{"id":43036,"date":"2020-12-22T11:34:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T15:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=43036"},"modified":"2020-12-22T11:34:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T15:34:56","slug":"anti-lockdown-protestors-crash-the-oregon-capitol-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=43036","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Lockdown Protestors Crash the Oregon Capitol Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Anti-Lockdown Protesters Attempt To Enter Oregon State Capitol Building<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Oregonians fed up with anti-lockdown and coronavirus restrictions attacked the Oregon Capitol building Monday as they tried to gain access during a special session.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-lockdown protestors broke glass doors at the Capitol building as they attempted to gain access to the building. They were briefly engaged in a standoff with Oregon State Police and Salem Police Department officers.<\/p>\n<p>More than one hundred people attended the far-right Patriot Prayer group&#8217;s six-hour rally. At least four people were arrested for unlawful behavior.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We&#8217;re standing up for our constitutional rights to be here for this legislative hearing and for our rights to reopen the state of Oregon,&#8221;\u00a0Crystal Wagner told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2020\/12\/21\/oregon-police-arrests-covid-protests-salem-capitol\/4003055001\/\">USA Today<\/a>. &#8220;Why are they having a legislative hearing without the people? We are the people, we are the taxpayers. We&#8217;re here to fight for our democracy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At one point, police unleashed rounds of tear gas at protesters to deter them from entering the Capitol building.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341088078161559552&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fanti-lockdown-protesters-attempt-enter-oregon-state-capitol-building&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341088078161559552\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>One video shows protesters smashing a glass door.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1341136393255325696&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fanti-lockdown-protesters-attempt-enter-oregon-state-capitol-building&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341136393255325696\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Police formed a riot line, and around 9:20 am Monday, an unlawful assembly was declared.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341138106267783168&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fanti-lockdown-protesters-attempt-enter-oregon-state-capitol-building&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341138106267783168\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p>Journalists were attacked by protesters<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1341141601557438468&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fanti-lockdown-protesters-attempt-enter-oregon-state-capitol-building&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341141601557438468\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1341136507143262209&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fanti-lockdown-protesters-attempt-enter-oregon-state-capitol-building&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341136507143262209\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>&#8220;We accomplished two very important things &#8230; We put the fear of God in the citizens of our state. They know we&#8217;re not messing around anymore,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0protester David Klaus told the crowd, who was quoted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/510406-protesters-storm-oregon-capitol\/\">RT News<\/a>, adding that the demonstrations had shamed, &#8220;<em>traitorous law enforcement officers&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0and warning that\u00a0<em>&#8220;what happens next is on them.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As early as April, we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/stunning-images-suggest-america-brink-social-unrest\">noted<\/a>\u00a0how the militia started showing up in force to state capitol buildings as they\u00a0<strong>believed lockdowns were impeding their freedoms.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A reemergence of the virus pandemic and new rounds of restrictions (after prior restrictions have utterly failed in achieving the goals that politicians had said they would) has resulted in\u00a0<strong>more Americans ignoring public health orders<\/strong>\u00a0to mitigate the virus&#8217;\u00a0spread.<\/p>\n<p><em>A revolution is brewing in America.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/anti-lockdown-protesters-attempt-enter-oregon-state-capitol-building\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/anti-lockdown-protesters-attempt-enter-oregon-state-capitol-building<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Lockdown Protesters Attempt To Enter Oregon State Capitol Building<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}