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Monday, July 23, 2012
Drugs / Cops Portland Riot Cops Somehow Cast as "Heavies" in Presidential Candidate's Pro-Pot Ad
Posted by Denis C. Theriault on Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:44 PM
A careful viewer shared this with us, saying he noticed something familiar in this campaign ad by New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, running for president this fall as the Libertarian candidate: the Ross Dress for Less in downtown Portland—defended by a phalanx of riot cops, presumably during some kind of Occupy protest.
It's about 1:07 or so into the video and lasts only for a few seconds.
Why Portland? Why not? It must've been because of how scary our riot cops look when compared to cops in other cities. Because I just don't think of this as a place where the state and local goons might be coming in to take away sick people's medicine, etc.
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