Posted on 04/03/2025 10:57:43 PM PDT by grundle
On Saturday, police arrested a Portland man after he allegedly pointed a laser inside a Tesla dealership during a protest, injuring the eyes of one of the employees.
27-year-old Davis Nafshun has been charged with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of attempting to commit a felony, and misdemeanor charges of menacing and reckless endangerment.
Nafshun was released on his own recognizance the same day he was arrested. The Post Millennial's senior editor Andy Ngo discovered that Nafshun works at the taxpayer-funded homeless support nonprofit, Do Good Multnomah.
Court documents obtained by The Oregonian stated that police responded to the South Waterfront Portland Tesla dealership in the 4300 block of South Macadam Avenue, where an employee told officers that at least one person was pointing a green laser into the dealership at people inside.
According to police, two employees who had the laser pointed in their eyes experienced discomfort and problems with their vision. A third employee, who had previously had a laser pointed at their eyes days earlier, left the dealership to avoid it happening again.
An officer saw a video of Nafshun doing the same during an anti-Elon Musk protest outside the dealership. Police found Nafsun riding his bike away from the area and arrested him after recovering a green laser on his person.
Some protesters who saw the arrest began asking about the police response, but after they were shown the video of Nafshun’s alleged actions, they said his actions were “not okay” and supported him being taken into custody.
Tesla dealerships across the US have been protested by activists upset about CEO Elon Musk’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government while he has been working with the Trump administration. Radicals have even targeted the vehicles themselves, both at dealerships and parked on the street, lighting them on fire.
Many of the vandals have been arrested and are now facing federal charges.
Sad to agree that many of our problems can be traced to this man—he dashed so many hopes.
For everything the perpetrator has.
Pronto.
I would put intentionally blinding people in the capital offence column. With or without the court’s support.
“Nafshun works at the taxpayer-funded homeless support nonprofit, Do Good Multnomah.”
Nothing says “do good” quite like trying to blind someone with a laser.
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I doubt this guy will ever show up for court and good luck finding which tent he lives in.
Don't just go after the foot soldiers.
Lol. Portland cops had to check with the protestors to see if they “supported” arresting the commie perp.
But a green laser won’t blind you.
Well the judge would say they were throwing the Molotov’s at police, not real people. No it’s not sarcasm, just the reality of the alien creatures from Oregonia.
Well, it *is* Portland.
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“Many of the vandals have been arrested and are now facing federal charges.”
But not THIS one? Yeesh!
Totally wrong. Green is the most dangerous laser wavelength for eyes.
Your eye will naturally close before any damage is done, no?
The answer to that is a resounding big NO !
Laser damage can be very, very fast. Much faster than the blink of an eye. Don't forget in all of the common laser pointers or laser pens we are dealing with collimated light and the lens of the eye focuses it onto an incredibly small spot on the retina. Plus, your natural instinct is to look directly at the laser, meaning the damage will be on the fovia (the central part of the eye where our sharpest vision is sensed).
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