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Man Arrested While Filming Right-Wing Protesters at Patriot Prayer Rally Found Not Guilty of Disobeying Police Orders

A judge ruled the federal agents did not have lawful grounds to keep John Hacker out of Terry Schrunk Plaza.

Text Messages Show Portland Police Chief and Mayor’s Staff in Icy Dialogue Over Arrests of Political Brawlers

“Does this mean you’ll be coming out with us?” asked Chief Danielle Outlaw.

Proud Boy Booked in Multnomah County Jail on a Felony Assault Charge

Donovon Flippo, a Proud Boy who has rallied with Patriot Prayer supporters, allegedly participated in an assault on June 8, 2018.

Mayor Ted Wheeler Says Prosecutors Gave Portland Police Bad Advice on Brawling: “We Could Have Acted Much Faster to Arrest People”

“If you want to come here and fight somebody, and you’ve got somebody in mind, and they agree, can you do us all a favor? Rent a boxing ring.”

Neo-Nazis Saw Patriot Prayer Rallies as Fertile Recruitment Grounds and Targeted Portland Newspapers to Gain Publicity

“A significant number of the Alt light people are National Socialists, deep down, they just need to find somewhere they belong,” one user posted, discussing a Patriot Prayer rally in 2017.

Police Told Patriot Prayer Leader Joey Gibson They Considered Fights At His Rallies “Mutual Combat”

“They’ve made it very clear,” Joey Gibson said in July, 2018, “they’re kind of looking at it as mutual combat.”

Is It Legal for Right-Wing Extremists to Brawl With Antifa in the Portland Streets?

Prosecutors blamed a legal defense called “mutual combat” for why they rarely prosecute right-wing extremists.

Victim Says Grand Jury Voted Today to Indict Right-Wing Brawler Tusitala “Tiny” Toese and Proud Boy Donovan Flippo for June Assault in Portland

Subpoenas shared with WW show that both Flippo and Toese face a charge of assault in the third degree.

Shouts, Stomps and Boos Dominate Listening Session On Portland Police Relationships With Right-Wing and Leftist Protest Groups

Throughout the session, held inside a northeast church, people booed, jeered, clapped and cheered.

Police Union President Demands Apology From Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, Suggests Leftist Activists Are the Real Threat to Portland

“What about those who throw bricks, rocks, bottles, feces, and urine at police officers endangering not only our officers but also peaceful protesters who are exercising their right to free speech?” Portland police union president Daryl Turner said in a statement.

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