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Disabled Portland Antifa protester, 60, who was shot dead at BLM riot 'by far-right FURRY, 43,' who was then shot and critically-injured by left-wing activist
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 02/23/2022 10:32:32 AM PST by algore

A 60 year-old Antifa activist was shot dead by a far-right furry while blocking traffic at a Black Lives Matter rally in Portland, it was claimed.

June Knight was shot in the head at point-blank range on Saturday at Normandale Park when the suspect, named as Benjamin Jeffrey Smith, 43, walked up to her and a group of protesters and shot her in the head at close range.

Smith is a machinist who is said to have posted regularly on far-right forums, backed Kyle Rittenhouse and moaned about crime in Portland also shot four other women, it is claimed. He is also said to be a member of the furry community, who dress up in cartoonish animal outfits and attend gatherings together.

After Smith allegedly shot and killed Knight, he was himself shot by another marcher who was armed. That marcher was arrested, but has since been freed by police, and has not been identified.

Smith remains critically-ill in hospital. The group who were marching did so to commemorate Patrick Kimmons, a black man shot and killed by Portland Police in 2018.

Knight's wife Katherine Knapp said her late spouse would have reasoned with Smith and tried to de-escalate the situation.

'She would have been the one talking to him, to deescalate things,' she told the Oregonian. 'She was really good at that and trying to be human with him and trying to understand.'

Knightly, who was also known as T-Rex, was a mother to a grown-up son who was a longtime LGBT rights activist. She had survived from two rounds of cancer, her wife Katherine Knapp told the Oregonian, and was using a cane to get around while she waited on a knee replacement. She was also partially retired and operated a vape store is southeast Portland.

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: antifa; benjaminjeffreysmith; blm; dontblocktraffic; juneknight; katherineknapp; patrickkimmons; wtf
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To: Yo-Yo
Zulus don't get lost in the jungle.   There's no way to say that in Zulu.
41 posted on 02/23/2022 11:09:21 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: cdcdawg
Hard to know what the urinalist means by “far right.”

The Nazis were notorious homosexuals.

42 posted on 02/23/2022 11:09:35 AM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: algore

43 posted on 02/23/2022 11:10:11 AM PST by BBQToadRibs2
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To: higgmeister

I got in an argument with one here on FR.
It was weird.


44 posted on 02/23/2022 11:10:15 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Skywise

Why would an Antifa person shoot another lefty?


45 posted on 02/23/2022 11:10:17 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Yo-Yo

Sounds like he got real tired of the riots and threats in P-Town. The place is a dumpster fire and he snapped.

Best guess is she stopped him on his way home from work and he went off. Nobody wants to live in that part of town especially during riot season.


46 posted on 02/23/2022 11:10:41 AM PST by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: algore

The person who shot the “furry” was released and not identified. And an “atta boy” from the DA I’m sure.


47 posted on 02/23/2022 11:11:33 AM PST by stevio
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To: algore

“Far-right Furry”

LOL!


48 posted on 02/23/2022 11:12:29 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: algore

🤔


50 posted on 02/23/2022 11:16:38 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Miss you Rush!)
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To: algore

Have I been away that long?

I don’t even UNDERSTSAND this thread!!


51 posted on 02/23/2022 11:17:01 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Lead poisoning?


52 posted on 02/23/2022 11:17:05 AM PST by Justice
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To: algore

The “far-right” shooter was furrious.


53 posted on 02/23/2022 11:17:49 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: mac_truck; All
This confrontation highlights a street fighting tactic antifa employs regularly, namely having weaker members confront/distract while the hard core members hang back waiting for an opportunity to strike.

You're right about that, these Marxist agitators are knowingly Decoys and they operate to distract situational awareness so the armed and armored Antifa Thugs can blindside from ambush.

Truly Cowards, in every sense of the word.

54 posted on 02/23/2022 11:17:53 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: ping jockey

All information as to what allegedly happened comes from Antifa. Be skeptical.


55 posted on 02/23/2022 11:19:33 AM PST by TheConservator (Beware the tyranny of the woke mob. There has never been a greater threat to liberty.)
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To: higgmeister

We have or had at least one here on FR. He happily chatted about it. It was on some thread about it but I’ve forgotten which now. It’s what the smh acronym was invented for.


56 posted on 02/23/2022 11:23:40 AM PST by xp38
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To: dp0622

no we’re just as bewildered


57 posted on 02/23/2022 11:26:14 AM PST by xp38
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To: kiryandil

“This is what happens when people no longer have to work to keep from starving.”

Truth.


58 posted on 02/23/2022 11:28:28 AM PST by avenir
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To: Steve_Seattle
Why would an Antifa person shoot another lefty?

Because they were not from one of the currently approved factions.

Leftists kill each other when they run out of "right-wing" opponents.

59 posted on 02/23/2022 11:28:38 AM PST by flamberge (Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear)
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To: IYAS9YAS; Valpal1
Same event with a distinctly different description?
60 posted on 02/23/2022 11:30:08 AM PST by Who is John Galt? ("Shoeless Joe" played for the White Sox; "Clueless Joe" lives in the White House...)
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