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Conservative Blogger Found Guilty On 21 Counts For Self-Defense With A Firearm
Gateway Pundit ^ | February 10, 2017 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 02/11/2017 7:51:09 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Conservative blogger, Michael Strickland, a former contributor at The Gateway Pundit and Progressives Today, was jailed in Portland, Oregon in July of 2016 after he pulled a gun on a gang of thugs who were going to attack him at a black lives matter protest.

In 2015 Michael was jumped by an anti-gun activist who broke his arm in three places at an anti-Second Amendment event.

Victoria Taft reported on Mr. Strickland’s 21 count felony indictment which you can read in full here.

Strickland, 37, was found guilty of 10 counts of unlawful use of a weapon, 10 counts of menacing and one count of second-degree disorderly conduct.

Here is the video of Michael Strickland pulling out his gun…


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KEYWORDS: banglist; charges; michaelstrickland; oregon; portland; selfdefense
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To: Vendome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5WiVwWFRtc


21 posted on 02/11/2017 8:27:03 PM PST by Carriage Hill ( Poor demoncrats haven't been this mad, since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: Ray76

Bingo


22 posted on 02/11/2017 8:28:35 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: DOC44

Kinda hurts that fear-for-my-life claim, when he immediately put the gun away.


23 posted on 02/11/2017 8:30:57 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
More details on the trial and the conviction here .
24 posted on 02/11/2017 8:35:19 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Sasparilla
Considering what I said, does this change your mind any?

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25 posted on 02/11/2017 8:54:32 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: DOC44
“.. he should have not stood around and jawed with them...”

Well said. I have been taught that if you need to pull your weapon, it is only because you are firing it to save your own life. Pulling your weapon and not firing it can in some areas be seen as brandishing and admitting you did not feel your life was in sufficient danger. Obviously, Oregon is one of those places if you are not a liberal.

26 posted on 02/11/2017 9:02:38 PM PST by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: RedWulf

Thanks. I didn’t know that.


27 posted on 02/11/2017 9:03:23 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Robert357

Well, he must of did the right thing. No shots fired and nobody hurt. Why put him in jail?


28 posted on 02/11/2017 9:06:49 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Unsure of the moments prior to the sidearm being unholstered, yet we do see people were seeking to provoke him after he was seeking to put distance between him and the mob.

29 posted on 02/11/2017 9:14:20 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Karl Spooner

Look who they are putting in jail and then look who they are putting back out on the streets. I think they are getting their orders from the obscure.


30 posted on 02/11/2017 9:15:36 PM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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To: Maudeen

Some tend to ignore that, don’t they?


31 posted on 02/11/2017 9:18:14 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: PROCON

Ping


32 posted on 02/11/2017 9:41:30 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; ...

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Please FReepmail me to be added to or deleted from this ping list.

33 posted on 02/11/2017 9:47:00 PM PST by PROCON (Defending the Border isn't a Political Option, it's a Constitutional Obligation ~ Rick Perry)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Idiot conservative blogger.

He proved he was not in fear for his life by failing to retreat to safety after drawing his weapon. He basically made an open admission that he brandished his weapon to intimidate the crowd rather than in expectation of needing to defend his life with deadly force.

What a supreme jackass. What an idiot. What a maroon. I have our laws that see him go to jail for being an idiot, but he definitely aimed a loaded weapon at people who he had no intention of shooting, almost the polar opposite of being in fear for your life.

What a flaming jackass. Thanks for making the rest of us look bad.


34 posted on 02/11/2017 10:00:29 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: Sasparilla

If you noticed the video specifically did not show the crowd. I would like to see the video that he shot. This will no doubt be appealed.


35 posted on 02/11/2017 10:00:40 PM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: Yogafist

Putting the gun away is only the admission. The idiocy was brandishing.

He had a gun available. The right course of action is to grasp the concealed gun and try to de-escalate the situation, then retreat. If rushed, the gun is already in hand to defend himself.

He chose to brandish, the flaming idiot.

Yeah, 21 foot rule and all that crap. He never looked in fear for his life to me.


36 posted on 02/11/2017 10:03:12 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: Robert357

In most free states you can use deadly force to protect yourself or someone else from death or injury. Most reasonable people believe that you can use your firearm to stop a serious crime that has the potential to harm someone.


37 posted on 02/11/2017 10:07:36 PM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

This footage is filmed by BLM people, narrated by BLM people, edited by BLM people, and provided to the media by BLM people.
Of course they seek to hurt Conservatives and our causes.

38 posted on 02/11/2017 10:10:10 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Dumbass.

He had no reason to pull, and was obviously not in fear for his life as he made no attempt to escape.

I’d have convicted him too.

I carry everywhere, everyday. I can’t imagine doing something like this.


39 posted on 02/11/2017 10:12:15 PM PST by CelesteChristi
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To: Karl Spooner

Hope Ice does a visit to San Jose soon, they have a pay back coming. Will not be a friendly welcome from fellow officers they were on the wrong side there.


40 posted on 02/11/2017 10:40:22 PM PST by easternsky
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