By the time they were done, his room was almost empty. Apart from some photographs, markers, and a stapler, police found nothing originally enumerated in the search warrant. Nobody reported being attacked or receiving personal threats. What constitutes a riot, however, is an issue of scorching debate in Eugene, a town where police and politically active community members are sharply divided - so divided, the city commissioned a certified mediator to conduct private meetings between police and representatives from the anarchist community. That was a trashing, thrashing, terroristic attack.
Property destruction is certainly violence.
They justify the ends and disregard the means. To us, that is a declaration of war. Local activist and founder of an anti-state alternative school, Marshall Kirkpatrick expressed a different opinion about the nature of the incident. An object does not have more worth than what it's being used for - if it's destroying life, it's time to fucking take it out. Tensions and antagonisms continue between a community trying to operate without police or state intervention and the police and local government.