I’m not sure if the immigrants are Muslim, but that would track with the behavior of Muslim immigrants of African descent in France where police are routinely injured by crowds while trying to keep the peace. The arrestees are from Somalia, and as the report says, “from other African countries” which makes me think Islam is the uniting factor unless this area creates an immigrant solidarity that America has not seen in European and Latin/Central American immigrants.
When was the last time you saw the Irish riot when an Italian was arrested?
But the real story is that whatever the cause, the police in Portland have been put on notice that they do not run the streets:
PORTLAND — Several juveniles and adults face charges following a melee at Franklin Arterial and Fox Street that began when police stopped and arrested a shoplifting suspect and an unruly crowd gathered.
Police responded to a report that a man had stolen two bottles of vodka at 7 p.m. Friday at the Hannaford on Forest Avenue.
Workers at the store provided a description of the suspect and the car he left in, and police pulled the car over at Franklin Arterial and Fox Street a couple of minutes later, police said.
As police were arresting Jimmy Odong, 19, of Portland and recovering the stolen merchandise, a group of about 15 to 30 people gathered, with about 10 of them becoming aggressive toward police, officers said.
A number of other officers were dispatched to the area, which is alongside the Kennedy Park housing development. Members of the gathering group, some of whom are Sudanese, like Odong, and some who are from other African countries, began calling the officers names, including “killers” and “murderers,” in apparent reference to the police shooting of a Sudanese immigrant, David Okot, last month.
When police prepared to tow the car Odong had driven, some of the crowd jumped on the car to try to prevent it from being taken, police said.
Three juveniles eventually were arrested, two of them on charges of assault after they allegedly punched the officers, police said.
Police also charged Yannick Mulongo, 21, of Clark Street with unlawful interference with a law enforcement dog, after he allegedly taunted a police dog named Taz; and Sara Langoia, 18, of Anderson Street with obstructing government administration.
Police said they had to use pepper spray in making the arrests.
Since the original crook was stealing vodka I am leery to claim he was a Muslim, although many Muslims do in fact break that rule and drink. It could simply be the effects of coming from a war torn area with no real authority. Police capitulation will only make things worse in that respect. Surprise, they did:
The shift commander reported that additional arrests were warranted, but officers opted not to arrest others so the confrontation would not escalate.
Allowing some people to leave unmolested after assaulting cops will escalate things in the future. This story is bad news for America, and any hope you had that we wouldn’t be returning to 1970s levels of criminality along with 1970s style politics. Where’s Charles Bronson when you need him?
h/t Drudge