Navy veteran, 100, cheered for standing up to protesters at medal ceremony

FoxNews.com ^ | Jan 5, 2014

[KeyLargo]

Navy veteran, 100, cheered for standing up to protesters at medal ceremony Published January 05, 2015 FoxNews.com

A 100-year-old U.S. Navy veteran drew cheers from a crowd in Oregon Saturday after telling protesters shouting "hands-up, don't shoot!" to stop interrupting his medal ceremony and to “show a little respect.”

Dario Raschio was at Portland Community College's Southeast Campus to be honored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, at a public town hall meeting. But shortly after Wyden began speaking, more than 100 demonstrators in the back of the room started shouting, The Oregonian reports.

After 15 minutes of chanting against the deaths of unarmed black men by white police officers, Wyden was able to talk the group into quieting down so he could continue with the medal ceremony.

Raschio joined the Navy at the age of 27 and participated in five campaigns in the Pacific theater, flying observational planes based off the USS Chester. He was awarded a frame filled with medals, including the U.S. Naval Aviator Badge, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the "Ruptured Duck" award and the U.S. Navy Honorable discharge pin.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

This crowd is turning into the Westboro Baptist Church.

[Mears]

Why on earth do these idiots shout “Hands up,don’t shoot” when it has been proven it never happened?

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[bdog2995]

Stop lying!
Cops are dying!

[bassmaner]

Why on earth do these idiots shout “Hands up,don’t shoot” when it has been proven it never happened?

2 + 2 = 5.

[citizen352]

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