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Civil Liberties

mahatmakanejeeves

(62,582 posts) Sun Jul 26, 2020, 04:30 PM Jul 2020

DHS decides there's been enough free speech for the day, walks up, and pepper-sprays vet in the face [View all]

PersonWomanManCameraTVHat Retweeted

8️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ Portland, OR: Vietnam veteran Mike Hastie, former Army medic, talks to Trump's federal stormtroopers occupying PDX

They decide there's been enough free speech for the day, walk up, and pepper-spray him in the face

26 July 2020 AM

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@andrewkimmel
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Also:

Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

{the same video}

Feds pepper sprayed this Vietnam Veteran/photographer right in the face. His name is Mike Hastie. He was an Army medic. #PortlandProtests

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DHS decides there's been enough free speech for the day, walks up, and pepper-sprays vet in the face [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 OP

Stormtrumpers don't care that the protester isn't doing anything wrong. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #1

Motherfuckers. K&R. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2020 #2

Shitty thing to do, but ... what is the context here? mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #3

I don't either, but it shouldn't have gotten him teargassed. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #5

If you can get tear gassed for meaningless political rants DBoon Jul 2020 #7

Oh for SURE that response was completely out of line ... mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #11

The context is Portland mercenaries can't take it. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #6

I think he is trying to tell them that they will regret following illegal orders to cayugafalls Jul 2020 #8

That makes sense ... in the heat of the moment he's not making that point very clearly ... mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #10

We did what we were told kacekwl Jul 2020 #9

Wow. No words. American hero steps up. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #4

If I go to any protest marches ever again, I'll be 2naSalit Jul 2020 #12

I think you should bring a bag of shit. They give you shit? you give them shit.. mitch96 Jul 2020 #15

Kinda sad how this guy put his life on the line fighting for ours and his own freedom Blue Owl Jul 2020 #13

this is the truth that we must teach jimlup Jul 2020 #14