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September 8, 2020
 | Michael Brigham | Opinion | 27

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Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States via Wikimedia Commons

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. These words, initially expressed by John Stuart Mill and later attributed to Edmund Burke, remain as relevant as when first uttered.

They are a salient reminder of how Democrat-owned cities have enabled Antifa to establish an implacable presence and why appeasement belongs in the ash heap of history.

Antifa will never relent with their violent and uncompromising tactics. Yet the leadership in these cities is unwilling to unshackle their police departments to deal with the violence.

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Portland

Federal authorities withdrew from Oregon’s largest city after they attempted to defend the federal courthouse. Many officers were injured, including three who may have lost their sight permanently.

The decision by Homeland Security to withdraw came after slanderous attacks made by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) and Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D), both of whom placate rioters at every turn. It was predicated on the understanding that Oregon State Police would take over in their stead.

However, the elite State Police withdrew shortly afterward, disgusted by the district attorney’s refusal to prosecute Antifa members.

Wheeler’s cowardice fully revealed itself after announcing he would move following Antifa pillaging his luxury apartment building.

Portland’s police are more than capable of manhandling their rioters, but a growing number feel their valiant efforts serve no purpose without broader support.

One hundred days of riots have left Portland with mounting casualties, including Trump supporter Aaron “Jay” Danielson. Meanwhile, conservatives demonstrated in Portland’s suburbs following Danielson’s murder.

Seattle

“Protesters” in both Portland and Seattle have used quasi-military tactics against the police, erecting shield walls reminiscent of those used with devastating effect by the Carthaginians at the Battle of Cannae, ready to test police officers.

Yet if mayor like Seattle’s Jenny Durkan’s unleashed their police department, police would overwhelm Antifa’s amateur defense. When given a chance, officers have been remarkably effective.

Yet those instances are the exception, not the rule. Instead, business owners are left picking up the pieces and innocent bystanders find themselves bloodied and broken.

Seattle’s first black police chief, Carmen Best, announced her resignation on September 2 after the city council decided to defund her department, leaving her, in her words, “destined to fail.”

Rochester

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The top cops in New York’s third-largest city have resigned amid rioting following Daniel Prude’s death.

Prude lost consciousness as police restrained him with a mesh hood over his head, to keep him from spitting on and biting the officers. Prude never woke up.

Now, Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary has had enough after 20 years of distinguished service with “protesters” and politicians impugning his character.

La’Ron’s entire command staff is resigning as well.

Meanwhile, rioters are doing this:

Berkeley

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California’s most liberal bastion has been a hotbed for radicals since the Vietnam era.

Riots broke out early in the Trump presidency over free speech, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that leftists in this insular liberal bubble have resorted to violence yet again.

Groups like Refuse Fascism, perpetrators of recent riots in the Bay Area, have even received an influx of cash from organizations linked to far-left billionaire George Soros.

New York City

The Trump administration has ordered federal agencies to report to the White House Office of Management and Budget areas where existing federal funding can be redirected from New York City. The decision comes following Mayor Bill de Blasio’s failure to quell the violence in the Big Apple.

Or stand up for the police.

Looting justified by “protest” organizers claiming capitalism is inherently racist have left once-bustling avenues in Manhattan littered with broken glass and flanked by boarded-up storefronts.

Washington

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Escalating violence has plagued Washington, D.C., since President Trump’s inauguration. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has only recently paid lip service to the need to clamp down on the city’s criminal element after polling indicated it had weakened Biden’s viability as a candidate.

That hasn’t stopped protesters from screaming in the face of diners at restaurants for refusing to succumb to their blatant intimidation and support of thinly-veiled Marxism.

Violence has consumed vast swaths of this city, including Lafayette Park across from the White House. Even the media isn’t immune from attack, despite the mainstream media producing copious amounts of free propaganda for their cause.

Which city do you think is in the worst shape? Let us know in the comments below and hit that like button to spread the word!

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Michael Brigham has written for American Action News since the summer of 2019. His areas of expertise include foreign affairs, government, and politics, but regardless of the subject matter, he has a nose and an insatiable appetite for news. In his free time, he enjoys reading nonfiction, watching a mix of comedies and true crime documentaries, and spending time away from the swamp hiking in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

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  1. Time to shoot these assholes!!! It’s war!! Wipe them out!! Isn’t this what our military is for?? Come on now!!! STOP THIS IMMEDIATELY!!! 😡

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      1. Yeh, you can. It’s called civil war. The problem is only one side has taken part so far. The faster we counter, the faster they put themselves in a fetal position and start crying.

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  2. Well, I guess you all know that the city’s that are burning are Godless city’s ran by Godless demons, the democrats! This schitt is not allowed in God loving conservative cities and states!

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    1. not the party but the people that now populate them. they have taken over the party because it had a reputation in theory anyway of standing for the individual. now it wants only control and power.——-Grampa

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      1. The dem party supporting bo, hilary wannabe dictators regime for past 11 years are now a U.S. #1 enemy, not old school of U.S. Patriotic dems !

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    2. NO doubt & bo, hilary treasonous wannabe dictators that damned dems supported for past 11 years proved to be enemies to eliminate ! NOW !

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  4. ANTIFA are millionaire college students who think they can get away with the violence and then go back to their millionaire families. PUT THEM IN PRISON instead.

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  5. Terrorists that want to kill us, law enforcement need to be able to do their jobs, and not be handcuffed like these dumbocraps have done to them. Now if u don’t let them, be able to do their jobs, the militia will, now if u don’t want to see the wildwildwest allow law enforcement to do their jobs, this destruction of my country, is going to cause more destruction, of life if it don’t end, Quit killing our kids,assholes.

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    1. These dem treasonous governors & mayors supporting blm, antifa terrorists are also criminals to prosecute ! Dereliction of duty, aiding enemies; ETC !

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  6. these people will continue until the cops are authorised to use real bullets instead of smoke and gas. they know that they can get away with destroying everything because they can. it isn’t anything else. they are like a child that takes a cookie and is just told it is wrong but gets no authority correction like a paddling.well they think they are clear to do it again and they take more even if they know they cant eat them all. and again no accountability. so the next time he doesn’t just take the cookies he breaks the cookie jar as well.just how many cookies will they be allowed to take? what will happen is the owners of these “cookies” will start defending themselves and kill the rioters.then government will charge in to arrest the shooter because they are an easy prosecution target to show everyone they are for law and order. we are tired of paying taxes to hire people to protect that refuse to do so. time for we the people to take back the power granted and use it to protect ourselves.————–Grampa

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  8. Better contain BLM Antifa NOW or suffer post election?
    Hell Harris wants forever riots.
    Riots either way
    Lock & Load.
    Arm up.
    Then suburbs next Your Home next

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  10. It is way past time for these violent anti-government thugs to be put down. These are no longer “peaceful protests against racism” but have turned into anarchy and mayhem on our streets. Arrest these knuckleheads or shoot them, their choice. but this total nonsense has to come to an end.

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  11. These antifa asses are sub-human U.S. enemy weapons of mass destruction that have to be eliminated as any other attacking enemy trying to destroy U.S.A.’s Citizens National Security and Constitutional Freedom ! These are #1 terrorist enemies instigated by dem’s treason & bo’s 8 years to be dictators in 2021 !

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  12. It is time for the heads to be cut off of the
    BLM and ANTIFA monsters. They have had
    their day in the so called sun, now it is time
    they experience the dark. Shut the illiterate
    morons down.

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