Christopher J. David had largely ignored the protests in downtown Portland, Ore., but when he saw videos of unidentified federal agents grabbing protesters off the street and throwing them into rented minivans, he felt compelled to act.
Mr. David, a Navy veteran, said that federal agents’ use of violent tactics against protesters, without the support of the mayor, the governor or local law enforcement, was a violation of the oaths that agents take to support, uphold and defend the Constitution.
And so, on Saturday, he took a bus downtown to ask the officers how they squared their actions with that oath.
Instead of getting an answer, Mr. David was beaten with a baton by one federal officer as another doused him with pepper spray, according to video footage of the encounter. After he walked away from the confrontation, Mr. David was taken to a nearby hospital, where a specialist said his right hand was broken and would require surgery to install pins, screws and plates. He declined pain medication.
Federal police strike protester with baton, use pepper spray and tear gas outside courthouse in Portland pic.twitter.com/VX2xTVaaYq— Zane Sparling (@PDXzane) July 19, 2020
Mr. David is one seriously brave man. Every last one of those masked, faceless, gutless cowards should be sent to a hellhole of a prison somewhere.
Along with their leaders, but that's, in part, up to us.
Bad as it was, it was good to watch. At no time was he afraid of them, yet they were afraid of him after his failure to grovel ( note their withdrawal after he confronts them and doesn't back down)The double birds were a lagniappe. It makes me proud to be an American when I see a citizen (& veteran)willingly place themselves in harm's way in defense of the constitution. We need as many people like this as can be found, as things come to a head
ReplyDeleteDon't you send terrorists to Gitmo .
ReplyDeleteReal tough guys, rat-packing an old man, tear-gassing a bunch of women.
ReplyDeleteI am laughing, at the "superiority".