Man who pulled gun on crowd found guilty

[SecularMotion]

Source: KOIN

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A judge has convicted the man who pulled a gun on a crowd of people during a Black Lives Matter rally outside the Multnomah County Justice Center.

The crowd was never threatening Michael Strickland, police and prosecutors have maintained. Many of the people in the crowd had their hands raised, and when Strickland pulled his gun, fled the area in panic.

Police were quick to arrive and take Strickland into custody.

Read more: http://koin.com/2017/02/12/man-who-pulled-gun-on-crowd-guilty/

[leftynyc]

1. I saw this yesterday

but figured someone had already posted it. I'm glad you're not as lazy as I am.

[NurseJackie]

2. Not yet sentenced ... I wonder what he could get. (Amusing that he calls himself a "journalist" ...

... when in reality, he's just a kook who writes for a RW blog.)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. One of the many faces of "Fake News".

Fake Journalism 101:

1. Go do something stupid and newsworthy.
2. Write about it in some wacky blogosphere.
3. Repeat.

[Initech]

4. Trump Effect at work!

[PoiBoy]

5. So an "independent journalist"...

"covering the event" brings a gun to the protest..? Must have gotten his Journalism "degree" from Liberty University.

The crowd was never threatening Michael Strickland, police and prosecutors have maintained. Many of the people in the crowd had their hands raised, and when Strickland pulled his gun, fled the area in panic.

Police were quick to arrive and take Strickland into custody.

During his week-long trial, Strickland’s defense was that as an independent journalist, he was covering the event and felt threatened when the crowded approached him.

He also maintained that carrying his gun was legal because he held a conceal-carry permit.

I wonder what the sentencing options are..?