YOU
YOU DON'T
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOUR TV TO WATCH US.
YOU CAN USE TWITTER AND #HEYDAN
SO WE CAN READ SOME OF YOUR
THOUGHTS AT THE END OF THE
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. >>>
SHOW. >>> TONIGHT, DEPENDING ON WHO
YOU ASK, DOWNTOWN PORTLAND IS
UNDER SIEGE, EITHER BY VIOLENT
ANARCHISTS OR VIOLENT POLICE
FORCES.
FORCES.
FORCES. WE'VE SEEN PROTESTERS AND
POLICE CLASH NIGHTLY FOR A
MONTH AND A HALF NOW, BUT
SOMETHING HAPPENED TODAY THAT
REALLY LIT A FIRE.
THIS MORNING, PORTLAND POLICE
KICKED PROTESTERS OUT OF TWO
PARKS BY THE JUSTICE CENTER.
THEY HAD CAMP SET UP.
POLICE ARRESTED NINE PEOPLE,
INCLUDING ONE MAN WHO DATE
KNOCKED OFF A BIKE.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE VIDEO.
THEY PUT UP FENCES AROUND THE
PARKS, WHICH ARE NOW
TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE TO FIX A
LOT OF DAMAGE DOWN THERE,
DAMAGE TO PENSIONS AND
BATHROOMS.
BATHROOMS. THIS ALL HAPPENS BEFORE THE
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
CAME TO PORTLAND TO TALK ABOUT
THESE PROTESTS.
THESE PROTESTS. AFTER PUBLISHING THIS LONG
LETTER, HE WRITES QUOTES,
PORTLAND HAS BEEN UNDER SIEGE
FROM VIOLENT ANARCHISTS.
HE ACTUALLY USED THAT PHRASE 70
TIMES IN THIS LETTER WITH A
LIST OF INCIDENTS DATING BACK
TO THE END OF MAY. THAT GOT
SOME ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY FROM
FOX NEWS, WHICH HAD IT AS THEIR
TOP STORY ON THEIR WEBSITE
EARLIER TODAY WITH THE HEADLINE
QUOTE, FED UP WITH PORTLAND.
SO, WE LIVE HERE.
WE ARE FROM HERE.
WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, I
HOPE WE DO.
THERE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE,
OFFICERS HAVE HAD THEIR
CLOTHING SINGED BY FIREWORKS,
THEY'VE BEEN HIT WITH ROCKS,
BBS AND PATES, THEY HAVE
CONFISCATED KNIVES AND CROWBARS
PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO SET FIRES
TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS WITH
PEOPLE INSIDE.
PEOPLE INSIDE. A MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR
ATTACKING A FEDERAL OFFICER
WITH A HAMMER AND IT PROTESTERS,
PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN GASSED
REPEATEDLY, EVEN AFTER A COURT
SAID NOT TO.
A MAN WAS HOSPITALIZED RECENTLY
AFTER GETTING SHOT IN THE FACE
WITH A LESLIE THE ROUND THAT
COULD HAVE KILLED HIM, COULD
HAVE VERY EASILY BEEN LETHAL
AND HE WAS NOT ADVANCING ON
OFFICERS, HE WAS STANDING
ACROSS THE STREET WITH A
SPEAKER OVER HIS HEAD.
THE INCIDENT WITH THE HAMMER,
THE PROTESTER WHO WAS SHOT,
THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK,
PROVING THAT TENSIONS ARE NOT
RELAXING, THEY ARE INTENSIFYING
. NOW, WE ARE SEEING THINGS
LIKE THIS ON THE STREETS OF OUR
CITIES. FEDERAL OFFICERS AND
MILITARY EQUIPMENT POPPING OUT
OF UNMARKED VEHICLES AND
SNATCHING PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS TO WHO KNOWS WHERE. IN
THIS VIDEO THAT HAS GONE VIRAL
ON TWITTER, THEY WALKED UP TO
THAT PERSON, DRESSED IN BLACK
WHO HAD THEIR HANDS UP,
DETAINED THEM INTO AN UNMARKED
MINIVAN AND A DRIVE OFF, I
GUESS TO A JAIL CELL SOMEWHERE.
PARTED ME TO USE LOU'S CLICHI
HERE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE, AND
NOT ONE ABOUT LIFE IN AMERICA,
BUT REMEMBER, REGARDLESS OF
WHICH SIDE YOU ARE BLAMING FOR
THE SIEGE, WE ARE WALKING DOWN
A VALID DELICATE LINE HERE AND
IT INVOLVED OUR FIRST AMENDMENT
. WE ARE HEARING FROM ELECTED
LEADERS TODAY, GOVERNOR KATE
BROWN REALLY WENT AFTER
SECRETARY WOLF WITH THE
STATEMENTS", I TOLD ACTING
SECRETARY WOLF THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHOULD REMOVE ALL
FEDERAL OFFICERS FROM OUR
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. HIS RESPONSE SHOWS ME HE IS ON
A MISSION TO PROVOKE
CONFRONTATION FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSES.
PURPOSES.
PURPOSES. HE IS PUTTING BOTH OREGONIANS
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS IN HARM'S WAY.
THAT BRINGS US NOW TO OUR QUOTE
OF THE DAY, WHICH IS WHAT THE
GOVERNOR WENT ON TO SAY ABOUT
OUR PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP.
QUOTES, TRUMP IS LOOKING FOR A
CONFRONTATION IN OREGON AND
HOPES TO WIN POLITICAL POINTS
IN OHIO OR IOWA.
WE HEARD A SIMILAR MESSAGE
TODAY FROM JoANNE HARDISTY WHEN
LAURAL PORTER ASKED HER ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING
DOWNTOWN ON STRAIGHT TALK.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, IT APPEARS
THAT 45 SAINT THE SENSE OF THESE
--THUGS IS NOT AN
OVERSTATEMENT, I THINK YOU
PRESS FIRSTLY SET THEM TO
CITIES THAT ARE PERCEIVED TO BE
LIBERAL SO THAT HE CAN ACTUALLY
INTERRUPT THIS UPCOMING
ELECTION CYCLE. I WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE THEM ENDING UP
IN PLACES LIKE SEATTLE AND IN
PLACES LIKE ATLANTA BECAUSE THIS
PARTICULAR PERSON IN THE WHITE
HOUSE JUST HAS NO CONCEPT OF
HOW TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY.
MEANINGFUL WAY. >> YOU CAN CATCH THEIR FULL
CONVERSATION SATURDAY 4:30 ON
STRAIGHT TALK.
STRAIGHT TALK. >>> NOW LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE
THESE CAMPS THE PROTESTERS SET
UP WERE SOME TYPE OF ATTEMPT AT
ONE OF THOSE AUTONOMOUS ZONES,
KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER C.H.O.P.
OR CHAS IS WHAT THEY WERE
CALLED.
CALLED.
CALLED. THEY CLEARED OUT. THESE CAMPS
ALSO REMINDED US OF SOMETHING
ELSE, AND MAYBE YOU TOO.
FOR THAT, WE WANTED TO OPEN UP
THE KGW VAULT . IF YOU ARE
LIVING HERE IN 2011, I'M SURE
YOU REMEMBER THIS, OCCUPY
PORTLAND, A PART OF THE
WORLDWIDE OCCUPY WALL STREET
MOVEMENT HERE IN PORTLAND.
HERE, PROTESTERS SET UP CAMP IN
THE SAME EXACT PARK WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT NOW.
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