Man who pulled gun on BLM crowd found guilty

[n2doc]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A judge has convicted the man who pulled a gun on a crowd of people during a Black Lives Matter rally outside the Multnomah County Justice Center.

The crowd was never threatening Michael Strickland, police and prosecutors have maintained. Many of the people in the crowd had their hands raised, and when Strickland pulled his gun, fled the area in panic.

Police were quick to arrive and take Strickland into custody.

During his week-long trial, Strickland’s defense was that as an independent journalist, he was covering the event and felt threatened when the crowded approached him.

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http://koin.com/2017/02/12/man-who-pulled-gun-on-crowd-guilty/

Put the terrorist away for a while.

[uppityperson]

1. Good. Fundamentalist terrorist

[gratuitous]

2. PLEASE tell me that he won't be allowed to own a gun anymore

I hope this is the kind of crime that gets Mr. Strickland's Second Amendment rights suspended forever. Who knows, he might even learn how to be more polite, and wouldn't that be ironic? An unarmed Strickland would be a polite Strickland.

[Iggo]

3. "...guilty of 10 counts of unlawful use of a weapon, 10 counts of menacing...

...and one count of second-degree disorderly conduct."

Are any of those felonies?

I ask because I know people who've been convicted of having less than tenth of a gram of cocaine in their possession who've lost their second amendment rights forever. You'd think if the crime was actually menacing people with an actual gun, a similar loss of constitutional rights would be in the offing.

You'd think...

[jmowreader]

4. Unlawful use of a weapon is

These are the two statutes they convicted him on:

163.190 Menacing.
(1) A person commits the crime of menacing if by word or conduct the person intentionally attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury.
(2) Menacing is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §95]

166.220 Unlawful use of weapon.
(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a weapon if the person:
(a) Attempts to use unlawfully against another, or carries or possesses with intent to use unlawfully against another, any dangerous or deadly weapon as defined in ORS 161.015; or
(b) Intentionally discharges a firearm, blowgun, bow and arrow, crossbow or explosive device within the city limits of any city or within residential areas within urban growth boundaries at or in the direction of any person, building, structure or vehicle within the range of the weapon without having legal authority for such discharge.
((2) is all the people this doesn't apply to, so I left it out.)
(3) Unlawful use of a weapon is a Class C felony. [Amended by 1975 c.700 §1; 1985 c.543 §1; 1991 c.797 §1; 2009 c.556 §5]

[Iggo]

5. Thank you.

[Daemonaquila]

6. Buh-bye gun rights, sleazeball!

May he be the first of many convictions of asshats who threaten protestors.