Federal storm troopers in our midst attack former Naval Academy alumn and USN CEC officer

"He attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, after high school, later serving with the Navy Seabees while becoming a commissioned Construction (CEC) and Aeronautical Engineering Corps officer."

Federal police strike Chris David, a protester, with baton, use pepper spray and tear gas outside courthouse in Portland Oregon.

OMG!  Published in the Portland Tribune in Oregon.

In the United States of America, Trumpzi motivated Storm Troopers attacked a US Naval Academy graduate who was protesting aginst racism.  "David stood as solidly as a rock while federal officers pepper sprayed him twice and struck him at least five times with a baton during a rally outside the Hatfield Courthouse on Saturday, July 18."

My friend and soon to be sworn in Maine 2021 legislator Dr. Sam Zager and a Naval Academy alumn wrote this:

"Chris David, a 53-year old U.S. Naval Academy graduate valiantly took a beating from anonymous federal law enforcement agents (reportedly Border Patrol). David joined the Portland Oregon protests after seeing videos of anonymous federal agents snatching protesters off the street in Orwellian scenes this weekend. His message: 'That oath of office is essentially swearing loyalty to the Constitution of the United States, and what they're doing is not constitutional anymore'."

Portland Oregon protester describes beating by federal officers

By Zane Sparling in the Portland Tribune 

Chris David of Portland was struck repeatedly by federal officers' batons during a downtown rally on Saturday.

Christopher David is not a man of steel.

But he has earned that and other nicknames — some call him "Captain Portland" or "Supersoldier" — after David stood as solidly as a rock while federal officers pepper sprayed him twice and struck him at least five times with a baton during a rally outside the Hatfield Courthouse on Saturday, July 18.

Of the attack, captured on video by the Portland Tribune, David says he "just took it."

"I knew I was never going to react. I was never going to fight back," he said. "I'm a little too old to be beaten by a bunch of young guys."

David, 53, of Portland, is hardly an anti-establishment type. He says he attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, after high school, later serving with the Navy Seabees while becoming a commissioned officer and aeronautical engineer.

The unmatched series of protests here have waxed and waned for more than 50 nights, but Saturday's rally was David's first, his attendance spurred by reports of unmarked vans snatching protesters off the streets without due process.

He arrived around 8 p.m. and was just planning on leaving when federal officers burst out of the bricked-up front of the courthouse around 10:45 p.m.

Donald Trump's evil storm troopers are attacking innocent people!

David said he slowly approached the officers, hoping to engage them in dialogue.

"I felt these gentlemen were violating their oath of office, and I wanted to talk to them," he explained.

Things didn't go according to plan.

As some federal officers rushed to push down makeshift barricades propped against the outer doors of the courthouse, one officer pushed David back. He stood stock still as several more officers swarmed forward, striking him with a baton and pepper spraying him. David says he lost his vision momentarily, due to the spray and clouds of tear gas engulfing the park.

He sat down on a park bench, before being pulled back from the flashpoint by a street medic, going by the name Tav, who treated David and ensured that he was taken by an ambulance to the hospital.

David says he has two fractures in his hand and, while it's currently in a splint, he is expecting to need surgery later this week.

After a flurry of attention, David is hoping life will return to normal soon. While he never did speak with the camouflaged feds, he said he hopes they hear his message:

"That oath of office is essentially swearing loyalty to the Constitution of the United States, and what they're doing is not constitutional anymore."

Zane Sparling,  Reporter

Can Jarod Kushner advise Donald Trump about Memorial Day?

Jarod Kushner is Donald Trump's son in law and, supposedly, his adviser. It's a mystery, therefore, why Kushner couldn't advise Donald Trump about what a US President is supposed to do and say on Memorial Day.  Is it possible that the "back channel" of secret communication discussed between the White House and Russia was so that Jarod could have a private place where someone could advise him about what to "advise" his father in law? 

Convoluted logic, to be sure, but at least it postulates a reason for such clandestine shenanigans. 

Nevertheless, patriotic ceremonies like those held on Memorial Day, hold no purpose for Donald Trump, unless they are an adulation to himself. In spite of losing the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump continues to believe he is the center of the universe.  Unfortunately, Donald Trump has abdicated his responsibilities as the American President, choosing instead, to create a new paradigm for "leadership by ego". In other words, rather than pleasing the people he leads, they have become the flocks who mush pay him homage.

This has been strikingly obvious on Memorial Day in 2017, when the nation tributes all veterans, especially remembering those who have died.  Donald Trump is not a veteran, so the ceremonies are, clearly, never about him. Therefore, he just goes thru robotic motions because his advisers have tried to convince him to at least pretend he cares about the people who are honored on Memorial Day, even if he isn't the focus of the attention.

Coincidentally, on Memorial Day 2017, there happens to be a mourning for two American martyrs, resulting from a terrible incident on a train, in Portland Oregon. Two brave men are dead, killed while trying to defend a Muslim who was attacked by a crazed murderer, with a knife, on a train. Unbelievably, the defenders of the victim of the attack were, themselves, killed. Donald Trump has not personally responded to this tragedy. (Somebody posted on the @POTUS "Twitter" handle.) 

In facr, Trump's silence was especially hypocritical, in spite of the fact that it was about a week or so ago when he was the center of attention in a group of flowing Saudi Arabian sheikhs. He played to the media by participating in a saber dance, handling a glowing orb and accepting an award from the nation where 14 of the 19 September 11, 2001 terrorists held passports. 

But, there was no mention of the two men killed while defending a Muslim in Portland Oregon, less that two weeks after the made for TV Saudi performance in Riyadh.

After public criticism was expresed about this glaring omission, some unidentified Donald Trump social media surrogate took to the @POTUS handle on Twitter, to post a response. It was not posted from the @realDonaldTrump handle, the one used for personal messages to his minions, but obviously by a person with the ability to write complete sentances. In fact, @realDonaldTrump only "tweets" about himself. He hardly ever "tweets" about others unless doing so reflects equally positively on himself.  

This is what @POTUS surrogate, a White Hosue social media guru, posted:

@POTUS "The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them."

In my opinion, the above "tweet" is unacceptable.  First of all, Donald Trump doesn't pray, because, frankly, he doesn't know how to do it.  Secondly, the statement is two complete sentances and Donald Trump is incapable of articulating dual thoughts in 140 characters.

Moreover, the @POTUS "tweet" was posted only following intense criticism and not with genuine concern for the horrendous situation that caused the deaths of two innocent people,who were trying to do what was right.

It's entirely possible the reason Donald Trump waited too long to comment on the Portland Oregon tragedy was because he has a difficult time understanding the the concept of "doing what's right".  

Indeed, a man who must be reminded by his immigrant wife to cover his heart with his hand during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, obviously can't understand the right response to a tragic killing of innocent men, in Portland Oregon.

Instead of a rogue "tweet" Jarod Kushner could have at least posted a picture on the @POTUS handle taken of this grave in Arlington Cemetery:

In my own Memorial Day message, in response to @POTUS, the 140 characters I will post include a tribute to the names of the two men who were killed in Oregon.   #RickyJohnBest #TaliesinMyrddinNamkaiMeche and I will hashtag #JarodKushner and use the @realDonaldTrump handle

There's no need to set up a secret back channel communication with me for this purpose. Instead, I'm glad to offer my services to do what's right.  I was raised that way.