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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump-Bannon trickle-down. Suspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist
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Witnesses told the police that he was harassing two women who appear to be Muslim. One was described as wearing a hijab. One of the men he stabbed died at the scene, one was pronounced dead at a hospital, and one is expected to survive.
Christian is a known right wing extremist and white supremacist. On April 29, Christian showed up to the right-wing "March for Free Speech" on 82nd Avenue in Montavilla with a baseball bat in an attempt to assault left-wing protesters. The bat was quickly confiscated by Portland police officers. He ranted how he was a nihilist. He'd soon yelled racial slurs ("fuck all you n*****s" and gave the Nazi salute throughout the day. He yelled "Hail Vinland" throughout the day.
A few Portland police officers on April 29 appeared to be familiar with Christian, but not threatened by him. They claimed he had a head injury and was mentally ill.
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Update: Christian has a criminal record that includes a host of felonies going back to 2002, when he was convicted of first-degree robbery and second-degree kidnapping. He also has a conviction for carrying/using a dangerous weapon from 2002.
His Facebook page is replete with anti-Semitic comments and other evidence of his views. Here are some examples.
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http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/05/27/19041594/suspect-in-portland-hate-crime-murders-is-a-known-white-supremacist
http://abcnews.go.com/US/stabbed-killed-portland-transit-station/story?id=47672660&cid=social_twitter_abcnp
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Trump-Bannon trickle-down. Suspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist (Original Post)
kpete
May 2017
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)1. begs the question, why did the portland police not do something?
I suspect, some share this guy's views???
Archae
(46,327 posts)5. What could they do?
Unless he was a danger to himself or others, (which he wasn't until the attack,) his own family could have asked for an intervention, but it looks like they wanted nothing to do with him either.
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)2. So Christ's teachings of Love, Charity and Forgiveness equal
The cold blooded murder of anyone different.
Alrighty then...
MythosMaster
(445 posts)3. Absolutely no warning signs...
Who could have seen this coming? Seeing that he is full of Christs love and all.
d_r
(6,907 posts)4. I hope he finally
Gets the mental health treatment he needs.
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)6. Scumbag needs to take a dirt nap.
Coventina
(27,115 posts)7. So if he did suffer from mental illness, due to TBI, wasn't it obvious his illness was dangerous
to himself and others?
It sounds as if he was a homicide waiting to happen.
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)8. His FB profile is linked to "Americans For Bernie Sanders"
Johnny2X2X
(19,060 posts)9. No worse than Bannon
The White House is full of scum like Christian.
miyazaki
(2,240 posts)10. Anyone with a host of felonies should have been in a cage to begin with. n/t