On this day, August 17, 2014, two people were kiled after a disabled man jumped on his mother's lap in a motorized mobilized device hitting the controls and propelling both of them into a gap between two light-rail train cars as the train left the station in Gresham.
Also on this day, August 17, 2019, Oregon police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons as Antifa rioters swarmed downtown Portland.
Harvey Scott was former editor of the Oregonian
A statue that has stood for 87 years in southeast Portland was torn down, being the latest atrocity amidst a series of Antifa and Black Lives Matter vandalism and rioting that has plagued Oregon's largest city for much of the year 2020. The statue of the former Oregonian newspaper editor had stood since 1933.
This is the seventh statue torn down in Oregon overall and the fifth one this year. It seems to be connected to the same rioting leftist group responsible for the other statue vandalism. The vandalism occurred on the so called "Day of Rage" this year, October 12th, also known as Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day.
The violence has continued with no authorities in the area including the Multnomah County District Attorney willing to arrest and convict some of the rioting persons. It is unclear if or when the Democrat leaders of the state and city will step in to protect the history of Oregon.
--Ben Fisher| Post Date: 2020-10-22 10:15:40 | Last Update: 2020-10-22 10:49:16 |
