Peaceful protesters - Portland

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Deserve to have the book thrown at them. Locked up for 20 years or more. From FOX News:

Federal officers in Portland may have been permanently blinded by lasers, officials say
At least three federal officers in Portland may not recover their vision after earlier this week demonstrators, who have shown up in crowds of over 1,000 for more than 50 consecutive nights, shined lasers in their eyes and threw fireworks at a federal courthouse, officials said.

And this example of a nice, quiet, peaceful demonstration - holding signs and singing kumbyah:

Federal Protective Service (FPS) Deputy Director of Operations Richard “Kriss” Cline said at a press conference on Tuesday that a crowd of more than 1,000 “rioters” surrounded the Hatfield Federal Courthouse and began removing plywood coverings before attempting to throw objects – some of them incendiary – through the windows at federal officers inside.

They also vandalized the building with spray paint, blocked adjacent intersections and set several fires.

“When officers responded to put out these fires, glass bottles were thrown and lasers – which can cause permanent blindness – were shined in their eyes,” Cline said. “We have three officers who currently have eye injuries and they may not recover sight in those eyes from those laser attacks.”

Lasers are most definitely not a toy. I have three high power units and these are treated with the utmost respect. I do not tell people about them as the chance for an accident while "playing" with one is simply too great. Something as simple as shining it through a window - the reflection off the glass would still be more than enough to cause permanent retinal damage if it bounced across someone's eyeball. When I got the first one (for laser engraving), I tossed out the chinese "protective" goggles and spent $300 on two sets of certified protective eyewear.

The city of Portland may choose to have their police stand down during the rioting but the Federal buildings in that city are Federal property, not Municipal. The Federal cops have every right to defend and protect them.

The Department of Homeland Security has more:

Portland Riots Read-Out: July 21
Bottom line: As they have for the past 50+ days, on the evening of Monday, July 20th violent anarchists targeted the Hatfield Federal Courthouse and federal law enforcement officers in Portland.

Attacks on federal personnel and property over the previous several days have included violent attacks on federal officers with weapons as well as efforts to start fires at the Hatfield Federal Courthouse with federal law enforcement officers inside the building. The rioting continued through Monday, when seven individuals were arrested on suspicion of federal crimes including assaulting federal officers.

Much more at the site. These people are out of control. I have zero doubt that the federales are logging all sorts of data and will round up the ringleaders with impeccable evidence but still - this is annoying as hell to see our country being torn apart by stupid children bent on having their way. Annoying as hell too to see the supposed leadership of a great city fold over and accede to their demands. We need some adults in the room stat.

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