{"id":214435,"date":"2020-10-03T06:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T06:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214435"},"modified":"2020-10-05T07:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T07:03:00","slug":"blm-chastises-hotel-guests-for-closing-blinds-during-vigil-for-man-who-pointed-gun-at-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214435","title":{"rendered":"BLM Chastises Hotel Guests for Closing Blinds During Vigil for Man Who Pointed Gun at Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hannah Bleau \u2013 Breibart Oct 1, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BLM-Hotel-Vigil-640x480-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-214436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BLM-Hotel-Vigil-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BLM-Hotel-Vigil-640x480-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BLM-Hotel-Vigil-640x480-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists chastised hotel guests in downtown Portland on Wednesday night for closing their blinds during a vigil for a black man who was shot by police two years ago\u00a0\u2014 A grand jury determined that the officers involved in the fatal incident were justified in their use of deadly force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cIt is incredibly disrespectful for all of you to be up here. And you are so privileged. There is a memorial for a man who was killed and you think it\u2019s more important to watch TV,\u201d a protester said. \u201cThat is their priority. So get your priorities straight. This isn\u2019t a joke.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cThis is our life. I see them opening and closing their blinds like this is an inconvenience for you. My life is an inconvenience for some people, and that shit is not ok. It makes me so angry. It makes me so angry,\u201d she added to mass applause:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speaker from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blackyouthmvmt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@blackyouthmvmt<\/a> calls out hotel guests above who are closing their blinds to the vigil below <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r42y0SaYQb\">pic.twitter.com\/r42y0SaYQb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrOlmos\/status\/1311508441605652480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Portland on Wednesday evening to honor Patrick Kimmons, a 27-year-old black man who was shot by police. According to reports, two officers were patrolling an area with suspected gang activity and responded to the sound of gunshots. Kimmons reportedly shot two men who were fighting and failed to heed officers\u2019 calls to drop his weapon and put his hands up. A\u00a0Multnomah County grand jury ultimately determined that the officers were justified in their actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">OPB <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/article\/patrick-kimmons-officers-cleared-portland-grand-jury\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>reported<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at the time:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Sgt. Garry Britt and Officer Jeffery Livingston will not face criminal charges for the fatal shooting of Patrick Kimmons, who the two officers\u00a0shot after responding to a fight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Police say Kimmons fired five shots in the early-morning fight, injuring two people. They went to a local hospital with \u201cserious, but not life-threatening injuries,\u201d according to\u00a0police. Officers and witnesses say Kimmons was shot after running toward officers with a revolver in his hand. Witnesses say officers yelled commands at Kimmons as they shot. Police fired 12 rounds and\u00a0say they recovered a gun near Kimmons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">That narrative,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandoregon.gov\/police\/article\/701715\">contained in police reports released Wednesday<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, contradicts Kimmons\u2019 family\u2019s assertion that he was shot in the back up to 15 times. At least one witness said Kimmons\u2019 back was toward officers at one point, and that a firearm was \u201cclearly visible\u201d in Kimmons\u2019 right hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This is not the first time BLM activists have harassed onlookers. In August, BLM protesters heckled D.C. restaurant patrons, shouting \u201cwhite silence is violence\u201d and demanding that they raise their fist in solidarity with the movement, as Breitbart News <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/08\/25\/black-lives-matter-protesters-heckle-d-c-diners-chant-white-silence-violence\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>detailed<\/strong><\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1) In a scene that played out several times Monday, a Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights confronted White diners outside D.C. restaurants, \u00a0chanting \u201cWhite silence is violence!\u201d and demanding White diners show their solidarity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DCProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DCProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fJbPM76vb0\">pic.twitter.com\/fJbPM76vb0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fredrick Kunkle WaPo (@KunkleFredrick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KunkleFredrick\/status\/1298344285079838720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White silence is violence protesters chant <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dcprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dcprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dcprotests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dcprotests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blmprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blmprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACAB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ACAB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blacklivesmatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blacklivesmatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JacobBlake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JacobBlake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KenoshaProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KenoshaProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W8DaT7Li9k\">pic.twitter.com\/W8DaT7Li9k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RawsMedia (@rawsmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawsmedia\/status\/1298078919527202816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/10\/01\/watch-blm-chastises-hotel-guests-for-closing-blinds-during-vigil-man-who-pointed-gun-police\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Lives Matter activists at a vigil in Portland single out hotel guests nearby for not paying respect  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214438,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214435\/revisions\/214438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}