#DC In respects to what happened tonight in Portland, and to take some serious time for self reflection, we will be silent for the rest of the night. We do not support killing civilians. These next few days we will be working on resources for victims of shootings.

Forwarded from @DouglassRUST

https://twitter.com/iwriteok/status/1299963960305676288 this is a good move

What we know
- The victim was shot in the chest at around 8:46 pm Pacific time, and died at the scene
- The victim appears to have been a white man, and was reportedly wearing a shirt and hat with the logo of the far-right Patriot Prayer group
- The shooting comes after Trump supporters in downtown Portland unleashed pepper spray and paintballs on protesters and journalists, and amid clashes between supporters of the president and protesters
- Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf told ABC Sunday morning that “all options continue to be on the table” in terms of federal action in Portland

What we don’t know:
- The identity of the victim
- The identity of the shooter. Portland police say that “no suspect information is being released at his time,” and no arrests have been made
- The shooter’s motive
- The weapon used by the shooter

https://www.vox.com/2020/8/30/21407398/what-we-know-about-a-deadly-shooting-in-portland-oregon

After gathering more evidence I decided to change my statement. I still say I am against the shooting of civilians. However what is not clear is whether this was self defense. Another video showed more clearly the mace being sprayed followed by shots both very rapidly and it's not clear whether the gun was pulled first or the mace was. If this was in self defense I view this to be more ethical. Macing someone shouldnt result in an execution and we should view every shooting critically and with sensitivity. People shouldn't have to die. But the reality is last night very well might not be the last of these. And just like there are Columbine copycats, I still fear that individuals will try to copy the acts of Kyle Rittenhouse. Part of being an ethical journalist is saying you were wrong about some information and you do your best to correct it. Regardless folks should not be deputized to kill as it only will escalate the situations further for us and put folk who arent trying to fight a battle into harms way. The last thing we should be doing is inspiring a warmongering right wing. We are striking against them. A strike should not escalate to a battle. But things only stay peaceful if our enemies have empathy and a conscious. Right now it doesn't appear that way. We should all take time to continue and reflect on this as more information still waits to come out.

Rest in Power Fred Hampton. Fuck the Police.

https://twitter.com/sunujournal/status/1300060458653822978

https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/status/1300258763144925184

21 minutes ago #DC

CW: graphic content

We have amazing medics on the ground putting their lives on the line to help any person down. That's what medics do. They cross political lines to save peoples lives. They tried to last night in Portland after a member of Patriot Prayer was shot. He was alive still when they got to him. That's when police pushed them away from the victim and prevented our on the ground medics from helping. Police even kicked away the first aid supplies that could have potentially saved his life. Police shined a light in his eyes and ignored offering medical attention to the man. Street medics had occlusive barriers and tools to help him until the emt arrived. Instead police let him lay there to die to preserve the evidence of the scene. Police are not trained to save lives. Police are trained to protect evidence. It was Black Lives Matter medics who tried to save him. Any threat of war from the right is warmongering and illegitimate and it is threats of terror. Waging war on and murdering civilians is a war crime. War is a dreadful and painful experience civilians do not want to have. We are calling for massive demilitarization of our nations police and militias. We do not want a war with anybody. We are demanding systemic change, not more black lives taken away. Black Lives Matter!

https://twitter.com/frostylady131/status/1300202825385795585

"According to Alexander Reid Ross, an academic who researches far-right violence, vigilantes have assaulted protesters at least sixty-four times, driven cars into protesters at least thirty-nine times, and shot at protesters at least nine times — and that’s just counting the violence that occurred since May.

Despite the violence, police have not cracked down on right-wing counterprotesters."

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/kenosha-kyle-rittenhouse-police-shooting-vigilantes/

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