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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:18 AM Feb 2017

Guilty: Man who pulled gun out at 'Don't Shoot PDX' protest

A man who pulled out a gun at a Don't Shoot Portland march and pointed it at a crowd of protesters in downtown was found guilty Friday of 21 felony and misdemeanor crimes.

Multnomah County Circuit Judge Thomas Ryan found Michael Aaron Strickland, 37, guilty of 10 counts of unlawful use of a weapon, 10 counts of menacing and one count of second-degree disorderly conduct for pointing his Glock semi-automatic handgun at 10 protesters.

During the weeklong trial, prosecutors argued that Strickland didn't have a reasonable fear that he was in imminent danger of getting hurt.

Strickland, who had a concealed weapons permit, claimed self-defense. He contended some protesters and anarchists wearing masks and carrying flagpoles had called him a racist, told him to leave, aggressively advanced toward him and pushed him. Some of the confrontation was caught on video -- including Strickland's own.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/02/guilty_man_who_pulled_gun_out.html
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Guilty: Man who pulled gun out at 'Don't Shoot PDX' protest (Original Post) SecularMotion Feb 2017 OP
Another argument against concealed or open carry. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #1
You ain't in Florida, asshole CanonRay Feb 2017 #2
Glock owners... ileus Feb 2017 #3
video of the event: ManiacJoe Feb 2017 #4
Watched the video, the guy was WAAAYYYYYYYYYY wrong for pulling the gun, yagotme Feb 2017 #5

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
1. Another argument against concealed or open carry.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:28 AM
Feb 2017

As if more were needed. Luckily, this idiot did not use his gun.

One hopes that jail time follows as well as a substantial fine.

yagotme

(3,819 posts)
5. Watched the video, the guy was WAAAYYYYYYYYYY wrong for pulling the gun,
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 07:09 PM
Feb 2017

he deserves what's coming to him. What I want to know, what knuckleheads thought it was a good idea to follow a guy, that just brandished a gun, down a street and get in his face and "poke the bear". Seems to me that guy in the gray sweatshirt that came up behind him was trying to provoke an incident.

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