Posted on 07/13/2020 4:20:35 PM PDT by ransomnote
PORTLAND, Ore.—U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that seven people have been arrested and face federal charges for their roles in weekend riots at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland.
According to court documents, since May 26, 2020, protests in downtown Portland have regularly been followed by nightly criminal activity including assaults on law enforcement officers, destruction of property, looting, arson, and vandalism.
Rowan Olsen, 19, of Portland, is charged with disorderly conduct, creating a hazard on federal property, and failing to obey a lawful order; Shant Singh Ahuja, 28, of Oceanside, California, is charged with destruction of federal property; and Andrew Steven Faulkner, 24, of Beaverton, Oregon; Gretchen Margaret Blank, 29, of Seattle, Washington; Christopher Fellini, 31, of Portland; Cody Porter, 28, of Portland; and Taimane Jame Teo, 24, of Eugene, Oregon, are charged with assaulting federal officers.
The Hatfield Federal Courthouse has been a repeated target of vandalism, sustaining extensive damage. U.S. Marshals Service deputies and officers from the Federal Protective Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection working to protect the courthouse have been subjected to threats; aerial fireworks including mortars; high intensity lasers targeting officers’ eyes; thrown rocks, bottles, and balloons filled with paint from demonstrators while performing their duties.
On July 2-3, 2020, Olsen is accused of using his body to push on and hold a glass door at the Hatfield Courthouse closed, preventing officers from exiting the building and causing the door to shatter. With the door broken, a mortar firework entered the courthouse, detonating near the officers. The officers used shields and their bodies to block the open doorway for approximately six hours until demonstrators dispersed.
On July 4, 2020, Ahuja is accused of willfully destroying a closed-circuit video camera mounted on the exterior of the Hatfield Courthouse.
On July 5, 2020, Blank is accused of assaulting a federal officer with a shield while the officer was attempting to arrest another protestor.
On July 5-6, 2020, Faulkner, Fellini, Porter, and Teo are accused of assaulting federal officers with high intensity lasers. At the time of his arrest, Faulkner also possessed a sheathed machete.
All seven defendants made their first appearances in federal court on July 6, 2020 and were released pending trial.
A criminal complaint is only an accusation of a crime, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
These cases are being investigated jointly by the U.S. Marshals Service; FBI; U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Federal Protective Service; U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and Homeland Security Investigations.
The year 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the Department of Justice. Learn more about the history of our agency at www.Justice.gov/Celebrating150Years.
Is that a stop sign?
Why bother?
It’s Portland.
Nothing will happen to them.
Wanna bet?
However, since their pics are there and someone just might be able to dox them, perhaps an attitude adjustment just might happen.
Not that I’d approve that, of course.
Federal property, federal law enforcement, federal court, federal incarceration.
what a bunch of little pansies. Oh I swear these little cowards who have never had a real one on one fight please me meet me. infact the one on one.
Bill Ayers types
Hmm. Not a single black American among them. This pattern repeats in nearly all BLM/Antifa riots. The antagonists and the perps are virtually all white.
Most of the black people I’ve seen appear to take advantage of the rioting to help themselves to free stuff but, don’t appear to be much of a presence in the actual destruction taking place.
Local cops etc, thats one thing... Federal Charges are another.
Columbia River Knife And Tool. Think globally, act locally.
Used to live with some hippies in Eugene. One of them did Federal time for busting up the Federal building in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdicts. Last I knew, he was in Portland.
Alex: “Your choice, sir?”
“I’ll take deep state MK ULTRA females for a 1000 (yards), Alex.”
Their parents must be so proud!
Just like pedophiles, there’s no reforming them. Fry ‘em.
[Not that Id approve that, of course.]
No, no, of course not.
However .... a "Hickory Stick" Shampoo for each of them would vastly improve their looks!
Clean their hair and all, doncha know!
I would think you could get in quite a lot of trouble for this kind of thing.
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