President Donald Trump’s ascent to office seems to have emboldened the scum of the Earth. The man who has been arrested in Portland, Oregon for fatally stabbing two people and wounding another on the MAX train is a well-known white supremacist named Jeremy Christian.
He was reportedly screaming hate speech at a woman wearing a hijab when two men confronted him. Christian attacked the men with a knife, stabbing them both to death and injuring another before leaving the train and eventually being apprehended.
The Portland Mercury reports that Christian has been booked for the following crimes: two charges of aggravated murder, one charge of attempted murder, two charges of intimidation (hate crime), and one charge of felon in possession of a restricted weapon.
The Portland Mercury also recalls their last run in with Jeremy Christian, writing:
“On April 29, Christian showed up to the right-wing ‘March for Free Speech’ on 82nd Avenue in Montaville 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.”
The Mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler, issued this statement in regards to this horrible hate crime:
“There is too much hatred in our world right now, and far too much violence. Too much of it has arrived here in Portland. My heart goes out to the families of those who lost their lives, and to those who witnessed what happened. Thank you to our first responders, who provided aid, and police who captured the suspected killer. Now is the time, we must come together as a community and love one another. We must reject hatred and violence. We must seek justice.”
Think our President will comment on this one?
You can watch video of the Portland Mercury speaking with Christian from the April 29 “March for Free Speech” below (after the jump):
https://vimeo.com/215373013
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