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Portland protester uses ‘wrist rocket’ to launch metal ball that struck city medic: cops
Fox News ^ | 7-13-20 | Edmund DeMarche

Posted on 07/13/2020 10:05:38 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Cops say suspect had knife, crowbar and slingshots, report says

A protester in Portland was arrested Monday after police say he used a “wrist rocket” to launch a metal ball that struck a city medic in the chest who was working with police at the scene, reports said.

PORTLAND PROTESTER SUFFERS GRUESOME INJURY

Jesse Bates, 37, was arrested and charged with third-degree assault among other charges, KATU.com reported. Police said Bates was nabbed in possession of a crowbar, knife, gas mask, pyrotechnics and slingshots, according to the report.

The Portland Fire & Rescue employee suffered bruising, the report said. The alleged incident occurred at about 2 p.m. OregonLive.com reported that police were forced to chase the man and eventually employed less-than-lethal force to stop him.

Last week Portland’s Deputy Police Chief, Chris Davis, said an “agitator corps” of violent protesters are responsible for vandalism and chaos in the city.

Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, appealed for calm the night before.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitatorcorps; antifa; blm; jessebates; ntifa; oregon; portland; violence
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To: NoLibZone

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/citycode/article/641629

Per the above, looks like slingshots are illegal in Portland. Will the perp be up on a weapons charge, too...?


41 posted on 07/14/2020 4:01:53 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: waterhill
If you can find an old computer mouse with a metal mouse ball I would consider that a deadly weapon for someone with good aim. It is absolutely devestating.
42 posted on 07/14/2020 4:10:19 AM PDT by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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To: Viking2002

That’s a deadly weapon in my book.


43 posted on 07/14/2020 4:24:50 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Falconspeed

I’ve seen pics of lots of these terrorists carrying skate boards around. Using them as weapons, I’m sure. I mean, they get carted to the riots on charter buses, don’t they?


44 posted on 07/14/2020 4:48:23 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: NoLibZone

Don’t forget lunch.


45 posted on 07/14/2020 4:59:42 AM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: NoLibZone

He should move. Portland is a lost cause....................and will only get worse................


46 posted on 07/14/2020 5:29:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: Professional
Someone ping me for a volunteer Army to retake Portland. I’m 2 hrs away and ready to serve my country.

You're much better off staying local and organizing/defending your own location.

There's very little in Portland worth fighting for anyway.

47 posted on 07/14/2020 6:06:59 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Professional

“Someone ping me for a volunteer Army to retake Portland.”

Why would you do such a thing? This is what the residents of Portland voted for. Let them enjoy it.

Good and hard.

L


48 posted on 07/14/2020 6:08:43 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: norcal joe

They still sell them at Wal-Mart. Got one. Woodpeckers.


49 posted on 07/14/2020 6:09:18 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: NoLibZone

“3rd degree assault”?...

This should have been an attempted murder charge!


50 posted on 07/14/2020 6:13:49 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: CodeToad

Bought one several years back to keep stray dogs away from the chickens.

After a couple of years the rubber tubing rotted away. Still got the “frame” somewhere.


51 posted on 07/14/2020 7:05:11 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: gbs

“Actually the really good ones shoot 50 cal lead mini balls, nasty!!”

I used to shoot the same .44 lead balls I used in my black powder revolver. One of those to the head could be lethal.


52 posted on 07/14/2020 7:37:01 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (The Democrat party. A collaboration of Cloward-Piven and Dunning-Kruger.)
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To: Ymani Cricket

More like Demons Invade Seattle.


53 posted on 07/14/2020 7:45:07 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Lurker

You are correct of course.


54 posted on 07/14/2020 7:47:12 AM PDT by Professional
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To: NoLibZone

Good thing he’s not in NY, they are illegal there. Of course with no police enforcing laws I guess it wouldn’t matter.


55 posted on 07/14/2020 7:48:49 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: malach

“I don’t think putting an eye out is minor.”

I’ve killed skunks, foxes, dogs, and raccoons with them.

Losing an eye is minor to being dead.

It was my number one choice of weapon when taking out critters closer into town. About the dog thing? When a dog chases my horses he is as dead as quickly as I can make him be.


56 posted on 07/14/2020 9:05:14 AM PDT by oldenuff35
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To: NoLibZone

Third degree assault, what exactly is that because a wrist rocket and ‘metal ball’ can be lethal, so if this POS wasn’t charged with assault with a deadly weapon it’s horseshit! Anybody believe he wasn’t aiming for the EMT’s head?


57 posted on 07/14/2020 10:44:30 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: malach
A metal ball could have put out someone’s eye.
If hit hit in the right place (temple/bridge of the nose), it could easily have killed someone.
58 posted on 07/14/2020 11:12:12 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: NoLibZone

Slingshots can kill (ask Goliath).


60 posted on 07/14/2020 1:47:48 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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