Oath Keepers militia will attend Portland 'free speech' rally, says leader

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Oath Keepers militia will attend Portland 'free speech' rally, says leader

Stewart Rhodes tells Guardian group will ‘protect’ an ‘alt-right’
event set to go ahead Sunday in aftermath of double murder
despite mayor’s attempt to block

Jason Wilson in Portland
Saturday 3 June 2017 22.11 BST

Members of the Oath Keepers militia will attend an “alt-right”-hosted “free speech” rally in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, according to the group’s leader. The rally is due to take place little more than a week after the deaths of two men who came to the aid of women being subject to racial abuse on a train in the city.

The man charged in the stabbings, which killed Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23, and Rick Best, 53, and left 21-year-old student Micah David-Cole Fletcher injured, is Jeremy Christian, 35. He was found to have posted white supremacist rhetoric online and to have attended an “alt-right” rally in the city in April.

In an atmosphere of heightened tension in Portland, and as mayor Ted Wheeler appealed for federal authorities to follow him in withholding permits for the rally, the chair of the city’s Republican party last week told the Guardian he was considering contacting groups like the Oath Keepers to provide security for party events.

Speaking on Saturday on his way to Oregon from his home in Montana, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes said: “We’re going to protect free speech, the exact same thing we have been doing at the last seven events we’ve been to over the past few months.”

[font size=1]-snip-[/font]

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/03/oath-keepers-militia-portland-free-speech-rally

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Okay folks,

this bunch of People are extremely dangerous. They have been waiting for a fight since the Maharier Wild Life occupation. Hopefully the Law Enforcement people throw a net over these thugs.

[DBoon]

2. many of the ARE Law Enforcement

RW has been trying to infiltrate law enforcement and military for decades, and has had some success

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement/

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Aware of a couple of

County Sheriffs in that area that subscribe to this group. Hopefully this does not explode. Just more of Trumps supporters acting out.

[judesedit]

3. And others will be there to stand up for "life, liberty, pursuit of happiness and equality for all

May justice be done in honor of the innocent and punishment be rightfully assigned to the guilty.

[blueinredohio]

5. Hope no one goes to protest this rally then they have no one to

start a fight with and it would be funny to see how many (or few) alt-righters show up