FINALLY - Federal charges filed for 7 protesters in Portland, Oregon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Seven Arrested, Facing Federal Charges After Weekend Riots at Hatfield Federal Courthouse (Photo)

PORTLAND, Ore.—U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that seven people have been arrested and face federal charges for their roles in weekend riots at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland.

According to court documents, since May 26, 2020, protests in downtown Portland have regularly been followed by nightly criminal activity including assaults on law enforcement officers, destruction of property, looting, arson, and vandalism.

Rowan Olsen, 19, of Portland, is charged with disorderly conduct, creating a hazard on federal property, and failing to obey a lawful order;
Shant Singh Ahuja, 28, of Oceanside, California, is charged with destruction of federal property; and
Andrew Steven Faulkner, 24, of Beaverton, Oregon;
Gretchen Margaret Blank, 29, of Seattle, Washington;
Christopher Fellini, 31, of Portland;
Cody Porter, 28, of Portland; and
Taimane Jame Teo, 24, of Eugene, Oregon, are charged with assaulting federal officers.
(Eugene is 108 miles from Portland)

The Hatfield Federal Courthouse has been a repeated target of vandalism, sustaining extensive damage. U.S. Marshals Service deputies and officers from the Federal Protective Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection working to protect the courthouse have been subjected to threats; aerial fireworks including mortars; high intensity lasers targeting officers’ eyes; thrown rocks, bottles, and balloons filled with paint from demonstrators while performing their duties.

On July 2-3, 2020, Olsen is accused of using his body to push on and hold a glass door at the Hatfield Courthouse closed, preventing officers from exiting the building and causing the door to shatter. With the door broken, a mortar firework entered the courthouse, detonating near the officers. The officers used shields and their bodies to block the open doorway for approximately six hours until demonstrators dispersed.

On July 4, 2020, Ahuja is accused of willfully destroying a closed-circuit video camera mounted on the exterior of the Hatfield Courthouse.

On July 5, 2020, Blank is accused of assaulting a federal officer with a shield while the officer was attempting to arrest another protestor.

On July 5-6, 2020, Faulkner, Fellini, Porter, and Teo are accused of assaulting federal officers with high intensity lasers. At the time of his arrest, Faulkner also possessed a sheathed machete.
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Last Edited by Don LemonAIDS on 07/07/2020 05:03 PM

Nstionsl emergency should get an enhanced charge. WTF.

Weak shit.

violent fucking democrat terrorists

Yeah... but Barr refuses to go after the heads of the snake.

Just like he defended FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi in Waco and Ruby Ridge.
And also defended Bill Clinton.

Gotta watch out.

This is a slippery slope and will end up backfiring.

You KNOW when a Dems gets in office again, they will declare two white people within 50 feet of each other as a "major white supremacist group"

Out of state confirmed.

The protesters are charged with offenses ranging from disorderly conduct to destruction of federal property and assaulting a federal officer and were released pending trial after a brief court hearing Monday.

Read more here: [link to www.thenewstribune.com (secure)]

They were charged, yes, but then RELEASED.

Always