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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
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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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KEYWORDS: antifa; benjaminjeffreysmith; blm; dontblocktraffic; juneknight; katherineknapp; patrickkimmons; wtf
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To: algore

Let’s see: a “far right furry” named Smith shoots an Antifa woman named Knight, nick-named T-Rex, and Knight’s “wife” Katherine Knapp said her late “spouse” would have reasoned with Smith and tried to de-escalate the situation.

Knight was a mother to a grown-up son who was a longtime LGBT rights activist.

Was the “far right furry” named Smith also a motorcycle gang member?

Am I old fashioned and naive or does this seem a little bizarre?


81 posted on 02/23/2022 12:34:21 PM PST by Paperpusher
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To: Paperpusher

“Forget it, Jake. It’s Portlandia.”


82 posted on 02/23/2022 12:38:33 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: algore

I didn’t understand anything in that article. It was like reading a Scrabble board.


83 posted on 02/23/2022 12:40:47 PM PST by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: algore

From what I have seen right after the shooting Antifa told all the “attendees” to delete their video’s of the incident. They also the police said Antifa picked up all their used brass. Sounds to me like Antifa Nazi’s picked on the wrong guy and lost and needed to hide the evidence.


84 posted on 02/23/2022 12:50:24 PM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Well, we have at least one Brony Freeper. Don't know if they relate to furries or not.

He/She is not ashamed of it and has posted about it here before. Of course, not my place to name them.

They'll probably see this thread.

85 posted on 02/23/2022 12:52:05 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: IYAS9YAS
There is case law where a belligerent was prosecuted for murder when claiming self defense.

You are right of course.

I am over-simplifying with a posit that "Benjamin Smith" was in fact the one who initiated the confrontation and the shooting with one or more ANTIFA members returning fire to stop the incident.

IF these points were true, the ANIFIA guys would legitimately walk away on a self-defense claim under the purported rule-of-law.

As I am unfortunately reminded, many of the "facts" reported about this incident have been wrong. And it does not appear that we have "rule-of-law" in Portland either.

I await further developments. From a long distance away.

86 posted on 02/23/2022 12:59:06 PM PST by flamberge (Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear)
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To: shoff
From what I have seen right after the shooting Antifa told all the “attendees” to delete their video’s of the incident. They also the police said Antifa picked up all their used brass. Sounds to me like Antifa Nazi’s picked on the wrong guy and lost and needed to hide the evidence.

Sounds like tampering with, and destruction of, evidence.

87 posted on 02/23/2022 1:08:37 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: algore

And CWII rages on.


88 posted on 02/23/2022 1:31:54 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton
An gunshot injury is now an illness?

Acute lead poisoning.

CC

89 posted on 02/23/2022 2:05:54 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

“Sounds like tampering with, and destruction of, evidence.”

I am sure they will be held accountable. :(


90 posted on 02/23/2022 2:39:54 PM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: algore

Not confusing: degenerates have degenerate minds.


91 posted on 02/23/2022 2:47:42 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Dalberg-Acton
"“Smith remains critically-ill in hospital”

Editor!

A gunshot injury is now an illness?

Yes, I caught that, too. It should have read, "Smith remains IN CRITICAL CONDITION in THE hospital".

92 posted on 02/23/2022 2:57:32 PM PST by jackibutterfly (May the 10 just men lacking in Sodom be found in America, for it’s sake of survival.)
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To: algore

That’s a lot of shooting going on. I need a diagram of all the players and who was shooting whom.


93 posted on 02/23/2022 3:02:09 PM PST by CFW
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To: Paperpusher
Was the “far right furry” named Smith also a motorcycle gang member?

AntiFa claimed the Gypsy Jokers were sent to kidnap Antifa.

The “alleged” (lol) shooter is machinist, says he likes working on cars, owned some firearms. I doubt if the shooter was flying gang colors or was a member of the Gypsy Joker club.

Several Gypsy Joker club members were recently convicted for racketeering. They whacked a former member who had stolen some firearms from the club. Read about that here

Jury Convicts Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club Members on Racketeering Charges


Gypsy Joker colors

About him being a Furry I have no idea. What AntiFa may have done to incur the wrath of bikers is unknown.

94 posted on 02/23/2022 3:28:28 PM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: gundog

That cracked me up.

Trudeau has pulled his emergency powers bill after having it clear commons. Likely some combination of realizing the optics were band and either the Senate or the GOvernor General giving non-token resistance


95 posted on 02/23/2022 5:31:56 PM PST by Hieronymus
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To: Hieronymus

Did he maybe just over-reach with the Emergency Act in a fit of tough-guy pique? It seems that the Finance Minister/Deputy PM and Klaus Schwab would have the good economic sense not to send the nation’s banks into a tailspin.


96 posted on 02/23/2022 6:03:35 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Dalberg-Acton

“A gunshot injury is now an illness?”

Of course. Haven’t you heard how the CDC has repeatedly been funded by leftist administrations to do “research” on the epidemic of the gun violence in the US?


97 posted on 02/23/2022 6:03:50 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist.I'm white.How does that make me racist?)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

“epidemic of the gun violence”

So it would be something you just catch, like a cold. No one’s fault, so no need to blame anyone.


98 posted on 02/23/2022 6:13:39 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Legatus

Wait - I thought bears were old fat gay guys? So a fat gay guy shot a lazy?


99 posted on 02/23/2022 6:30:43 PM PST by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for Thoughts.)
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