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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but after a little research I came up with this
"Like America at large, furry culture is a community divided. Just as the so-called “alt-right” has gained momentum in human circles since the election of President Donald Trump, groups who refer to themselves as the Fur Right and Alt-Furries have reared their heads in furry circles, affixing white supremacist and ultra-conservative views to the furry bottom line of “must love dogs.”"
A far right activist is a Furry? Lol. Not a chance, unless it’s to grudge-f*ck a Millenial in costume. /h
Perversion runs rampant.
Did he dress as a schweinehund?
“Smith remains critically-ill in hospital”
Editor!
A gunshot injury is now an illness?
I’m surprised this report made it to print. It is very light on confirmed facts and reads more like leftist wishful thinking.
Something about being a far right Furry doesn’t seem right to me.
If the shooter was in fact a far right Furry, that would be rather unique, Furries are engaged in violence against Antifa.
Furries fighting Antifa is not something I ever thought would happen.
Not sure what Furry has to do with any of this. A person shot another person who was then shot themselves. Adding Furry into the mix seems like a set up for an insanity plea.
“a far-right furry”
Hmmm. Maybe some culture jamming on their websites, but I don’t think that a far-right furry is really possible. That’s an alternative lifestyle by definition. That’s not compatible with the traditionalism on the “far right.”
Some weirdos shot each other. That should be encouraged and contained to places where they can only hurt each other.
Damn far right long ears always trying to steal Easter from Jesus. Down with all of ‘em I says.
“It is very light on confirmed facts “
What is missing?
I call BS - while there are “rightist” furries the leftist press ignored this story for days when the evidence pointed to him being an AntiFa member.
This is just pure gaslighting.
Any evidence the shooter was right wing. Under what conditions he shot two or three other people. Any information at all on who shot him.
Uh, ‘far-right furry’? What in the wide wide world of sports is goin’ on?
1. 60 yr old panteefuh activist
2. Far right furry supporter of Kyle Rittenhouse
3. Far right forums(FReerepublic?)
4. Shot by a left wing activist. Lucky it wasn’t a FAR left activist
Welcome to New Clownsville.
“...Antifa activist was shot dead by a far-right furry...”
Just the beginning of many thousands more to come. /spit
The Babylon Bee doesn’t have a chance anymore.
There are no “far right” sexual deviants.
There are pretend “conservatives” that are sexual deviants.
Hell, there are some “Bronies” on FR, no shit...
You can’t even make this stuff up anymore.
Just a few days ago they were claiming it was the Gypsy Jokers bikers who did it.
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