Portland: far-right activist threatens mayor as groups change tactics
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Source: The Guardian
Rightwing activists in Portland, Oregon, appear to have shifted tactics in their ongoing confrontation with leftwing groups and city authorities, attempting forced “demaskings” of opponents and picketing union venues and events. One activist has threatened the city’s mayor, Ted Wheeler.
Since the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016, the Vancouver, Washington-based Patriot Prayer group, led by the former Republican Senate candidate Joey Gibson, has staged frequent rallies in Portland. Opposed by leftwing counter-protesters, many such events have become violent.
Wheeler has become a hate figure on the far right, ostensibly over the city’s response to a Portland protest in June 2018 that descended into a bloody riot. The mayor was among public figures threatened by Cesar Sayoc, the suspect in the so-called “Maga bomber” case.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/29/portland-violent-rightwing-group-targets-mayor-with-threats
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