporters know we don't advocate for unprovoked violence or destruction. That is the tactic we have chosen and stuck to as an organization. We can say that unequivocally. But we should all be antifascist. We should all be "Antifa". When our mayor allows our rogue police department to paint antifascists as violent criminals, they are feeding into Donald Trumps narrative. We were there. We are antifascist. Why is PPB saying we were throwing things? Why is PPB giving Donald Trumps family fuel for the racist fire?
Our police department is supposed to protect and serve our community. Our community overwhelmingly stands in opposition to Donald Trump. When they give him fuel, we need to call them out. Our mayor is our police commissioner. When he allows this to happen, we need to call him out.
If the next Heather Heyer is in Portland, the police will be partially responsible. Let's not wait until it is too late to condemn this rhetoric.