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oregonjen

(3,336 posts)
Fri Aug 9, 2019, 11:55 AM Aug 2019

Armed Trump supporter detained and released now on his way to PDX

Great. Batshit crazy headed for PDX.



https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/armed-trump-supporter-detained-and-released-at-el-paso-immigrant-center/283-e1135f19-547a-41ba-8096-3e384d5c6b1c?fbclid=IwAR1CQO6vqs2tgSgOjiyXOPYaPlyNuJm7mSO6DV299MSEi0wGLi-zBVxlELc

EL PASO, Texas — An armed Trump supporter was detained and released by police Wednesday outside a community space for immigrants in El Paso, Texas, days after a mass shooting that killed 22 people at a Walmart in the border town.

Witnesses said they called police after Thomas Bartram, 21, made threatening comments to people and brandished a knife while sitting in his truck outside of community center Casa Carmelita. His truck was emblazoned with pro-Trump banners and bumper stickers promoting InfoWars, a far-right conspiracy website and radio show.

<snip>Bartram is no longer in El Paso but on his way to Portland, Oregon, to attend a protest that local officials have warned is expected to turn violent.

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Armed Trump supporter detained and released now on his way to PDX (Original Post) oregonjen Aug 2019 OP
"Uh...Rog, dispatch...we understand guy with a gun at Wal-Mart? Aristus Aug 2019 #1
here's thread regarding that upcoming protest in Portland Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #2

Aristus

(66,330 posts)
1. "Uh...Rog, dispatch...we understand guy with a gun at Wal-Mart?
Fri Aug 9, 2019, 11:58 AM
Aug 2019

We're pullin' in right now...oh!...looks like he's white! It's okay, everyone. Stand down. Repeat, dispatch: stand down."

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