Some will call Portland’s Mayor’s call to cancel two “Alt-Right” events a knee jerk reaction and quite possibly an infringement on their freedom of speech, but the flip is a concern for public safety in case of someone looking for retribution – PB/TK
Portland Mayor Wants to Cancel ‘Alt Right’ Rallies – By Tim Stelloh / May 30 2017
Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler on Monday called on the organizers of two “alt-right” events next month to cancel them and allow the city to mourn after two people were killed protecting a Muslim teen in what he called a bias attack.
“Please back off and give the families and give this community the space it needs to mourn and process this horrific crime of hate and bigotry and terrorism,” Wheeler said, addressing the right-wing groups, during a news conference.
Federal authorities have said it isn’t clear yet if the Friday afternoon killing of Rick Best, 53, and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, were acts of domestic terrorism or a hate crime, but Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, was charged with allegedly stabbing them to death aboard a train.
A third person, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, was also injured in the attack and remains hospitalized.
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