Maura White, the Executive Director of the Mother and Child Education Center, said to Fox and Friends that demonstrators attacked her center on Saturday after they mistakenly thought that they were anti-abortion. White explained that she is a pro-choice liberal democrat.
"The violence was horrible," White stated.
"My organization, we are nonprofit, and we help moms, families, kids in need, babies from zero to 5 years old. We're just there to help people," she clarified. "So, they mistakenly thought that we were out here doing anti-abortion and everything."
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Rioters smashed the clinic's windows and spray-painted slogans on the property, costing the nonprofit no less than $10,000 in damage, according to NY Post.
On Saturday, June 25, Antifa militants carried out violent attacks as they rampaged through Northeast Portland, vandalizing and engaging in property destruction.
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According to the Portland Police Bureau, the group vandalized and smashed windows to a coffee shop, a local bakery, a parked Tesla vehicle, two different banks, a public school bus, and the pregnancy resource center.
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Antifa left behind graffiti that included their signature anarchist symbol along with slogans that included "F*ck SCOTUS," "Death to SCOTUS," "Abolish public schools," "BLM," and "AFA" which stands for Anti-Fascist Action, the name of original Antifa German paramilitary.
Portland police officers were unable to intervene because of limited police resources and life-threatening emergency calls, police documents reveal.
"Officers were monitoring the crowd, but did not have resources to intervene in the moment. At the time of this event, there was an injury shooting and a stabbing in East Precinct, and a felony assault in Central Precinct. Additionally, a community festival in North Precinct was underway, an impromptu 'dance party' drew approximately 1000 people to Irving Park, and they held a march and blocked traffic. There were also calls about speed racers doing stunts in various parts of Portland," PPB stated.
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No arrests have been made. White was thankful that police took the time to help her after the targeted attack and stressed that the "defund the police" movement has strongly impacted the community in a negative manner.
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"I do feel that the 'defund the police' movement has definitely impacted their ability to be more proactive and be out there on the streets," White said to Fox and Friends. "We help anyone who walks in our doors and the people are coming to us. They've already made a choice to have children. They've already made that choice. So, they don't understand what we do. And it's left over from 50 years ago. We are here to support women, support babies, support families. We believe in their rights."
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