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Following a Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation, 26-year-old Kristopher Michael Donnelly, of Kelso, Wash., was arrested and federally charged with felony civil disorder. The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon accuses him of assaulting a Portland Police officer. When Donnelly was arrested four times in August and booked into the local jail, he was either quickly bailed out or released by the county.
Donnelly was first arrested on Aug. 5, where he was filmed using a hammer to destroy a window of the Portland Police Bureau's East Precinct. Donnelly was also spotted by police throwing objects capable of causing injury, refusing to disperse, and blocking traffic.
According to court records, when an officer attempted to arrest him, Donnelly used his elbow to forcefully strike the cop in the face. He continued to resist as several officers assisted in the arrest. Donnelly was eventually taken into custody for felony riot, felony criminal mischief, felony assault of a public safety officer, resisting arrest and other charges. He was held on a $5,000 bail, which was paid.
Three days later, on Aug. 8 Donnelly was arrested again by Portland Police during a declared riot outside the Penumbra Kelly Building, a police facility, for felony riot, interfering with a public safety officer, and second degree disorderly conduct. Donnelly attempted to flee before he was detained. He was ordered released without bail by a judge.
On Aug. 23, for the third time last month, Donnelly was arrested for felony riot, resisting arrest, and interfering with a peace officer. His bail was set at $5,000. Like before, he was quickly bailed out.
Then a week later on Aug. 30, he was arrested a fourth time for disorderly conduct, and interfering with a peace officer. Donnelly was transferred to federal authorities on Sept. 2 for his first appearance in federal court.
Scores of demonstrators have gathered at a Washington, DC police station to protest the death of another young black man at the hands of officers, reportedly shot after brandishing a firearm during a foot chase.Video surfaces of 18yo shot dead in DC brandishing handgun moments before his death
More than 100 people congregated outside of the DC Metro Police Department's 7th district station on Wednesday night following the police shooting of Deon Kay, 18, who later died of his injuries. Videos that circulated on social media captured the tense atmosphere outside the police station, including a brief scuffle with officers.
In a statement issued in the wake of the shooting, the DC police said that they responded to a call "to investigate a man with a gun," finding two suspects who fled on foot. Officers pursued the two men, after which Kay is said to have "brandished a firearm," and was shot one time in response, ultimately killing him. The second suspect was not apprehended.
Citing a law passed in June which mandates the release of police body cam footage within five days of an officer-involved shooting, protesters have demanded the MPD publish the video immediately.
While the demonstration at the 7th district station remained largely peaceful before disbanding - barring a brief pushing match near the beginning of the event - a small group of activists have traveled to the home of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to continue the action, according to journalist Ford Fischer, who livestreamed from the scene of the protest. Police were already stationed at the mayor's residence by the time protesters arrived.
Fischer also spoke with a local elected official, Paul Trantham, who said the police bodycam footage would be released sometime on Thursday, adding that it showed that the officers involved in Kay's shooting had "acted appropriately."
Video appearing to show the latest young black police shooting victim, Deon Kay, brandishing a pistol moments prior to his attempted arrest and fatal foot pursuit has surfaced online.UPDATE: Bodycam footage has been released:
Police shot Deon Kay, 18, during a foot pursuit after responding to a call about a "man with a gun" inside of a car. When confronted by police, Kay ran, and was shot once during a brief foot chase. He later died of his injuries. The incident sparked a fresh wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the US capital.
The video was gleaned from Kay's Instagram account, which was subsequently deactivated. It shows Kay and another person, whose face is covered with a balaclava, pointing guns at the camera while listening to music in a vehicle.
The other suspect was reportedly arrested but not shot after he also fled the scene. Two other people, named as Marcyelle Smith and Deonte Brown, remained in the vehicle and were arrested. Smith was reportedly also found in possession of a handgun.
DC Metropolitan Police are expected to release body cam footage of the fatal foot pursuit on Thursday.
The shooting provoked an immediate response from protesters who surrounded then DC Metro Police Department's 7th district station on Wednesday night. A splinter group of protesters and activists also descended on DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's home.
Two of the four suspects in the car flee on foot, and the officer gives chase. As he begins to chase the lead suspect, he turns back to his right and sees Kay running with a handgun and shoots the teen in the chest. The incident takes about six seconds from the time the officer shuts his door and begins moving toward the suspects' vehicle.
The officer was identified as Alexander Alvarez. Newsham said police quickly released the video, four days sooner than required by law, to clear up "misinformation" about the shooting. "Misinformation can lead to a lot of disturbances," he said.
Psychology and psychiatry have a history of being used and abused by tyrannical nutjobs. In such a scenario, it is not a far leap from "some people who disagree with coerced social distancing are psychopaths" to "watch out for people who question the official narrative, they're probably psychopaths". In fact, that's the kind of misdirection psychopaths are expert at.
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