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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @04:53PM (5 children)
Nice try. When was the last time any leftist assassinated a right-wing nutjob? Now ask yourself about the converse:
Killed:
John Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
MLK
John Lennon
Alan Berg
See a pattern here?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @05:15PM (4 children)
Oh PLEASE. Even overlooking your distraction of dividing politics into a single-dimension spectrum, we have:
LaVoy Finicum [youtube.com]
Vicki Weaver
Sam Weaver
David Koresh (and the 70+ other victims including children)
Carl Drega
Marvin Heemeyer [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @07:15PM (3 children)
lolwut?
The FBI and police are now "leftists?"
And Marvin Heemeyer shot himself.
The only person who would think what you wrote is applicable is a right wing nutjob.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @08:39PM (2 children)
Yes, and Lee Harvey Oswald was a communist while JFK was a neocon.
It seems this whole thread is low quality bait.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 31 2017, @02:19AM (1 child)
Oswald was a terrible marksman. [google.com]
3 shots from him in 5.6 seconds, shooting through foliage, with 2 hitting the mark? Nope.
The shot to the neck came from the Dal-Tex building and the fatal shot was from the Grassy Knoll (a cross-fire done by pros).
The Secret Service spends weeks preparing a city for a presidential visit.
Manhole covers are welded shut.
Windows along a presidential motorcade route are sealed by the Secret Service.
If the presidential limousine can't maintain 44mph, another route is chosen.
The turn from Houston on to Elm required the car to slow to 6mph.
The deviations from routine practices show it wasn't just a lone nut with a surplus WWII bolt-action rifle.
The Warren Commission was a sham.
It concentrated on insignificant things while failing to interview eyewitnesses.
The highest-ranking whistleblower in USA history[1] gave a multi-hour interview in 1989 which was turned into a book.
Having been inside the loop with CIA for over a decade, he points out how it was impossible for the events of November 22, 1963 in Dallas to have occurred without CIA involvement.
Bird Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty, USAF Ret. [google.com]
[1] ...if you don't count General Butler. [google.com]
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 31 2017, @04:53AM
I knew there was something special with the 88 mph! If the president orders his driver to double the speed they get the time to fix any.. mistake.
:-)
source! [youtube.com] :p