Alissa Azar

New - A Portland activist delivered a petition with 19,000+ signatures demanding the city revoke the ICE permit. The city had her arrested. Days later, a councilor proposed allowing council members to openly carry firearms while conducting city business in response.

https://www.wewillfreeus.org/she-brought-19-000-signatures-they-brought-police-how-portland-is-handling-ice-opposition/

She Brought 19,000 Signatures. They Brought Police: How Portland, OR Is Handling ICE Opposition

A Portland activist delivered a petition with 19,000+ signatures demanding the city revoke the ICE permit. The city had her arrested. Days later, a councilor proposed allowing council members to openly carry firearms while conducting city business.

We Will Free Us
Feb 20 at 7:16pmWeb
Show threadAsta [AMP]Feb 20
@alissaazar can we recall city councilors because what the fuck
Show threadLed By Gilded FoolsFeb 20

@alissaazar I don't want to play that bingo game of "which Constitutional Right have you lost today"

"I'll take Right To Petition for $600, Alex"

Show threadNeil E. HodgesFeb 20
@alissaazar Guess we can't even trust our local governments. :/
Show threadCyFeb 21
Oh no, is she OK? It says she was charged with trespassing!
Show threadAlissa AzarFeb 21
@cy she’s in good spirits but the charge stuck. Went to the arraignment today, the three others had their charges no complaint-ed but she still has the trespassing charge
Show threadCyFeb 21
Hopefully it'll get thrown out in court I mean, it's submitting a petition at the city council meeting. The good spirits is the important thing though! Who cares what phony accusations they make?
Show threadWilfried KlaebeFeb 21

Their voters, I hope, in that they don't vote for them again!

@cy @alissaazar

Show threadCyFeb 21
If that made a difference, we wouldn't be getting arrested trying to submit a petition!

But yeah, hopefully.

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Show threadQuasitFeb 21

@alissaazar I noticed the piece doesn't mention whether the officials in question were Republicans or Democrats. Given that it's Portland, I'll bet that it's Democrats.

They are just as much fascists as the Republicans are. Don't forget that.

Show threadBee (a dork)Feb 21
@Quasit @alissaazar that is likely because Portland city council elections are officially non-partisan, and therefore councilors' party memberships are not technically relevant to their jobs. but also yes, most likely all mentioned are Dems (I only really looked into my own district in the last election because there were way too many candidates to check the rest, and the few openly GOP/conservative candidates were practically a joke)
Show threadAlissa AzarFeb 21
@Quasit yeah democrats. I believe Angelita Morillo and Mitch Green are members of DSA. Maybe more. Them and Tiffany Koyama Lane were all endorsed by portland DSA
Show threadCatherine is not complacentFeb 21
@alissaazar I do wish people would differentiate between Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine in article headings.
Show threadAlissa AzarFeb 21
@CatDragon mentions it in the beginning of the article but I did just update the headline too. Have been trying to get better at doing this both on social media posts and in the articles.
Show threadjohn.brown_typefaceFeb 21

@alissaazar
"Councilor Loretta Smith later described the protest on social media as a “mini insurrection,”"

maybe they want the maxi version