It only takes one to throw a rock to cause a riot and with too many people in one spot to protest the other trying to control all emotions at once means everyone must police each other – PB/TK
Portland mom to Sunday protesters: ‘We don’t want any fighting’ – June 4, 2017
The emotional wounds from the deadly stabbing on a Portland train have yet to heal and tensions continue building up in the city.
Residents fear there will be violence Sunday when supporters of President Donald Trump and counter-protesters hold four rallies within earshot of each other.
“We don’t want any fighting,” said Margie Fletcher, the mother of a man wounded last week on a Portland train. “We hope and pray that both sides try to keep in mind that in the big picture it might be easy to forget with all the emotions running high that we all have the same basic needs.”
It has been nine days since Fletcher’s son, Micah, was wounded and two others killed after they tried to defend two Muslim train riders. Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, accosted the women with “what would best be characterized as hate speech toward a variety of ethnicities and religions,” Portland police said.
Continue to cnn.com article: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/04/us/portland-protests/index.html
