波特兰抗议者起诉城市，指控警察过度使用武力

       俄勒冈公共广播电台称，三名反法西斯抗议者星期一对这座城市提起诉讼。他们指控市警察部队在反抗议中逮捕他们时表现出过大的武力，导致他们受伤。他们要求陪审团审判，并声称警察使他们的第十四，第四和第一修正案权利无效。

       原告亚伦·坎图（Aaron Cantu），詹姆斯·马托克斯（James Mattox）和特雷西·莫林（Tracy Molin）指责波特兰警察局过度使用武力侵犯了他们的权利。这三人在2018年8月4日集会支持乔伊·吉布森（Joey Gibson）的美国参议院竞选的反抗议活动中被捕。吉布森（Gibson）是爱国者祈祷者（Patriot Prayer）的负责人，爱国者祈祷者是温哥华极右翼的政治团体，已经引起白人至上主义者的关注。

       他们的投诉指出，坎图被警察归档的弹丸击中头部，该丸穿透了他所戴的自行车头盔。

       诉讼继续说：“最终，一名医生把坎图先生送进了医院。” “坎图先生遭受了脑外伤，如果不戴自行车头盔，那可能会致命。” 它还指出，坎图事件发生后一年，头晕和耳鸣。

       它还声称莫利纳被错误逮捕。她说，她在举着“嘿，种族主义者停止让你变得无知我们的问题成长或回家”的标语时，服从了警察的要求。声称警察从背后抓住了她的标志，令她感到惊讶，她转过身来抓住标志。

       诉讼说：“然后一名警官用力将她撞倒在地上，以至于她跌落并滚入街道的中间，在那里一大群警官用狗狗将她pil死并逮捕了她。”

       然后，莫利纳（Molina）被指控犯有C级/未分类重罪，干扰了警察和行为不检。她不认罪，该案以她为由被驳回。

       马托克斯声称，当他“脱口而出，大声亵渎”时，警察向他发射了橡皮子弹。这些子弹之一击中了他的手臂，造成了巨大的伤口。该诉讼称，Mattox因行使其言论自由而受到报复。

       俄勒冈州司法资源中心的下属律师胡安·查韦斯（Juan Chavez）代表坎图和莫利纳（Molina），声称参加集会的爱国者祈祷者拒绝服从警察的命令，但警察更加关注反抗议者。

       查韦斯说：“我的客户希望从这个部门得到改变，并承认那一天发生的事情不应该发生。” “我们还没有从这座城市看到一个承认，那天发生的事情是一种闹剧。”

       查韦斯说：“有录像带显示吉布森先生走进了人群。他越过警察队伍进入了抗议者队伍，试图激怒他们。” “你没有看到一个警察试图阻止他这样做。当其他人这样做时，他们被拘留或被告知要回去，但吉布森先生却没有。”

       波特兰市一位官员告诉俄勒冈公共广播公司，他们无法对未决诉讼发表评论。

PORTLAND PROTESTERS SUE CITY, ACCUSING POLICE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE

       Three counterfascist protesters filed suit against the city Monday, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. They accuse city police forces of exhibiting excessive force while arresting them during a counterprotest, resulting in their injuries. They request a jury trial, and claim that the police invalidated their Fourteenth, Fourth and First Amendment rights.

       The plaintiffs, Aaron Cantu, James Mattox and Tracy Molin, accuse the Portland Police Bureau of violating their rights by displaying excessive force. The three were arrested at a counterprotest opposite an August 4, 2018 rally in support of Joey Gibson's U.S. Senate campaign. Gibson is the head of Patriot Prayer, a Vancouver-based far-right political group that has attracted white supremacist attention.

       Their complaint states that Cantu was struck in the head by a projectile filed by police, which penetrated a bike helmet that he was wearing.

       "Eventually, a medic got Mr. Cantu to a hospital," continued the lawsuit. "Mr. Cantu had suffered a traumatic brain injury, likely one that would have been fatal had he not been wearing a bike helmet." It further states that Cantu suffers dizziness and tinnitus from the incident a year after it occurred.

       It also claims Molina was wrongfully arrested. She states that she obeyed police requests to move while carrying a sign reading "Hey Racists Stop Making Your Ignorance Our Problem Grow Up or Go Home." Claiming the police grabbed her sign from behind, surprising her, she turned around to hold onto the sign.

       "An officer then knocked her to the ground with such force that she fell and rolled into the middle of the street, where a large group of officers dog-piled her in a tackle and arrested her," says the suit.

       Molina was then charged with a class-c/unclassified felony, interfering with a police officer and disorderly conduct. She plead not guilty and the case was dismissed in her favor.

       Mattox claims that the police fired rubber bullets at him while he was "flipping off the officers and shouting profanities." One of those bullets hit him in the arm and caused a large gash. The suit claims Mattox was retaliated against for exercising his freedom of speech.

       Juan Chavez, an attorney affiliated with the Oregon Justice Resource Center who represents both Cantu and Molina, claims that Patriot Prayer members in attendance at the rally refused to follow police orders but police paid more attention to the counter-protesters.

       "My clients want change from this department, and an acknowledgement that what happened that day shouldn't have happened," Chavez said. "We have yet to see from the city an acknowledgement that what happened that day was a travesty."

       "There's videos of Mr. Gibson walking into the crowd. He crosses the police line into the group of counter-protesters, trying to rile them up," Chavez said. "You didn't see a single police officer trying to stop him from doing that. When other folks were doing that, they were getting detained or they were getting told to go back, but not Mr. Gibson."

       A Portland city official told Oregon Public Broadcasting that they cannot comment on pending litigation.