DailyKenn.com — The man who dared defy far-left extremists — and was beaten to a pulp for his patriotism — remains hospitalized in serious condition. He also remains defiant.
A 53-year-old Portland driver remains hospitalized from 5 broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder & a broken clavicle sustained when he was beaten by a crowd of armed #BLM protesters who boxed him in on the road. After beating him, they stole his belongings. https://t.co/ZIjy73lWGh
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) May 8, 2021
“I stood my ground and I would do it all over again,” Joe Hall said from his hospital bed.
The quote was reported by abc17news.com.
The driver who was nearly killed by armed #BLM in Portland was interviewed by @CamilaOrtiTV. The protesters shut down the streets & assaulted drivers. He was returning home from work when he was boxed in, beaten & robbed. He says he will shut down his business & leave Portland. pic.twitter.com/piyWhWFofu
“[I have a] partially collapsed left lung, two lower vertebrae fractured,” Hall said.
The report also claims he “suffered five broken ribs, a broken collar bone and head trauma.”
Hall claims to have been accosted by individuals engaged in a protestors when the work truck he was driving came within striking distance.
Take away...
• Oddly, the far-left that routines vilifies the Klan for its imagined history of hate-driven violence, has become an iteration of the hate and violence it pretends to abhor.
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“All of a sudden these agitators come out, screaming, pounding on my truck,” Hall said.
After trying to drive around the group, Hall said he stopped and got out of his pickup because he thought he hit something.
“By this time I’ve got five people surrounding my vehicle, AR-15s, AK-47s,” Hall said.
According to Hall, people in the group were calling him derogatory, racially-charged names and pointing weapons at him. While his truck door was open, Hall said someone took his keys and a less-lethal firearm, so Hall grabbed his pistol.
“I pulled my .38 out of my right pocket and pointed it at the ground and told them if a weapon points at me again, I will shoot to eliminate the threat,” Hall said.
Hall told FOX 12 he is a disabled veteran who served in the Marine Corps and Army Reserves.
Hall said shortly after he showed he had a pistol, somebody tackled him to the ground and took the handgun. Hall says people started kicking and hitting him.
Videos posted to social media show the event unfolding, with posters praising the crowd member’s disarming of the man in captions and comments.
A neighbor who spoke to FOX 12 said she saw part of the scuffle from her window.
“It looked like he was face down and then people were kneeling on top of him,” Hannah Morris said.
Hall said he thought he was going to die, and wants to know why Portland police didn’t intervene after receiving other calls about the group. A driver near Interstate Avenue and Killingsworth reported that the crowd smashed out their back window and slashed their tires.
After he recovers from his injuries, Hall says he’s packing up and leaving the city.
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