Durkan, who has a year left in her first term, struggled to regain her footing after protesters declared an autonomous zone within the city and essentially forced out police and took over a neighborhood.
The problem for both was that the people who perpetrated the violence and destruction in both cities faced few consequences. Few were arrested. Those who were either were released almost immediately or, for those facing the most serious charges, bailed out by other activist groups, such as the National Lawyers Guild.
This type of activism – bailing out rioters so they can return to causing mayhem and destroying property as quickly as possible – didn’t begin with Seattle or Portland. It didn’t begin with the Minnesota Freedom Fund, touted by Kamala Harris and members of Joe Biden’s campaign staff as a way to funnel money to rioters arrested in Minneapolis.
Buffett is genial and soft-spoken. He is a Leftist – but is not thought of as obnoxiously so.
But this is pretty obnoxious:
“Roughly 700 activists were arrested in 2016 for protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, an underground oil pipeline connecting the Bakken shale oil fields in northwest North Dakota with a storage facility in Illinois….
“The protests became ‘more like a riot’ on Sept. 3, 2016, according to Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier.
“Activists broke down fences, then ‘crossed onto private property and accosted private security officers with wooden posts and flag poles,’ Kirchmeier said.
“One security guard was stabbed in the side with a wooden stake, then trampled. Others were threatened with knives and kicked by horses. Additionally, two dogs, including one that was injured when it was hit with a 2×4, were taken to an area veterinary clinic for treatment.
Climate Action, Indigenous Rights Groups Among Those Championing Deb Haaland As Interior Secretary this post authored by Julia Conley, Common Dreams staff writer
The national women s rights organization
UltraViolet on Wednesday became the latest group to call on President-elect Joe Biden to appoint Rep. Deb Haaland as secretary of the interior, highlighting the importance of nominating a progressive Indigenous leader to oversee 500 million acres of public land and repair
the historic harms forced on Native communities throughout American history, including the stealing of land.
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