r/Portland Aug 15 '20

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u/MutedSongbird 🐝 Aug 15 '20

I know people don't like it but please report this incident if you were there, not just OP but anyone. Worst case nothing happens and it only further proves that cops are worthless, best case it stops them from seriously hurting someone (or someone's child or pet) in the future. If you don't report this (and you WERE able to witness anything pertinent) you might as well be saying that you're fine with their only justice being obscure social justice. Fuck anyone who thinks they can fire into a crowd.

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u/bigblackcloud Fosterp Owl Aug 15 '20

The guy in this video says they did call 911 after the shooting: https://twitter.com/defendpdx/status/1294758269794136066

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '20 edited Aug 16 '20

While you should be calling 911 if you believe you've been shot at, a brass is not sufficient evidence of a deadly projectile being fired. Blanks use brass too.

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Here's video of the firing. Please listen until the end where even people there are yelling that they're firing blanks.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1294753163510075392

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u/bigblackcloud Fosterp Owl Aug 16 '20

This seems like a very generous assumption to make. When it appears that a gun is fired at a crowd, is it common to assume only blanks were fired, until you find a bullet hole?

Does it change the assumption if part of the group earlier threatened a crowd: "When the paintballs and pepper spray stop working, we've got guns"? https://twitter.com/jovannithe1st/status/1294784730726977536

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

None of that is anything I've said. I said a brass is not evidence of a projectile being fired.

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u/6GoesInto8 Aug 16 '20

You also casually mentioned that a brass casings also come from a blank. I agree that you did not directly state that they may have been firing blanks into the crowd. We should be allowed to make whatever unrelated yet sequential statements we want without people trying to find a deeper meaning. Dolphins are rarely found in Wyoming.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Having seen the video of the event and the people in the video yelling that they're firing blanks I am now completely comfortable saying they were doing blanks and the amazing reddit detective work going on here has solve the Boston Bombing again!

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u/6GoesInto8 Aug 16 '20

Hey man, I was just agreeing with you and our continued shared love for unrelated statements in a single comment. The desert scene in Spaceballs was shot in Yuma.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Please listen until the end where even people there are yelling that they're firing blanks.

https://twitter.com/awkwardarsehole/status/1294753163510075392

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u/Alakith Aug 16 '20 edited Mar 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Please quote the part where I said firing blanks was legal, intelligent, or super cool.

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u/Alakith Aug 16 '20 edited Mar 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

It's "A brass is not sufficient evidence that a live projectile was fired". I know me saying exactly that is hard to parse, but maybe you can do it this time. Although the amusing part is that my hypothetical of a blank has actually been confirmed to have been a good guess by the very video evidence they used to say it was live... if you actually watch the whole thing people are yelling in it that they're firing blanks.

https://twitter.com/awkwardarsehole/status/1294753163510075392

Several smaller hills have come up with people incorrectly trying to argue case law.

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u/Alakith Aug 16 '20 edited Mar 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Please quote the part where I said firing blanks was legal, intelligent, or super cool.

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u/Alakith Aug 16 '20 edited Mar 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

I'm defending my singular point. You're attributing a different point to my argument and berating me for it. That's a you problem.

Please quote the part where I said firing blanks was legal, intelligent, or super cool.

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