Oregon police arrest 10 outside pregnancy center after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
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A self-described "Night of Rage" event put on by pro-abortion protesters in Oregon resulted in 10 arrests.
The protest began as a gathering around a pregnancy center in Eugene, Oregon and police say many of them were dressed in all-black with backpacks and ultimately became unruly which led to 10 arrests for disorderly conduct, according to a press release from the city.
"The crowd started growing and moved toward the medical building. Eugene Police's Mobile Response Team arrived in the area to block the building using its vehicles and officers to surround the building," the statement said. "The crowd continued to grow and began blocking E. 11th Avenue by standing in the roadway. Some people were observed picking up rocks and several began putting on gas masks. One female had a chemical pump sprayer and she was pumping it up. Additional EPD Patrol resources were called in."
Officers then used a public address system to attempt to disperse the group of more than 75 people but the crowd did not disperse and police say individuals began throwing smoke bombs and filled water bottles at officers.
Dove Medical Center in Eugene, Oregon (Google Earth)
Officers continued to call for the protesters to disperse with no success at which point the first arrest was made.
"After the first arrest, the crowd became extremely loud and verbally hostile toward the officers and tried to get through the line," the statement continued. "Police provided more admonishments and arrests were made, with people fighting with officers and not complying with lawful orders, leading to inert pepperballs (pepper balls with no chemical munitions) being deployed in a few cases at people's feet and legs. At that point the crowd size decreased."
Police car in Eugene, Oregon (Eugene Police Department)
The statement said that some officers suffered minor injuries during the event which lasted about five hours in total.
Dirk Weishaar, Outreach Manager at the Dove Medical pregnancy center, tweeted a photo of officers protecting the building.
"Didn't go as they planned," Weishaar said. "Turned into a night of protection. #HeReigns."
(Eugene Police Department)
The protest in Eugene comes after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 ruling on Friday that sends the abortion issue back to the states.
Protests erupted across the country in cities like Washington, D.C., New York City and Los Angeles with protesters blocking streets, chanting, and in some cases getting arrested.
Andrew Mark Miller is a writer at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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dove medical pregnancy center? shouldn't they be called the thumper misinformation and indoctrination center?
No their name is correct as is
Well, at least you read part of the article.
Why? To satisfy some whim of yours?
One of those republican financed scams - they make the woman get an ultrasound, lie and tell the woman they are farther along than they are and deny the procedure. They don't perform abortions at these 'pregnancy centers'. It's an alt-right wing scam.
Damn the MIC - Medical-Industrial Complex.
Have you been to one?
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thumper collection centers for private adoptions in the newest rwnj version of the 30's lebensborn program.
I really don't understand why liberals seem to have such a problem with these centers which women CHOOSE to go to willingly. So much for a woman's choice, eh, since their choices don't align with yours.
“So much for a woman's choice, eh…”
So say the supremes…
If you are referring to SCOTUS, they did no such thing.
Women have the choice to vote for people who will push the agenda they want. Women have the choice to live where they want.
It hasn't but as I said you will never know. My standards are not nearly that low that I would let you that close
Truth hurts doesn't it
... by deceptively calling them medical facilities?
Why is it deceptive? What do you think license Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, and Physicians do?
They are not the ones who are deceptive.
The comment was absolutely true and worth the ticket. I only regret that more people will not be able to read it
Because it is certainly better to kill babies than allow them to be born an raised by loving families.
More silliness from you without nary a fact to be seen.
Prove it or get off that dumb-ass track.
The ignorance of these people is astonishing.
“Women have the choice to live where they want.”
Ah, states rights.
Should not a woman have her rights protected across the board? Denying the right to self-determination in any jurisdiction is the denying of the right.
That was specifically not referred to as a state right, but an individual right.
First, you have to recognize what my statement was before asking questions.
“…what my statement was before asking questions.”
Just another chicken shit obfuscation, tex. Any statement you proffer is dismissed because of the inevitable caveat. Piss off.
You are the one who seemingly did not understand my comment.
If you did understand it, my apologies, but from your own comment it is impossible to tell if you did or not, because "states' rights" is NOT a logical response.
Piss on yourself.
So you are saying that peaceful Democrat protesters were infiltrated by false flag Antifa terrorists making them look bad?
We really should have done a better job catching them on Jan 6. Too many peace loving Republicans have taken the blame for Antifa.
Oh ya, they're always trying to make antifa look bad/ S
Well I'm always trying to make Antifa look bad. It got me quite beaten up on Reddit where it is a tenet of faith that there is no such thing as Antifa.
There is such a thing as Antifa and they are nothing but trouble.
As Jerry Nadler once told us before shitting his pants in a press conference with Nancy Pelosi:
Proud Girls?
Just another day
When the left doesn't get their way.
“When the left doesn't get their way.”
Is that the take away?
Not that over half our population has had a right stripped away? Not that abortions will suddenly stop, but will become much more dangerous to those with the smallest voice? Not that our judiciary branch has become a political tool?
Not that some care.
Always amazes me. They cause something and then complain about the outcome.
More "mostly peaceful" attempts to kill police.
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Let us all learn from brave young children who won't be pushed aside:
wow...what a bitch.