10 June, 2017
But when a government official uses his power to close off a traditional public forum to a peaceful demonstration - or prevails upon another level of government do so - that undermines the 1st Amendment's protection of free speech and assembly. You got no safe place. "This is America - get out if you don't like free speech". Death to enemies of America. Leave this country if you hate our freedoms. "Like, I don't know what to do after that, you know". Burn you at the stake... f****** die.
Jeremy Christian has already been charged with aggravated murder, intimidation and being a felon in possession of a handgun. Just before the arraignment started, the surviving victim, Micah Fletcher, was escorted into the courtroom surrounded by his family.
Christian's next court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, June 7 at 9:30 a.m.
Namkai-Meche, 23, was one of the victims in a hate-fueled attack on a train in Portland, Oregon, on Friday.
Detective Michele Michaels says in a probable cause affidavit made public Tuesday that the videos have audio of Christian spewing racial and religious epithets during the attack that killed two men and wounded a third.
He also said the girls should kills themselves, according to reports.
A heart-shaped wreath covered with positive messages hangs on a traffic light pole at a memorial for two bystanders who were stabbed to death Friday, while trying to stop a man who was yelling anti-Muslim slurs and acting aggressively toward two young women, including one wearing a Muslim head covering, on a light-trail train in Portland, Ore, Saturday, May 27, 2017.
Prosecutors say the man charged with stabbing three men aboard a Portland light-rail train confessed to the crimes while in the back seat of a patrol vehicle after his arrest. He yelled statements including, "Go home, we need American here", "I don't care if you are ISIS", and "Free speech or die".
"The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance", the presidency tweeted on Monday.
Christian pulled a folded knife from his pocket and concealed it in his hand, prosecutors say.
Fletcher shoved Christian back and continued telling him to get off the train. Authorities say Christian started verbally abusing two young women, including one wearing a hijab. He then stabbed Namkai-Meche in the neck.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the attack to determine whether to charge Christian with terrorism or a federal hate crime, Portland FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said.
Trump had been criticized for his silence and lack of action over the murder of Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Ricky Best in Portland on Friday.
Christian got off the train at the Hollywood Transit Center, threatened several people on the platform, and left the area. In a Facebook post, he said, "Our community's anger is real, and the timing and subject of these events can only exacerbate an already hard situation".
Only about 6 percent of the Portland population is black, while more than 70 percent is non-Hispanic white, statistics show. It seemed likely that Christian could carry out a unsafe attack at any moment, especially given his criminal history, which included first-degree robbery and second-degree kidnapping. "I can rest easy".
"It's haunting me", she said. I'm gonna say that on the stand. "I call it patriotism".
Police are examining Christian's background, "including the information publicly available about the suspect's extremist ideology", they said in a news release.
Christian has three prior felonies.
