{"id":78513,"date":"2021-06-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=78513"},"modified":"2021-06-24T06:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:30:24","slug":"hastily-made-portland-tourism-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=78513","title":{"rendered":"Hastily Made Portland Tourism Ad?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So is this a tourism ad, or a cry for help?<\/p>\n

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Odd tourism ad, doncha think? Usually you get a picture of nature, or a soaring skyline, or beatiful people enjoying dazzling nightlife. But not this time.<\/p>\n

So what does a tourist do in Portland? Apparently you can cross a bunch of bridges. That might have some allure. I have it on good authority that Portland has a number of restaurants, but it’s difficult to tell what the bill of fare might be from this brown paper ad. It’s possible the restaurants in Portland feature word salad. “We’re a place of dualities that are never polarities.” What does that even mean? Does it mean this?<\/p>\n

\"Portland<\/p>\n

That might be the dazzling nightlife? After all, things are going well<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Every member of a police crowd-control unit in the US city of Portland has resigned after one of its officers was indicted on an assault charge.<\/p>\n

The charge stemmed from violent anti-racism protests that rocked the city, in the state of Oregon, last year.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors allege the officer used “excessive and unlawful use of force” against a protester in August 2020.<\/p>\n

But Portland’s police union described the decision to prosecute the officer as “politically driven”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The reporting here is from the BBC. Looks like they didn’t get the “mostly peaceful” memo.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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