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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @03:57PM
Only in the most cynical way possible. They needed to illustrate that they're better than the brown people who worship a differently-branded desert religion somehow.
I'm not holding my breath for the "alt-reich" (as you put it) to come out in opposition of bathroom laws. Making the concession of gay marriage is acceptable to them. (Somebody must have realized that gay marriage does not cause anybody who wants to get straight married to lose anything.) They certainly hate us filthy gays and want us to die, but they just like to let us know they're in no particular hurry and fine if it's AIDS or poverty that does the job. Makes 'em feel like better people than their Moslem bogeyman that way.
And speaking of, Milo was the perfect LGBTQIFAOMGWTFBBQ poster boy for them. Yeah, this Milo guy, isn't he fantastic! Look at all those #salty tears he extracts from those leftist commies! And plus he proves our theory that LGBT identities are the result of childhood sexual abuse and are comorbid with pedophilia! What luck!