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Maranie R. Staab
@MaranieRae
A car just drove thru a crowd of protesters, dragging one on his hood, during a peaceful demonstration in SE #Portland. The group of approx. 25 temporarily occupied an intersection in an act of civil disobedience in a demand for the abolition of police. #pdx #portlandprotests
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Maranie R. Staab
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Only this vehicle and several others instead turned and drove into the group. The man who ended up on the hood of the car was standing there when the car drove into him. To anyone hung up on the term “peaceful”, I maintain that this was a nonviolent demonstration.
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Maranie R. Staab
@MaranieRae
For those who know their history, this type of civil disobedience is not uncommon. By definition, ths type of protest is the nonviolent refusal to obey a law; in this case the group temporarily blckd traffic. Unlawful or not, nothing justifies driving into a group of humans
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Maranie R. Staab
@MaranieRae
The amount of vitriol and hate expressed in these comments is distressing and speaks to so much more than this relatively small incident. Ask yourself: why are you so enraged by this?
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Maranie R. Staab
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I didn’t expect this 10 second clip to garner so much attention. I turned off my notifications last night and woke up to over 30 private messages and several death threats. Do better, folks.
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Dr. Pancakes R. Delicious 🇺🇸🍊🚛
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Yes, serious confusion. It is NOT ok to stand in an intersection blocking traffic. People have jobs, kids to pick up and/or actual emergencies. The VERY FIRST wrong thing done here was standing in the street. Everything after that is a ramification of that WRONG thing.
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