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Judging solely from the interviews I’ve done in the last two days, national media is still stuck on the unmarked vans story when they could be talking about how many people have been intentionally shot in the head and severely injured by flash bangs and munitions. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m going to thread some examples. Here’s two from @k_rambo_ https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/07/two-portlanders-hospitalized-after-shot-with-munitions-if-that-round-had-hit-me-in-the-neck-i-definitely-would-have-died.html
It was later confirmed by @TeebsGaming’s video that this person was hit with a flash grenade.
https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1285402359665815552?s=21 https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1285402359665815552
https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1285402359665815552?s=21 https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1285402359665815552
https://twitter.com/amy_siskind/status/1287614684418408448?s=21 https://twitter.com/amy_siskind/status/1287614684418408448
https://twitter.com/trippersonal/status/1287828370995081217?s=21 https://twitter.com/trippersonal/status/1287828370995081217
This account from a local business owner out protesting with his daughter: https://twitter.com/revnatscider/status/1287295229742075904?s=21 https://twitter.com/revnatscider/status/1287295229742075904
https://twitter.com/macsmiff/status/1286960558906814465?s=21 https://twitter.com/macsmiff/status/1286960558906814465
https://twitter.com/andrewjank/status/1286611734770327553?s=21 https://twitter.com/andrewjank/status/1286611734770327553
https://twitter.com/45thabsurdist/status/1286454442754269185?s=21 https://twitter.com/45thabsurdist/status/1286454442754269185
https://twitter.com/amy_siskind/status/1287768253356441601?s=21 https://twitter.com/amy_siskind/status/1287768253356441601
This one is a small thread
https://twitter.com/drrocksclinic/status/1286963942426726400?s=21 https://twitter.com/drrocksclinic/status/1286963942426726400
https://twitter.com/drrocksclinic/status/1286963942426726400?s=21 https://twitter.com/drrocksclinic/status/1286963942426726400
And as always, my reminder that I personally saw three protesters hit directly in the head with crowd-control munitions by Portland Police and Multnomah Count Sheriff officers before federal agents even got here! I’d dig up those posts but I need to sleep rn.
Addition: this person was allegedly shot in the neck https://www.gofundme.com/f/t5hg3-taylor039s-recovery
Another one. I spoke to this person, who said “I fear I would have suffered a fractured skull or loss of vision if I were not wearing a helmet and full face respirator.”
https://twitter.com/griffinmalone6/status/1288016553355513864?s=21 https://twitter.com/griffinmalone6/status/1288016553355513864
https://twitter.com/griffinmalone6/status/1288016553355513864?s=21 https://twitter.com/griffinmalone6/status/1288016553355513864
