Antifa, BLM Activists Armed With Rifles Block Traffic, Assault Drivers in Portland
A large group of Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with people this week during a march in Portland and at least one person was hospitalized for reasons that were not specified, police said.
The confrontations between protesters and citizens happened in broad daylight on Wednesday and involved multiple people and separate cases.
At least two of the incidents were captured on video, showing armed protesters getting into a conflict with two drivers who appear to attempt to drive through their march.
In one such incident, armed protesters surrounded a red Interstate Dodge Chrysler, slashed the tires of the vehicle, broke the rear window, and held the driver hostage after accusing him of “driving through their protest,” according to a video that was posted on video sharing platform BitChute.
Police investigate confrontations in North Portland May 07 2021
One person was hospitalized when a large group of people, some with firearms, blocked streets and clashed with motorists.
One person was hospitalized after confrontations with a large group of people, some carrying firearms, walking in the street in North Portland on Thursday, May 6.
The name and condition of the person was not immediately released. No one was arrested and Portland police are seeking additional information.
According to police, at about 12:12 p.m., officers were dispatched on a report of a pedestrian hit by a car near North Interstate Avenue and Killingsworth Street. This was related to a large group walking in the street there, police said.
A driver was reportedly beaten and held against his will, another had his back window destroyed and shots of some sort were fired by the AK-47- and AR-15-wielding terrorists. Multiple sharp sounds were heard followed by the sound of whooshing air after the militants flattened the tires of a car the gun-wielding crowd had forced to stop. The man was “aided” to the sidewalk, as a live-streamer put it (see the video below).
Antifa/BLM terrorists wield guns as they block citizens from traveling on public streets.
The driver in the video above had his keys, gun, and tools stolen out of his truck, according to Portland police, who finally showed up to take a report in response to an apparently false claim that someone had been hit by one of the cars.
Police investigating armed confrontation on North Portland street
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Scenes from the videotaped armed clash on North Alberta Street and Michigan Avenue Thursday, May 6, 2021.
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Police are investigating an armed confrontation between a motorist who pulled a handgun and at least two pedestrians dressed in black and armed with what appear to be assault rifles that erupted Thursday in the middle of a residential street in North Portland.
It’s unclear what started the standoff, but videos circulating on social media show the resulting confrontation between people in a crowd and the motorist, Joseph Hall, who remains hospitalized.