Doomscrolling this morning I ran across these two tweets about recent "Street Takeovers" (riots) in Portland where ANTIFA was at least present if not leading the riot.
In the first the driver attempts to escape, and fails. At some point in the escape rioters open fire, hitting the driver and two rioters, one of which died. The video also shows the rioters approaching the wounded driver once either the van or he was disabled and stopped. No word on whether they called EMS, or the status of the driver. To me, this marks a noted escalation of the "street takeover" type riots. In the past drivers that tried to escape were chased a bit, but generally the rioters seemed to get tapped and then play victim. I guess this group at least wants to engage in combat. This warrants rethinking how one might react when caught in a traffic jam caused by rioting. Obviously avoidance is best, but if that fails, remember: Your vehicle is concealment, not cover.
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1564564109428985857?s=20&t=oAxq-EHHCL_tlR7YeId8ywThe second is less concerning violence wise, I just thought I'd post the video because of it's resemblance to some kind of Mad Max scene. I guess PDX Antifa runs Bartertown now.
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1564567852606177280?s=20&t=oAxq-EHHCL_tlR7YeId8yw*It should be noted that Andy Ngo is a journalist for The Post Millennial that covers far left extremism, and has been attacked by these groups in the past. He is perhaps not the most unbiased observer of Antifa but has a solid track record for publicizing facts the extremists would prefer to remain on the down low.