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| Portland OR Wacko Murders Good Samaritans |
| 2017-05-27 |
| Anti-Islamic nut-job was harassing some Muslim women at the train station in the liberal bastion of Portland, Oregon. Three good Samaritans tried to defend the women and two were killed and one badly wounded for their efforts. Evil guns were not involved. Not a classic WoT Ops entry but seems the most appropriate place to put it. [WashingtonPost] Christian, 35, is accused of fatally stabbing two men Friday night as they tried to intervene when he shouted anti-Muslim hate speech at two young women on a light-rail train in Portland. He is being held on two counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted murder, among other charges, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. The attack comes as Portland has weathered rising tensions between groups with fiercely opposing views, including white nationalists, right-wing extremists, anarchists and so-called left-wing "antifascists," known as the "antifa." |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #3 I understand, my dear. Being the parent of adults is an entirely different category of worries. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-27 20:17 |
| #2 This hits kind of close to home - it's my daughters neighborhood in Portland. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-05-27 20:14 |
| #1 The Washington Post won't let me read your article without subscribing, Glenmore, but a subsequent article from the Post makes it clear this was not specifically an attack on supporters of Muslims: According to witnesses, a white male passenger riding an eastbound MAX train early Friday afternoon began yelling what “would best be characterized as hate speech toward a variety of ethnicities and religions,” police said. Some of the slurs were directed at two female passengers, one of whom was wearing a hijab, according to police. “This suspect was on the train and he was yelling and ranting and raving a lot of different things, including what we characterized at hate speech or biased language,” Portland police spokesman Pete Simpson said at a news conference Friday evening. And: Simpson added that it did not appear that the suspect or the victims had any relationship with one another. “We don’t know if (the suspect) has mental-health issues or was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or all of the above,” Simpson said. “With this incident, we’re obviously in early stages of the investigation.” You are right that this is not a classic WoT article, though we do include attacks on Muslims under that heading when appropriate -- natives attacking "refugee" hostels, for instance -- so it's understandable that you put it here. But the additional information makes it sound like the police don't really believe this is an anti-Muslim attack, merely another crazy. The Portland police just arrested a man who has been throwing his semen at people, so clearly they are familiar with the signs. So I am moving it to Lurid Crime Tales. But because of the current atmosphere, I'm leaving it on Page 1. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-27 20:03 |