Over two dozen suspected antifa rioters charged after enforcement shift from Portland district attorney
By: Michael Lee (MSN)
Nuh uh. We are told ad nauseum that the Portland riots and rioters were right wing extremists. This article must be deflection, projection, and denial LMMFAO
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Over two dozen suspected antifa rioters have been charged in Portland over the last two weeks on charges ranging from assault to using explosives.
Authorities have made arrests and filed charges against several suspected Portland antifa rioters in recent weeks, including the rearrest of 24-year-old Malik Fard Muhammad.
Muhammad, who was previously extradited to Oregon after being "indicted on two counts of attempted aggravated murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, four counts of felony riot, two counts of unlawful manufacturing of an explosive device, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a loaded firearm in public," was arrested again after the antifa-linked Portland Freedom Fund paid $212,500 in bail following his last arrest.
Muhammad joins more than two dozen other rioters facing charges, with the Multnomah County district attorney's office announcing charges against 10 suspects after they faced jury indictments. The suspects face charges of "felony riot, felony first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal mischief."
A separate indictment covered six more rioters who were charged with felonies for their alleged role in the Jan. 20 antifa Inauguration Day riot. The group displayed a banner that read, "We don't want Biden — We want revenge," as it marched to the Democratic Party of Oregon building and started a fire while smashing through the building's windows.
The district attorney's office also charged 26-year-old Sean Gabriel Lopez, a rapper known as Noshu, with felony second-degree attempted assault, felony first-degree burglary, felony unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of felony first-degree criminal mischief. Lopez, who regularly attended the Portland riots, was arrested early in the morning on May 29.
Lopez's $70,000 bail was paid by the Portland chapter of the National Lawyers Guild's "Mass Defense Fund," according to a GoFundMe set up for him.
The charges represent a drastic shift for District Attorney Mike Schmidt, who had previously dropped 90% of protest-related cases. Schmidt struck a sympathetic tone with the protests shortly after taking office last year, arguing that at previous points in American history, it "took some property damage" to bring about meaningful change.
"I think that when you look historically at this nation, it's during these protests when we've gotten some of the changes that we are proudest of in our nation's history," Schmidt said at the time. "And sometimes, it took some property damage. It took more than just peaceful protests to get the government's attention. I'm very mindful of that.".
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Oh oh. There goes that narrative.
Yup. The narrative that no one on the left ever gets charged and convicted is totally shot.
Seems you missed one very important part of the article.
Of course that was while Trump was president. He has new marching orders now; they can't have this type of thing going on making Biden look bad. The Democrats really thought the radical violent leftists they supported while Trump was President; would just melt away now that Biden is in charge.
I'm pretty certain by EG's comment that he got the important part. People are being indicted and will be tried....and they are the leftists that you and yours like to bitch about.
I didn't miss anything. I only commented that we can now fully put to bed the talking point protesters aren't getting charged (of course in cities around the country hundreds of people have been charged with rioting and violence associated with protests even if you don't want to admit it).
So releasing 90% of them while Trump was in office was mere coincidence; right.....
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None of you questioning it clicked on the link and read the article did you? From the article itself.
If you don't like that source here is a local one.
If you do the math that is about 92% of the cases dropped- 92.7272723 to be exact; but I will give the DA the benefit of the doubt and round down.
Of course the new DOJ under Biden is also moving full speed ahead dropping federal charges.
There are two different justice systems in the US. One for those on the and in good standing with them; and one for those the left despises.
Of course there could also be the mitigating circumstances of the County losing in Federal Court due to overcrowding during COVID.
The Jail population during most of the ""troubles" was around 92% which was 50% higher than the jail was designed to hold
Through a variety of tactics by the Police and the DA and the County Jail, the County jail finds itself well below capacity
this April and May allowing Schmidt to act against really violent actors.
Surprisingly, no one in my Portland office was aware of this story.
That's okay. As soon as Kamala Harris gets back in town she'll take care of it like she did before. Those people will all probably walk!
Good! Criminals should be indicted and tried in a court of law
Exactly, and have any liberals or progressives on this site ever said anything different? The supposed "narrative" those on the right have been accusing us of was a complete straw man of their own making.
In the article it claims there was an "enforcement shift" but doesn't actually provide any evidence other than the number of previously dropped charges but doesn't accept the possibility that the AG was actually investigating the perpetrators who committed crimes and not just trying to throw anyone with leftist beliefs in jail as the right wing gestapo wanted. As the article points out of the AG, " Schmidt has “continuously condemned property damage and violence.”
The fact is the vast majority of the arrests were for "unlawful assembly", "curfew violations", "refusing to comply when asked to leave" and “pedestrian in a roadway”. The vast majority of those on the left who came out during the protests last year are not violent felons as the right wing wishes everyone to believe, they are simply protestors peacefully assembling. Were there some left wing extremists using the opportunity of a protest to be violent? Yes, but the facts show the majority of those arrested for violent crimes were not "leftist radicals".
" AP finds most arrested in protests aren’t leftist radicals "
"The demographics of a largely white, young, and destructive group fit more with a movement known as accelerationists than Black Lives Matter. The accelerationists, if you have never heard the term, are an extreme subset of white nationalism whose goal is to bring about chaos and destruction. The basic tenet of accelerationism argues that since Western governments are inherently corrupt, the best (and only) thing supremacists can do is to accelerate the end of society by sowing chaos and aggravating political tensions."
"LEAKED DOCUMENTS SHOW POLICE KNEW FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS WERE THE REAL THREAT AT PROTESTS, NOT “ANTIFA”
And of course we all saw what the right wing extremists, many of whom were active instigators at the protests last year, did at our nations capital on January 6th.
"Federal investigators say they have arrested several alleged members of extremist and white supremacist groups who participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building, including multiple participants in an alleged conspiracy.
People allegedly affiliated with organizations such as The Three Percenters, The Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, Texas Freedom Force, and other self-described Nazis and white supremacists were among the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol building, according to federal investigators."
Repeating the same bullshit forever doesn't make it any more true. That goes for the moronic press as well.
You know who else fits the profile of of largely white, young, and destructive- Antifa. But the media and left play spin doctor all day long. Seems the spin is finally running out. Oh, and if it was an alt right group doing it they would have been charged to the fullest extent of the law; and not released especially in Portland, Seattle, Chicago, and DC. Democrats and the media would have dragged each and every arrest, trial, and result through their very narrow prism.
Not one of your articles offered any proof that the Accelerationists have been involved. Just the same damn rhetoric of white, young, and destructive. Arrest records; nope. Physical evidence, nope. Just a bunch of damn the media siting each others' articles desperately trying to give their narrative an appearance of being real.
This article has real arrest, and real charges being brought against Antifa. No damn spin!
" In late May and early June 2020, two ambush-style attacks occurred against security personnel and law enforcement officers in California . The attacks left two dead and injured three others ."
Over a week later on June 6, Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputies were shot at and also attacked with improvised explosive devices ; one of them died as a result .
U.S. Air Force sergeant Steven Carrillo was arrested soon after the second attack. A second suspect, Robert Justus, surrendered to authorities five days later. The FBI indicated that Carrillo was associated with the boogaloo movement , a loosely organized American far-right anti-government extremist movement whose participants say they are preparing for a second civil war. Carrillo used the George Floyd protests as a cover to attack police officers, according to the FBI. A white van owned by Carrillo contained a ballistic vest with a patch bearing boogaloo symbolism.
"4 alleged Boogaloo Bois charged with destroying evidence tied to deadly Oakland shootings last year"
"Self-Described Member Of “Boogaloo Bois” Charged With Riot"
"Texas member of Boogaloo Bois charged with opening fire on Minneapolis police precinct during protests over George Floyd"
"Two Kentucky 'Boogaloo Bois' Arrested By FBI Over Anti-Government Riots"
Someone forgot to tell the writer there is no such thing as Antifa. It simply doesn't exist. It is a vast right wing conspiracy./S
The term ANTIFA was added by the Washington Examiner's Michael Lee, it was not in the court filings.
Has a right bias.
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I can't seem to cut and paste the chart and the arrow
Facts have no bias.
No, butt the gop is biased against the facts...
The irony of you claiming that after upvoting a nutty conspiracy theory about the Portland riots being caused by "right wing outside agitators"
Just outstanding.
They do, a LIBERAL bias.
I agree, LIBERALS are biased.
As anyone with more than half a brain knows, ANTIFA is a movement, not an entity that has an established headquarters, leadership or membership. Anyone can claim to be associated with ANTIFA by simply expressing their feelings against fascism and saying "I am anti-fascist". It's more like being vegetarian, there is no membership or group you have to join, you just stop eating meat. And just because Hitler was a vegetarian doesn't mean every other vegetarian throughout history should be tied to his atrocities, which is the same for the millions of non-violent anti-fascists who should not be tied to the violence that some other anti-fascists have committed as many dishonest right wing nut jobs attempt to do.
Anyone with more than half a brain also knows that Antifa organizes; or are you really going to try and argue that two alt right groups were fighting each other all these times.
Antifa also has places to train in fighting, and practice and learn firearms.
They are so damn non violent. They don't give a shit who they attack.
But the left and media now have their new spin. There is no antifa; it is really all Accelerationists. No proof needed other than they are young, white, and prone to violence. Hey, just like Antifa. What a coincidence!
Then who are they? ho are their leaders? Where is their headquarters? Where are they organizing such violence and who can we go after to cut off the head of the snake as it were?
ANTIFA is a mish-mosh of disparate groups who self-proclaim themselves as "anti-fascist", there is no group to apply to in order to become affiliated with ANTIFA, it's as simple as proclaiming ones group wherever it may be as "anti-fascist" to get the label.
From your link: "From the gym to the gun range, anti-fascists across the country are training to take on the far right."
"The Haymaker Collective is one of many anti-fascist groups that began offering self-defense courses in the wake of Donald Trump’s election and the political upheaval that has followed."
Is the "Haymaker Collective" the ones behind ANTIFA? Are they the ones giving out ANTIFA badges or memberships? If so then maybe you should let law enforcement know.
As I said, anyone with more than half a brain knows there is no "ANTIFA" organization, there are just many groups across the country in many cities and States who proclaim themselves as anti-fascist. And any of them who commit acts of violence or vandalism or looting should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. It is not illegal or even unbecoming to be anti-fascism, it is illegal to use violence or vandalism to further whatever your political agenda may be whether on the right or the left. We saw the violence and vandalism from the piece of shit Trump supporters on January 6th and hopefully any of them who did use violence and vandalism to attack our capital are caught and prosecuted just like I'd like to see any anti-fascists who used violence or vandalism should be caught and prosecuted. The bullshit narrative that the leftist extremists aren't being punished was pretty much demolished by this seed.
I'm an anti-fascist. Does that make me a criminal?
Only to fascists...
I'm sorry, but were we not told that "ANTIFA" was nothing more than an idea?
Antifa is composed of cowards and thugs. Hopefully, once in prison, they'll come to realize that one on one, they're pathetic little children once outside of mommy and daddies basement.
Kinda like QAnon, Proud Boys, tiki torch march boys, et al
No...those supposed groups don't exist...they are just ideas.
It was an "idea" that the Washington Examiner's author ADDED to the story. It was not in the court filings.
Only been a year.
Like the lab leak theory, it takes awhile to get through all those with their thumbs stuffed in their ears screaming "nah nah nah", but eventually.......
Sean Gabriel Lopez was arrested at a protest LAST MONTH.