A Navy veteran says he was beaten and pepper sprayed while attending a protest in Portland
Source: CNN
By Jennifer Selva and Hollie Silverman, CNN 53 mins ago
Protests in Portland, Oregon have been a nightly occurrence for more than 50 days, but one man hadn't attended any until Saturday night.
Navy veteran Chris David, 53, told CNN over the phone Sunday that he had never been to a protest, but felt "enraged" when he saw federal officers on the scene and wanted to ask them what they were doing there.
Officers from federal agencies have been spotted in the city taking protesters off the street, arresting them and putting them in unmarked vehicles over the past week.
"I was going to ask why they weren't living up to their oath of office, the Constitution," David explained. " All I wanted to do was ask them why?"
He put on his Naval Academy gear with the hope they would listen, and would feel like he was one of them. What he was met with couldn't have been further from that.
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nilram
(2,888 posts)Jeeze, MSN. Its not alledged, its not hearsay, its not he said/they said. How about Navy veteran is filmed being beaten and pepper sprayed while attending a protest in Portland for a headline. Is that such a leap? Its even the same number of characters.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)"I stood there with my hands down by my sides and they just started whaling on me."
The man was just standing there, not yelling, not committing acts of vandalism or violence. He just stood there and the anonymous people in camouflage attacked him.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)I see some epic civil rights lawsuits coming out of this one. This might be the sort of thing that finally puts Barr into prison and with a lot of hard work, might get the DHS defunded and disbanded. It was always a cover and a stepping stone to secret police, and most of us knew it when Dubya and Cheney got the legislation rammed through.
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Kidnapped off the street. Reminiscent of Argentina and Chile.
How long before 'disappeared' by Trump's secret police?