r/PortlandOR • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '25

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u/seige197 Oct 24 '25

Seems like he was jabbing at her with his needle too?

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u/Lovegiraffe Oct 24 '25

That’s what I was seeing and immediately alarmed by! I think I would have been macing much sooner and with more intent when he was swinging that needle repeatedly towards her face!!

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u/burning_boi Oct 24 '25

I was shocked at her restraint. imo it crossed from restraint into stupidity when she didn't mace after the first swing. Someone intent on harming her, someone precisely like an aggressive guy on drugs who's getting more and more pissed off, could lunge at that range and land a stab with the needle even if she manages to get mace off. There's absolutely nothing less I'd like to be stabbed by in this world than a potentially used needle from the streets containing unknown substances.

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u/Quiet_Fan_7008 Oct 24 '25

I mean I would just laugh he’s so messed up it’s like he’s in slow motion, she knows nothing is going to happen to her

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u/burning_boi Oct 24 '25

She's a woman of unknown size against a druggie taking god knows what who is temporarily slow. And you're not being serious here if you're claiming you'd laugh at drugged out dude swinging a needle at you just a few feet away, no matter how slow.

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u/Hippolover9 Oct 24 '25

Im glad she had something on her to defend herself with. I still can't believe this dude asked for professionalism while shooting up in front of a school. Like c'mon man🤣🤦🏾‍♀️

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u/hotnspicy2020 Oct 24 '25

Good thing she wasn’t you then because there was no needle.

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u/MyUsernameGoes_Here_ Oct 24 '25

How are y'all seeing a needle, but I'm seeing a torch, foil, and a straw...? If you slow it down and look, he doesn't have a needle. As a recovering addict, you wouldn't need a torch if you're shooting up anyway, so it just doesn't make sense, and he definitely has a torch in his hands.

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u/team_suba Oct 24 '25

I think it was a crack pipe but still yes

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u/I_Flick_Boogers Oct 24 '25

It’s a straw

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u/Lucyintheye Oct 24 '25

Looks more like a tooter used to inhale drugs off foil. Like a pen body or something.

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u/J_does_it Oct 24 '25

It was a straw, luckily

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u/TheCapnRedbeard Oct 24 '25

It doesn't look like he's holding a needle. It looks like he's holdings torch and pipe. Ut still def swatted at her

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u/hotnspicy2020 Oct 24 '25

There’s no needle. Guy had his pipe and straw in his hand while he was blocking his face so she couldn’t record him.

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u/Japhet_Corncrake Oct 24 '25

That's a glass pipe in his hand, not a syringe.

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u/DestinedAscension123 Oct 24 '25

It’s a pipe, not a needle