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U.S. NEWS Saturday 17 auguSt 2019

Arrests precede major demonstrations in Portland, Oregon

By GILLIAN FLACCUS body who's listening to this far-right militia group, said
Associated Press (is) they're trying to shut in a statement late Thurs-
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Au- you guys up. They want day they were pulling out
thorities arrested the leader you to not show up in Port- of the rally because or-
of a right-wing group on land, they want to put fear ganizers have not done
the eve of a rally that's ex- in your hearts. When a enough to keep white su-
pected to draw people government pushes back premacist groups away.
from around the U.S. to like that, we don't bend The group's founder, Stew-
Portland, Oregon, on Sat- the knee," he said, as he art Rhodes, said while he
urday, prompting Patriot walked to the jail. agreed with the rally's goal
Prayer's Joey Gibson to "We show up ten-fold, one of opposing antifascists,
urge his followers to "show hundred-fold," he said. "If he was concerned about
up one hundred-fold" in re- you believe in freedom the violent rhetoric posted
sponse. and you're against this po- online that could cause le- In this Aug. 4, 2018 file photo, Patriot Prayer founder and rally
Self-described anti-fascists litical charging that they're gal problems for those who organizer Joey Gibson speaks to his followers at a rally in Port-
land, Ore.
have vowed to confront doing, show up tomorrow attend.q Associated Press
the right-wing groups at the but be peaceful. Force
downtown rally and the ar- them to arrest you for being
rests of Gibson and five peaceful." Customs and Border Protection
other right-wing supporters A Portland Police spokes-
appeared to be intended woman declined to com- outage snarls major airports
to send a signal from po- ment about specific arrests
lice to organizers to remain but said generally police
peaceful or stay away. continue to investigate sev- By DAVID KOENIG ally.
Gibson, who is not involved eral incidents from clashes AP Airlines Writer Rebekah Tromble, an asso-
in this weekend's event but on May 1 and June 29 and DALLAS (AP) — Travelers fly- ciate professor at George
organized similar rallies in are politically neutral. ing into the United States Washington University,
2017 and 2018 that erupt- Members of antifa of- on Friday ran into long lines tweeted a video clip in
ed in clashes, surrendered ten cover their faces with at major airports nation- which she panned over the
Friday on an arrest war- masks, making it harder to wide because of a tem- arrival hall at Dulles Interna-
rant for rioting. He was at identify them. porary computer outage tional Airport in northern Vir-
a confrontation that broke "We receive criticism no that affected the U.S. Cus- ginia. She estimated there
out on May 1 outside a bar matter what. It's either too toms and Border Protection were at least 5,000 people
where members of the so- much, not enough, you agency. packed into the hall.
called "antifa" movement arrested this group and Airports warned travelers Tromble was asked if she
had gathered after a May not this group," said police — both Americans return- could see whether customs
Day demonstration. spokeswoman Tina Jones. ing home and foreign visi- agents were screening
In a video he livestreamed "It seems like some people tors — of delays, and some people manually.
on Facebook, Gibson ac- are keeping score and travelers tweeted photos "It's not clear from my van- In this photo provided by Twit-
cused the police of playing that's not what it's about on and videos of huge lines. tage point. I'm still too far ter user Ninis Samuel, travel-
politics by arresting him and the law enforcement side. A CBP spokeswoman said back in line," she answered. ers stand in long lines to clear
other right-wing members One hundred percent, it's the systems were running Airports in Los Angeles, Customs at John F. Kennedy
but not the masked dem- about public safety." again by early evening on Dallas-Fort Worth, New International Airport, Friday,
onstrators who beat up In addition to the Proud the East Coast. York and elsewhere noti- Aug. 16, 2019, in New York,
conservative blogger Andy Boys, the white nationalist The agency didn't precisely fied travelers of potential due to a temporary computer
outage that affected U.S. Cus-
Ngo at a June 29 rally. American Guard and the describe the breakdown, delays at the beginning of toms and Border Protection.
A video of that attack went Three Percenters, a far-right but the spokeswoman said one of the last weekends Associated Press
viral and led the Proud militia, have all said they will there was "no indication of the summer vacation
Boys, who have been des- have members in Portland. of any nefarious activity." season. officers monitored situa-
ignated a hate group by Hate group watchdogs say She said officers were able The port authority that tion and helped where
the Southern Poverty Law the Daily Stormers, a neo- to access security-related operates New York's JFK needed. Los Angeles Inter-
Center, to organize Satur- Nazi group, are also ex- databases and maintain Airport and the airport in national Airport said it sent
day's event. pected. security standards while Newark, New Jersey, said staffers to CBP areas to
"What I'm saying to every- The Oath Keepers, another screening people manu- additional staff and police help direct travelers.q