Vietnam Vet Sprayed In The Face By Trump's Federal Agents In Portland

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A Vietnam veteran shouting at a line of federal law enforcement agents in Portland, Oregon was sprayed in the face during the ongoing protests in the city.

President Donald Trump sent the federal agents to Portland, claiming protesters there were “anarchists who hate our Country.” But footage from the incident showed former Army medic Mike Hastie presenting no threat; he was just speaking his mind in the street when an unidentified fatigue-clad agent sprayed him in the face with what appeared to be pepper spray or a similar substance.

The scene, captured on video by journalist Andrew Kimmel, showed a federal agent holding the canister just inches from Hastie’s face, then shoving him out of the way:

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Another photographer on the scene said Hastie “was incapacitated for a good amount of time and needed several flushes of water before he could start walking.”

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/vietnam-vet-sprayed-portland-074130939.html

[MontanaMama]

1. America is getting greater and greater...

[stillcool]

2. effed up that they did that to any one.

but jeezus

[Hoyt]

3. Shouldn't have been pepper sprayed; but, ranting about killing innocent Vietnamese

is a little late and off topic. Not sure we’ve been in a justified war since WWII.

[2naSalit]

4. Indeed...

Definitely a little late and off topic. When I saw it a couple days ago my response, on many levels was, WTF?

[Hoyt]

5. To be fair, I'm probably about his age and also yell about things 50 years ago.

[2naSalit]

6. Same here...

Just thought his point was being made in a strange place.

[Vivienne235729]

7. it doesn't matter if it was off topic or not. It did not excuse the behavior of the feds.

This vet wasn't a threat. He was assaulted for no reason. This made me so angry.