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An Army veteran, a recent college graduate and a student who once won a poetry contest by condemning prejudice stirred up by the Sept. 11 attacks intervened as a man screamed anti-Muslim insults at two women in Portland, Ore., on Friday.
[...] Two of the men — Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, and Rick Best, 53 — died in the attack, which occurred on a commuter train. The third, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, was treated on Saturday for injuries that the police said were serious but not life-threatening.
Jeremy Christian, 35, of North Portland, Ore., was charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the attack and could face additional charges when he is arraigned on Tuesday. Mr. Christian, who the authorities said had a history of making extremist statements on social media, was ranting at, and talking disparagingly about, the two women, one of whom was wearing a hijab.
Source: The New York Times
President Donald Trump has released his first official statement on the attack in Portland, Oregon, more than 48 hours after the two victims died.
"The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable," Mr Trump tweeted. "The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them."
Source: The Independent
Portland law enforcement leaders were tightlipped Saturday about the investigation into Friday's attacks that killed two men on a light rail train but a federal official did say it was too early to label the incident a hate crime.
[...] Loren Cannon, special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office, [...]
"It's too early to say whether last night's violence was an act of domestic terrorism or a federal hate crime," he said. "However, in the coming days, the FBI, PPB and the prosecutors will work together to share information, leverage resources and make determinations about future criminal charges."
[...] Leaders of the Muslim community said they were thankful for the men who gave their lives to save the girls from harm. They have raised $50,000 toward a goal of $60,000 to help support the victims and their families.
Source: The Oregonian
(Score: 1, Troll) by bradley13 on Tuesday May 30 2017, @05:51AM (2 children)
There are fruitcakes of every stripe. Contrary to the automatic assumptions that everyone is making, this particular fruitcake was a Bernie Boy [thegatewaypundit.com].
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Magic Oddball on Tuesday May 30 2017, @07:43AM (1 child)
He was also a registered Libertarian seemingly obsessed with the DEA, War on Drugs, & corrupt cops — suggesting that he voted for Sanders because of his matching stances, and wouldn't have agreed with the rest of his campaign. He also (according to the page you were on) admires Trump.
He was also wildly mentally unstable, based on the tweets on the page you pointed to. In them he:
--stated that he loves trolling anti-fascists ("antifa")
--wishes/threatens death on people who voted for Clinton, Sanders, or Trump (at different times)
--calls Timothy McVeigh a "true patriot" for
--stated he's a Nihilist
--is glad Trump won & not Hilary because "he's the Anti-Christ" and "I['ll] take the fast poison over the slow any day"
--wanted to see the entire government destroyed
Other tweets on the page state that he has a criminal record for robbery, kidnapping, weapons charges, parole violation, contempt of court; he also tends to do anything he can to be the center of attention (even if it's violent), particularly in large crowds. He claimed that a judge had declared him sane, so I'd be very surprised if he's not already formally IDed as having either Conduct Disorder and/or Anti-Social Personality Disorder.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @02:01PM
Timothy Mcveigh was a true American patriot. The fact that the populace can't see that, proves he was generations too late.