Conservative Journalist Found Guilty After Pulling Gun On Portland Protesters

[The Stormbringer]

Something something, protesting scum, something something, rioters something, they deserved it, something we won something.

[TITAN308]

The people smashing up starbucks and lighting shit on fire, of course, arrest them, but you can't just grab up 1000 people and arrest them.

Isn't that what his quote said?

Maybe if police were actually arresting and prosecuting Antifa and radical left wing "protestors" who are starting riots, and assaulting people, passerbys wouldn't feel the need to have to be armed.

[SL1200]

Isn't that what his quote said?

Not the one I read. Over aggressive policing isn't good either. The crowd will end up fighting back.

[Theinquisition]

Arresting them for what? Do I need to link the first amendment to you? You can only arrest so many people. The jails are already full. Not a lot of room there for people standing on the street with signs in their hands.

The people smashing up starbucks and lighting shit on fire, of course, arrest them, but you can't just grab up 1000 people and arrest them.

Did I say that?

I would like to see rioters, and antifa people who are attacking random passerbys and anyone they may disagree with.

I don't want normal protestors arrested. I want the people who are hurting people and damaging private property arrested before someone gets killed.

[Svifnymr]

Guy needs some serious training, he had plenty of egress room. Well did, doubt he will be allowed to have a firearm moving forward.

10 felony convictions= no more guns, fer sure. It will be interesting to see the sentencing, but he's pretty much done with life. I wonder if he even had a lawyer.

[Theinquisition]

10 felony convictions= no more guns, fer sure. It will be interesting to see the sentencing, but he's pretty much done with life. I wonder if he even had a lawyer.

From what im reading, I don't think his response was completely unreasonable one that any good lawyer could have fought.

I wasn't there, so I can't say if he was in the right necessarily, but if he was being surrounded by masked agitators who have a history of assaulting people with weapons, he has a right to defend himself, I wouldn't wait for someone to be on top of me either.

[SL1200]

10 felony convictions= no more guns, fer sure. It will be interesting to see the sentencing, but he's pretty much done with life. I wonder if he even had a lawyer.

Why wouldn't he have a lawyer? If he didn't it was because he was even dumber than he looked in his video. The court will provide one of you can't afford one.

[Xeones]

Maybe if police were actually arresting and prosecuting Antifa and radical left wing "protestors" who are starting riots, and assaulting people, passerbys wouldn't feel the need to have to be armed.

The protesters weren't doing anything to get arrested though.

[Theinquisition]

The protesters weren't doing anything to get arrested though.

I'm not talking about this specific protest.

there has been a trend in the last 3 months for certain agitators to show up to otherwise peaceful protests and attack people and destroy property.

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Just watched the video, of course it seems to cover what happened after he drew his weapon, not before. Obviously from where he was standing it is reasonable to assume that his claims of being chased were founded considering the number of people facing him and the number of people who are masked.

[SL1200]

I'm not talking about this specific protest.

there has been a trend in the last 3 months for certain agitators to show up to otherwise peaceful protests and attack people and destroy property.

So he had a right to pull out a gun because of something that happened at another time and place? You're serious about this.

[TITAN308]

So he had a right to pull out a gun because of something that happened at another time and place? You're serious about this.

That is not what he said.

[SL1200]

That is not what he said.

You're his girlfriend or something?

[Wells]

Maybe if police were actually arresting and prosecuting Antifa and radical left wing "protestors" who are starting riots, and assaulting people, passerbys wouldn't feel the need to have to be armed.

Why do you assume those were the people he pulled a gun on?

[TITAN308]

You're his girlfriend or something?

No, but at minimum twice now you've put words in his mouth.

Don't take my responses as personal. I am just pointing out that you've had multiple replies now claiming people have said stuff they haven't.

[Milchshake]

So actual reporters like Richard Engel or Christiane Amanpour can report in hostile areas without carrying weapons. Why does a self styled Conservative Journalist need to bring a weapon?
Was he really just there as an antagonist, using journalism as a cover?

[SL1200]

So actual reporters like Richard Engel or Christiane Amanpour can report in hostile areas without carrying weapons. Why does a self styled Conservative Journalist need to bring a weapon?
Was he really just there as an antagonist, using journalism as a cover?

Seems like the truth to me.

[Eliseus]

In that situation...pulling the gun was dumb as shit.

Absolutely agree. I'm pro-gun rights, but not pro-doing dumb crap like this.

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[alexw]

I'm not talking about this specific protest.

there has been a trend in the last 3 months for certain agitators to show up to otherwise peaceful protests and attack people and destroy property.

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Just watched the video, of course it seems to cover what happened after he drew his weapon, not before. Obviously from where he was standing it is reasonable to assume that his claims of being chased were founded considering the number of people facing him and the number of people who are masked.

There was absolutely zero reason for him to pull a gun. It was a protest and there were people around, it was also loud and noisy (yeah its a protest) but that's it. That doesn't give you a right to draw and point a weapon.

After that its his word against the protesters there and frankly since he went a daylight planned peaceful protest armed, I'm a hell of a lot more likely to believe the protestors.

To me it looks like some paranoid right-wing wack-job (the right is really good at creating those) who's read too much nonsense about BLM "terrorists", and who's terrorized himself into acting stupid. There was no threat to his life, there was no threat there at all, though that doesn't mean in his delusional mind he doesn't believe otherwise, and frankly given how ready he is to draw a weapon he should not have access to one in the first place. He's a danger and menace to others as well as himself.

[SL1200]

No, but at minimum twice now you've put words in his mouth.

Don't take my responses as personal. I am just pointing out that you've had multiple replies now claiming people have said stuff they haven't.

I don't think i'm putting words in his mouth. Might be adding up the sum of his posts. I just don't see how pulling a gun in this situation is something anyone could defend. Maybe you think it's okay to go out and pull a gun on someone over their political opinion. Not me, and apparently not these jurors.

Now he'll spend a good long time in jail or prison, and that is the proper result.

[Ragnarocket]

I'm all for gun rights...but that seems to have just been a bad idea on his part.