Clackamas Sheriff’s Captain informs Board of Commissioners of Antifa Setting Up Gas Cans Along Highwire, Chainsaws To Cut Down Telephone Poles

On September 10th, the Clackamas Board of Commissioners held an emergency meeting to discuss implementing a county-wide curfew as a result of out of control wildfires, a county sheriff’s captain informed the board of widespread looting and and unconfirmed but credible threats by Antifa. The board chairman laughed.

The video of the meeting, which was posted online on September 10th, shows several commissioners and city officials discussing whether to implement a curfew related to the wildfires and widespread, confirmed looting reports. Nearly 11 minutes into the video, a representative of the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department joins the call. Captain Jeff Smith, a 25-year police officer with the sheriff’s department speaks to the board regarding recent threats to the community.

“There are lots of confirmed reports of looting, mostly in the outlying areas,” Captain Smith begins.”There’s reports of….and this is not specific to an area, but all over the county, both outlying and closer into town of people of extremist groups staging gas cans for later destruction.”

Captain Smith goes on to say that there are reports of other extremist groups that are “not confirmed Antifa, but suspected Antifa” were reportedly seen with chainsaws in the Estacada area with the goal “to fall telephone poles with the goal of starting forest fires.” It is important to note that as the Captain was informing the Chair of the Commission, Jim Bernard appeared to chuckle towards the end of the briefing.

“But this is some media thing,” said Commissioner Bernard to Captain Smith. “It hasn’t been confirmed,” (ironically, the Commissioner was chucking as a RANKING POLICE OFFICER was informing the board of a threat to the community).

Captain Smith goes on to say that while the plan to cut down telephone poles has not been confirmed (although there are confirmed reports in Washington from as recent as two weeks ago of telephone poles being cut, and the FBI is investigating) but countered the Chair’s argument saying that the department has received “reliable” and “specific” Antifa related threats from an informant on the street though a sergeant.

Commissioner Paul Savas then tells Chair Bernard that they have to make an “appeal to the governor to call in the National Guard” saying that the “critical information” Captain Smith told the board was unsettling and expressed concern that the sheriff’s department would not have enough “resources to deal with all that.”

“For crying out loud, we can't allow a deliberate attack on property and people’s lives,” Commissioner Savas tells the board.