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OR:Mike Strickland Defends First Amendment Rights and Life with Second Amendment, is Thrown in Jail
Gun Watch ^ | 31 July, 2016 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 08/11/2016 10:12:32 AM PDT by marktwain


A year ago, Mike Strickland was beaten and ended in the hospital for several months.  His cameras were stolen, then returned with the drives wiped.  He has video of the attack, but the authorities refused to prosecute.  Recently, Mike was threatened by a mob of anarchists and Black Lives Matter activists again.  This time he protected himself. 

Victoria Taft has written a well researched article, with video, that shows Mike Strickland defending himself from the mob in Portland.  The link has it all. From victoriataft.com:

Mike Strickland was arrested and charged in Portland for pulling a gun at a Black Lives Matter/anarchist protest when a mob converged on him. But now he sits in jail. As one person put it, “[Mike Strickland] is now a political prisoner in Multnomah County.”

Showing how intolerant and censorious college campus administrators have become, he has been banned from two local campuses. From oregonlive.com:
Strickland, the man charged with waving a gun at protesters last week at a Don't Shoot PDX march, has been banned from Portland State and Portland Community College's campuses.

The two schools confirmed Wednesday that Strickland will not be allowed to set foot on campus if and when he is released from custody. Portland State is banning Strickland for two years. PCC's ban is indefinite, but Strickland could appeal the decision. Both schools informed Strickland of the ban last week.
So there you have it.  Be beat and put in the hospital for months, with video proof.  Have your creative work stolen/destroyed.  Then have the authorities refuse to prosecute. 

When you continue to exercise your First Amendment rights, you are threatened again. You refuse to be a victim.  The authorities throw you in jail, with ridiculous bond requirements.  James O'Keefe, from project Veritas, says the bond is set at $250,000. From projectveritas:
Mike Strickland is someone I know. I respect him because he makes little to no money going to these events trying to hold people accountable. He’s fought for both the First and Second Amendments for half a decade and he does so at great risk to himself.

The court set bond for Mike at $250,000.
 Link to Video

I have become cynical over the years. This is outrageous.  The local authorities will keep Mike jailed to prevent him from doing his citizen journalism.  If I had been in Portland, I could easily have been in Mike's spot, so it hits close to home.

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Selective prosecution of political opponents is becoming noticeable common by "progressives".
1 posted on 08/11/2016 10:12:32 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

BTTT


2 posted on 08/11/2016 10:20:12 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: marktwain

Interesting photo - punk liberal mob with their hands up, right when they thought they were going to be able to hurt him.

Then the cops showed up, working for the mob. That’s liberalism in a nutshell.


3 posted on 08/11/2016 10:22:14 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: marktwain

Let them keep on pushing. They’re not going to enjoy much less survive the consequences of what happens when people calculate that there’s nothing left to lose.


4 posted on 08/11/2016 10:24:50 AM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: marktwain

Lay down and take your beating, White Boy!


5 posted on 08/11/2016 10:25:56 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: marktwain

James O’Keefe mentioned this a few weeks ago:
https://youtu.be/D_0MQdpBIF0


6 posted on 08/11/2016 10:27:06 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: marktwain

It’s our fault. When they show up to arrest us, we’ve gone peacefully. This treatment will continue so long as we continue to do so.


7 posted on 08/11/2016 10:30:38 AM PDT by dware (TRUMP/PENCE 2016!)
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To: Talisker

Check out the footage I posted in #6.
At 1:23, he’d already drawn his weapon, placed it back in it’s holster, and a BLM thug just keeps advancing on him.


8 posted on 08/11/2016 10:37:23 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: marktwain

I’d follow the advice I was told by a gun rights lawyer in Virginia, if you need to pull then shoot somebody. That way prosecutors can’t squibble over brandishing laws. They have to immediately look to see if you were in fear of your life. With his history and this video, he would skate easily.


9 posted on 08/11/2016 10:44:12 AM PDT by Raymann
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To: Noumenon
Let them keep on pushing. They’re not going to enjoy much less survive the consequences of what happens when people calculate that there’s nothing left to lose.

Just in case someone was reading too quickly and missed it.

10 posted on 08/11/2016 10:55:18 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true ... and it pisses people off)
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To: marktwain

Bookmarking...


11 posted on 08/11/2016 11:07:41 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: marktwain

Too bad he didn’t cure a few of them of their oxygen addiction.


12 posted on 08/11/2016 11:11:30 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (The reason for Gun Control has always been Government's Fear of Rebellion.)
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He has now been let out on bail. A well to do patriot has put up 25K, I believe.

He is said to have video that shows the threats. Whether it will be allowed in court, is uncertain.

He has a good attorney, I understand.


13 posted on 08/11/2016 11:26:09 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Raymann

That is what my dear departed father taught me long decades ago. Never show someone a gun. You shoot and you shoot to kill. So if you are not to “kill” yet the gun stays holstered.


14 posted on 08/11/2016 11:33:57 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute

Many reasons why that is not good advice for a great many situations.

About 95% of defensive gun uses are defused without anyone being shot, as in this case.

Most people do not want to be shot, so they back down.


15 posted on 08/11/2016 12:12:22 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

The idea is to make criminals have to question whether or not the inhabitants of a house are armed or not.


16 posted on 08/11/2016 12:13:17 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: marktwain

Oregon State, and Portland in particular has a long established history of prosecuting anyone not adhering to whatever their present liberal orthodoxy happens to be. Laws and the constitution are as useful to Oregon’s judicial system as a bicycle is to a fish.


17 posted on 08/11/2016 12:25:49 PM PDT by kimoajax (Rack'em & Stack'em)
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To: marktwain

I have had people back off just by conspicuously placing my right hand in a large pocket...


18 posted on 08/11/2016 12:31:44 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: marktwain

A great opportunity for President Trump to send in the FBI and Justice Department to arrest the Portland prosecutor and judge for violating the man’s first and second amendment rights. Set bail at $10 billion, as both leftist rats are risks to escape to communist Cuba to avoid prosecution.


19 posted on 08/11/2016 2:06:28 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: kimoajax

Have you heard about the Lake Oswego, OR preacher that used church funds...about $3K to by one third of the tickets in a raffle for an AR-15? He won, and intended to destroy the weapon. He gave it to a friend for safe-keeping, thereby violating Oregon’s new laws on transfer...laws that close the “gun show loophole.” We’ll see if he’s prosecuted.


20 posted on 08/11/2016 7:39:31 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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