The killer allegedly spewed hateful remarks about Muslims prior to the incident. An Oregon man is in police custody following a stabbing incident on a light-rail train that claimed the lives of two people and left one injured, reports ABC News. From ABC News: Jeremy Joseph Christian of North Portland is being held without […]
During a city council meeting in Portland, Oregon, a man tried to give the mayor a Pepsi. The protester, who identified himself as Carlos Enrique, told council members, “What I realized is that the language of resistance has not been properly translated.” He then approached Mayor Ted Wheeler and took a can of Pepsi out of his […]
Seven Oregon militiamen were arrested and one killed when federal agents moved in to take members into custody Tuesday afternoon. Following a weeks-long standoff between a militia in Oregon and the federal government over land rights, multiple members of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife refuge were arrested, including Bundy brothers Ammon and Ryan. One […]
The group “occupying” the land has since made claims that the community supports their efforts, despite disagreements from community leaders. BURNS, Ore. — Hundreds of locals from Harney County, Oregon, packed a fairgrounds building on a freezing Wednesday evening to urge armed militants occupying a federal building to go home. But even though the […]
While the hashtags provide some sense of comedic relief, they reveal a larger and more menacing American problem of absolving the bad behavior of White men. Frustrated with the lack of response by both media and the government to address a group of armed White men with anti-government views currently occupying a federal building […]
The group notes they are not a terrorist group, but would not go into specifics other than wanting to keep their land. The two men who are in prison have distanced themselves from the group. BURNS, Ore.– Two days after taking over a federal building, armed protesters in Oregon are refusing to budge until […]
Creating the tags #YallQaeda, #WhiteSIS and #VanillaISIS, Twitter users were able to comically expose the stark difference between how America responds to White men with guns versus unarmed Black people.
For militia leader Ammon Bundy, the goal of the armed occupation is to force the government's hand in turning over federal land to ranchers and miners.
AKRON – The University of Akron has cancelled their Humans vs Zombies game following the recent Oregon college shooting that took place last week. According to a statement, the University of Akron Police Department has asked that the game be cancelled due to the use of dart guns during the game and the proximity to […]
After the horrific mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson posted a photo of himself holding up a sign reading “I am a Christian,” which promptly went viral. The shooter, who killed nine people, was reported to have targeted Christians, allegedly asking students to identify their religion before […]
The mother, who is a registured nurse and had moved with her son to Oregon two years ago, gave a lot of helpful advise with her medical responses and had also claimed to be an expert on autism. ROSEBURG, Oregon — The apparent online writings of the mother of the man who killed nine […]
Some of the residents in Roseburg, Oregon, which is still reeling from the tragic mass shooting recently, don’t want President Obama to come to their town. David Jaques, publisher of the Roseburg Beacon, was speaking with Bill O’Reilly when he said that the president should not come to Roseburg, because there were fears that he would “grandstand for […]