((Not safe for work.))
Yesterday, I demonstrated conclusively that Oregon-based citizen journalist Mike Strickland had a defensible reason for drawing his weapon at advancing anarchists and Black Lives Matter protesters that surrounded him on the street during a protest. The incident, which subsequently videotaped an assault against Strickland, occurred near the federal and county courthouses in downtown Portland.
Four police officers and a second amendment expert weighed in on the case in yesterday’s post, so I won’t re-litigate it here.
Strickland now sits in a Multnomah County Sheriff’s jail cell on a felony charge. His bail has been set at $250,000.00. To say that’s excessive for one with no police record is an understatement. Kevin Starrett of the Oregon Firearms Federation calls him a “political prisoner.”
But, now, thanks to video posted by a Twitter user who goes by the name “Prison Planet,” we know that protesters were amped up in advance with a pep talk at Pioneer Courthouse Square by non other than self described “Black Panthers.”
As we’ve since learned, the Dallas shooter responsible for shooting 11 people, killing five white police officers last week, was an erstwhile member of the Houston New Black Panther Party, an organization which has called for violence against the police, among other things.
Here’s the “pep talk” these New Black Panther Party members gave to the Portland Professional Protester crowd. H/T to John Trudel for tipping me off to this video:
No Title
No Description
The self described Panther admonished the crowd that if things got violent,
“You pull your pistol out and bust it.”
He referred to others as “the enemy.”
There was the wind-up. Now for the delivery:
“When we move with the Panthers, trust when you see me move, I’m moving in violence!”
“We’re tired of asking y’all to help us! We need action! We need to fucking take action.”
“I don’t give a fuck if you fucking knock them over. You run up on ’em, whatever! Whatever you do, you’d better fucking take action!”
Now, as discussed yesterday in the break down of the video tape, after pulling his weapon, the mob was held back. But then a breakaway group followed Strickland as he fearfully backed up the street. He kept telling them, “I’m leaving, I’m leaving!” The photographer told the crowd to leave him alone.
Look who the leader is: Sideways hat. He follows Strickland up the street:
While everyone else has been implored to leave Strickland alone, sideways hat comes at him, sometimes seemingly to be a calming force, but definitely there to intimidate.
Sideways hat makes up the distance with gray hoodie guy who assaults Strickland:
Here he is again. First, at Pioneer Courthouse Square holding his hat:
And later walking toward Strickland wearing his hat:
Did Mike Strickland see the pre rally pep talk by the New Black Panthers? Probably. This was a dangerous crowd. Strickland was smart to carry his pistol.
