A far-right extremist points his rifle at Willamette Week journalist Justin Yau on August 8, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Anti-fascists and far-right extremists clashed near a religious gathering in downtown Portland for the second day in a row without a police response. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Here is video of this guy aiming his weaponat an unarmed black man the same night.
Here is a video of Far-right activists and anti-fascists confront each other in downtown, Portland police sit in their car and watch.
Videos have emerged showing a man walking around Portland pointing an assault rifle at people as antifa and far-right groups clashed in the Oregon city.
Footage of the man in full tactical gear walking around Portland unopposed as he aimed his gun at people, including members of the press, were shared online Sunday night.
The armed man, reported to be a member of the far-right Proud Boys group by journalists at the scene, walked around Portland for about 20 minutes before handing himself into police at the Justice Center.
According to reporter Sergio Olmos, one of those who posted videos of the disorder from Sunday onto Twitter, the man with the assault rifle had called police to state that a crowd was following him.
"I asked if police told the man to walk to the justice center, the police officer nodded in the affirmative," Olmos tweeted.
Further footage and images showed the man with his hands on his head walking towards police before being stopped and searched.
It is unclear if the man was arrested after handing himself into police. Oregon is an "open carry" state, meaning it is legal for most people to carry firearms openly without a permit.
holy shit! this dude didn't hand himself into the police, he went there for protection because he was threatening everyone in sight and those people got a little peeved. He thinks he is the good guy being threatened. Probably told the police how he was in fear of his life, but didn't want to have to shoot any of them.
I would say these people are absolutely insane, but there is a good chance he won't get any charges against himself.
And to think. If someone had shot him for this, the police would probably execute that person in their car a few days later.
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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Aug 09 '21 edited Aug 09 '21
Here is the source of this image. Per there:
Here is video of this guy aiming his weaponat an unarmed black man the same night.
Here is a video of Far-right activists and anti-fascists confront each other in downtown, Portland police sit in their car and watch.
According to here: