The first question a Portland police officer asked the man beaten and held at gunpoint by antifa and Black Lives Matter “protesters” on a city street on Wednesday was “what did you do to agitate the crowd?”
And that tells you everything about why militant thugs run the streets of Portland with impunity. The cops blame the victims. Worse, victims who dare defend themselves become the bad guys.
Joe Hall is a former Marine and handyman, who currently lays his head in a Portland hospital trauma unit. He’s laid up with broken ribs, four fractured vertebrae, a dislocated shoulder, a partially collapsed lung, and a broken eye socket from when he was kicked in the face while he was down.
Portland’s Leftist leaders chose sides long ago. They’re not on yours.
When President Trump tried to stop the mob from burning the federal courthouse and ICE building, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, his city on fire and looking at a tough November election, threw in his lot with the mob setting fire to the downtown area and police buildings. He denounced Trump and blamed the president for the mob activity.