{"id":72375,"date":"2017-05-29T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=72375"},"modified":"2017-05-29T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T13:04:50","slug":"max-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=72375","title":{"rendered":"MAX stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"

This guy, Jeremy Joseph Christian, murdered two men and injured another who were trying to intervene when he was becoming belligerent with two women wearing hijabs on the Portland MAX commuter train. One of his victims was Rick Vest<\/a> a recently retired Sergeant First Class.<\/p>\n

Christian is well-known to Portland authorities. In April, he showed up at a parade event throwing Nazi hand-salutes and calling folks racist names, according to the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n

In Portland, clashes broke out last month during what was supposed to be a parade to start the city\u2019s annual Rose Festival. The April 29 parade was canceled after anti-fascist groups pledged to disrupt the event because of the participation of a county Republican Party float. Parade organizers did not want to risk violence. Instead, the day was marked by protesters from across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Christian showed up, with his flag cape, where he was noticed by journalists from The Oregonian who were live-streaming the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the dude who wrote all that ranting, weird stuff on the Facebook page. That\u2019s the dude in the \u201976 cape,\u201d one of the journalists said, referring to the 1776 American flag that Christian wore around his neck, \u201cthe one who got kicked out earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, the one who was shouting at everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was shouting racial epithets at the park,\u201d she continued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Buzzfeed<\/a> reports that he has had a couple of run-ins with law enforcement, too;<\/p>\n

In 2002, he pleaded guilty and was sent to prison on robbery and kidnapping charges, according to KOIN 6.<\/p>\n

In 2010, he was accused of theft and being a felon in possession of a firearm. That case was later dismissed, but federal weapons charges were brought and he was convicted and sentenced to time served, KOIN 6 reported.<\/p>\n

Federal court records show that on January 6, 2011, a grand jury in Portland indicted Christian with one count each of being a felon in possession of a firearm and being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm. The firearm in question was a Rossi, .357 caliber revolver.<\/p>\n

The charge of being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm was later dismissed by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office because, legally, there questions about whether the gun Christian was in possession of was actually reported as stolen.<\/p>\n

Christian\u2019s federal conviction didn\u2019t result in any additional prison sentence \u2013 just \u201ctime served\u201d while he was in custody as his federal case was resolved. He was also ordered to serve 3 years of supervised released.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Oregon, charges are dropped, he’s sentenced to “time served” for being in possession of firearms as a convicted felon. In Oregon. That state that writes new gun laws every chance they get. This time he didn’t need a gun to kill anyone – but he shouldn’t have been on the street. The prosecutors can be proud of themselves for making that possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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