Twitter Refuses to Lift Ban on Laura Loomer Despite Her Fla. GOP Primary Win

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Twitter Refuses to Lift Ban on Laura Loomer Despite Her Fla. GOP Primary Win

Conservative firebrand Laura Loomer was banned from Twitter in November 2018 for calling out Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, for her overt anti-Semitism and support for female genital mutilation.

Loomer also won a recent Republican primary election for Florida’s 21st congressional district, raising questions about Twitter’s ability to stifle not just conservative platform users, but GOP candidates campaigning for public office.

Setting a dangerous precedent, the social media giant answered calls for reinstating Loomer on Thursday by doubling down on its de-platforming of the Jewish conservative activist-turned-politician.

“The account owner you referenced was permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules, and we do not plan to reverse that enforcement action,” a Twitter spokesperson told Politico.

The decision marks another instance where Twitter has selectively applied its terms of service policies to fit the company’s left-wing political leanings.

Last month, HeadlineUSA reported that leaked screenshots from inside the Silicon Valley company show how Twitter moderators are able to blacklist conservatives from searches and trends, as well as “shadow ban” conservative influencers to limit their reach.

The screenshots show admin-account features that include tags called “Trends Blacklist” and “Search Blacklist.”

Twitter’s insistence on banning Loomer also contradicts its public position of relaxed enforcement rules for politicians and popular figures based on a professed desire to support an open discourse on current affairs.

Consequently, terrorist leaders, Antifa, left-wing groups calling for violent revolution, and Holocaust-denying world leaders like Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are able to use Twitter, while Loomer — a legitimate candidate for Congress — cannot.

Several weeks ago, Twitter refused to remove tweets from Khamenei that called for the genocide of the Israeli people while simultaneously censoring tweets from President Donald Trump.

Loomer has also been banned from other Silicon Valley tech giants, like Facebook, Instagram, Uber, Lyft, PayPal, Venmo, and Medium, among others.

But those bans may now be in violation of campaign finance laws.

According to the American Principles Project (APP), a conservative think tank based out of Arlington, Va., Silicon Valley social media companies are not allowing Loomer to promote her legitimate campaign functions due to “capricious biased censorship,” which may constitute a form of election interference.

“Under normal circumstances, it would arguably be well within those companies’ rights to take this action. But given that Loomer is now a major party nominee for U.S. Congress, a reassessment may be warranted,” the group wrote in a letter to the Federal Election Commission.

“Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram would appear to pay all costs associated with the hosting and distribution on their platforms of election-related materials created by the political campaign of Rep. Lois Frankel. They refuse to provide the same service for her opponent,” the APP stated, suggesting that this may be illegal.

Following her Tuesday GOP primary victory, President Trump tweeted, “Great going Laura. You have a great chance against a Pelosi puppet!”

But despite raising important social media censorship issues regarding the new so-called online public square, Loomer has a steep uphill climb to defeat the district’s progressive incumbent Democrat, Rep. Lois Frankel.

Democrats have a 17.5-point voter registration advantage over Republicans in the district, and Frankel won reelection in 2016 by more than 25 points and ran unopposed in 2018.

Still, President Trump, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, and Republican operative Roger Stone, among others, enthusiastically support Loomer.

GOV. CUOMO: Cash-Strapped NY Should Be Able to Sue Feds over COVID ‘Negligence’

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GOV. CUOMO: Cash-Strapped NY Should Be Able to Sue Feds over COVID ‘Negligence’

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo once again deflected blame for his coronavirus failures, complaining that he should be entitled to sue the Trump administration for not notifying him that the virus was spreading in his state.

“The COVID problem in New York was a direct result of the negligence of the federal government,” he complained. “If this was a private situation, the state could sue the federal government for negligence.”

Of the roughly 5,682,000 cases in the U.S., more than 430,000—or about 7.5%, come from New York, with more than half of those from New York City alone, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The state also far outpaces every other in the number of deaths. Its nearly 33,000 fatalities constitute more than 18% of the nation’s total deaths of around 176,000.

For comparison, the U.S. ratio of deaths to confirmed cases is just over 3%, and the global mortality rate is around 3.5%

Cuomo, a Democrat, was caught unprepared for the onslaught, as were many others, and was found to have depleted the state’s stockpile of personal protective equipment when the first confirmed cases reached the U.S. around late January.

But after demanding thousands of ventilator machines and hyping the need for hospital beds, he was given more than the state needed and later declined federal assistance.

He also has been inconsistent in his reactions—alternately downplaying the dangers of the virus in March, and then over-hyping them, all while begging, thanking and then criticizing Trump for his support or lack thereof.

Meanwhile, his own leadership failures—such as forcing healthy and infected nursing-home residents to co-mingle and failing to properly sanitize the public transit system for month, likely played a major part in the catastrophe.

Without evidence, though, Cuomo put forth a conspiracy theory that the virus—which originated in Wuhan, China, late last year—had reached New York via Europe.

“It went to Europe in January, in February and then it got on a plane it came to New York,” he claimed.

“You know where the European flights come? They come to New York,” he continued. “The come to JFK, they come to Newark and it was coming for weeks and months and they never knew. That’s where the explosion came from.”

Reporters, including those from left-leaning mainstream media outlets, have acknowledged that China was actively working to conceal the virus until late January, even from its own people.

The country then colluded with the World Health Organization to downplay the risk until an explosion of European cases in February and March forced it to declare a global pandemic.

President Donald Trump followed shortly thereafter in declaring a national health emergency that allowed him to better mobilize and coordinate the response.

Cuomo, who faced a massive budget shortfall long before the virus hit, has desperately been angling for a federal bailout but faced a wall of resistance from Trump and Senate Republicans.

Amid an exodus of wealthy New Yorkers fleeing the state’s high taxes and unfavorable business regulations, he has insisted that his unfettered spending on social welfare programs and other liberal priorities has nothing to do with the financial crunch.

“Now, you cost New Yorkers lives and you cost New Yorkers billions of dollars and now to add insult to injury, you want to say you’re not going to provide federal funds to help alleviate the damage that you caused?” he griped.

“That’s going to be the imposition? It’s reprehensible,” he continued. “Let those Congress people produce no federal funds and then come home to New York and run for re-election in November and let’s see what happens.”

Ironically, the media has continued to cover for him, letting his false claims go unchecked, with some even claiming that New York and its governor offered a model response.

Cuomo hinted that whatever sort of restitution he felt he was entitled to would not apply to other states where the virus spread after New York already had become the epicenter.

“Now the other states can’t make that argument because once it happened in New York, now they’re on notice. It’s in America big time,” he said.

However, New York “had no notice,” he continued. We were ambushed because the federal government failed in its job. Failed in its job.”

Republicans Formally Nominate Trump to Take on Biden

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Republicans Formally Nominate Trump to Take on Biden

(Headline USA) The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The impact of the virus was evident as proceedings began in Charlotte. Instead of the thousands of people who were expected to converge on this city for a week-long extravaganza, just 336 delegates participated in a roll-call vote from a Charlotte Convention Center ballroom.

The president addressed delegates in person, despite earlier reports that he wouldn’t appear in Charlotte, following the vote.

“Bad things happened last time with the spying on our campaign … and this time they’re trying to do it with the whole Post Office scam … be very careful and watch it very carefully,” Trump said. “We have to win. This is the most important election in the history of our country.”

Earlier, the convention renominated Vice President Mike Pence, and he thanked the delegates in person.

“The choice in this election has never been clearer and the stakes have never been higher,” Pence said. “We’re going to make American great again. Again.”

Many of the usual trappings of a convention were present on Monday, including signs designating each state and gift bags with Republican swag. But chairs on the ballroom floor were arranged with lots of space between them and convention organizers told participants to wear masks, though adherence to the rule was uneven.

“We are obviously disappointed we could not hold this event in the same way we had originally planned,” GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel said as she began the proceedings while thanking Charlotte for allowing the convention to move forward in its truncated form.

The fact an in-person meeting was held at all marked a sharp contrast with Democrats.

Last week, the Democrats created a roll call via video montage with officials and others from states across the country. The Republicans spoke from the ballroom floor.

After Trump’s renomination, much of the action is shifting to Washington, where Republicans will spend the week trying to convince the American people that the president deserves a second term.

Aides want the convention to present the election as a choice between his vision for America’s future and the one presented by Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

McDaniel highlighted that contrast, describing Biden’s embrace of the radical left agenda and pushing back on Democrats’ efforts to demonstrate Biden’s empathy and kindness.

“The truth is there’s only one person who has empathized with everyday Americans and actually been fighting for them every single day over the past four years, and that’s President Donald J. Trump,” she said.

For both sides, it’s an unconventional convention year.

The parties’ election year gatherings are typically massive events, drawing thousands of delegates, party leaders, donors, journalists and political junkies for a week of speeches, parties and after-parties that inject hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy and deliver a multiday infomercial for the nominee.

The coronavirus has changed all that, as much as Trump has resisted. Just 336 delegates — six from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories — have been invited to cast proxy votes on behalf of the more than 2,500 regular delegates. And stringent safety measures have been put in place guided by a 42-page health and safety plan developed by a hired doctor.

Attendees were asked to practice enhanced social distancing and get tested prior to travel, fill out a pre-travel health questionnaire and participate in a daily symptom tracker. They’re also being tested onsite, have been asked to maintain a 6-foot distance from other people and to use face coverings as a condition of participation. The RNC has also committed to contacting every participant five, 14 and 21 days after the event to check on potential symptoms.

The event had been met with protests, and police have made several arrests.

After the Charlotte kickoff, most of the GOP convention will feature remarks from well-known Trump supporters, including members of the Trump family, outspoken conservatives and everyday Americans who campaign officials say have been helped by Trump’s policies.

First lady Melania Trump will speak Tuesday from the Rose Garden, Pence will appear from Fort McHenry in Baltimore on Wednesday and Trump will deliver his marquee acceptance speech on Thursday from the South Lawn before a crowd of supporters.

Adapted from reporting by Associated Press.

Melania’s Rose Garden Renovations Trigger Liberal TDS Meltdown

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Melania’s Rose Garden Renovations Trigger Liberal TDS Meltdown

After First Lady Melania Trump revealed renovations to the White House Rose Garden, liberals had a meltdown.

The Rose Garden has been under construction since last month to undergo technological updates and an all-around “comprehensive refresh,” according to CNN.

Leftists, however, saw this as yet another opportunity to attack President Trump, arguing that the Rose Garden renovations are representative of a “tasteless, crass, white-power mindset.”

“You destroyed our garden! How DARE you!” Kurt Eichenwald wrote in a since-deleted tweet. Get out of OUR house! It’s not yours to destroy!”

Eichenwald also suggested that Melania Trump’s immigrant status makes her renovations worse than past updates:

Eichenwald wasn’t the only one to use Melania Trump’s immigrant status as an insult.

Actress Lisa Ann Walter wrote, “I feel sick to my stomach that ho [syc] cut down our Glorious DC Cherry Trees. Sick. My outrage is that there’s a classless illegal immigrant, former escort masquerading as a First Lady. Our country deserves better.”

Others compared the Trump White House’s renovations to former President Barack Obama’s White House:

Another liberal claimed the Rose Garden “looks like a cemetery” now, “which perhaps is actually appropriate given what your husband has done to our country.”

NBC News analyst Howard Fineman agreed, claiming, “The [Trump] family did its best to turn the lovely Rose Garden into a neo-fascist parade ground.”

NFL Commissioner: ‘I Wish NFL Had Listened to Kaepernick Earlier’

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NFL Commissioner: ‘I Wish NFL Had Listened to Kaepernick Earlier’

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he wishes the National Football League would have listened to failed quarterback Colin Kaepernick when he began kneeling during the National Anthem in 2016.

In an interview with Emmanuel Acho’s ‘Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man’ this week, Goodell was asked how he would “apologize” to Kaepernick if he had the chance to do so today.

“Well the first thing I’d say is I wish we had listened earlier, Kap, to what you were kneeling about and what you were trying to bring attention to,” Goodell said, according to Radio.com. “We had invited him in several times to have the conversation, to have the dialogue. I wish we had the benefit of that. We never did.”

Goodell went on to say that the NFL didn’t understand the purpose of kneeling or what it represented.

Now he understands why players are protesting and is frustrated when others mischaracterize their intentions, he said.

“It is not about the flag,” Goodell said. “These are not people who are unpatriotic. They’re not disloyal. They’re not against our military. In fact many of those guys were in the military and they’re a military family. What they were trying to do is exercise their right to bring attention to something that needs to get fixed. That misrepresentation of who they were and what they were doing was the thing that really gnawed at me.”

Earlier this summer, Goodell and the NFL publicly backed the Black Lives Matter movement and issued an apology to Kaepernick and several other players who were criticized for kneeling during the anthem.

“We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest,” the league said in a statement in June.

Goodell has gone out of his way to appease Kaepernick, asking him to advise the NFL’s new diversity council, and even urging various teams in the league to consider signing him.

“Well, listen, if he wants to resume his career in the NFL, then obviously it’s gonna take a team to make that decision,” Goodell told ESPN in June. “But I welcome that, support a club making that decision, and encourage them to do that.”

Riots in Wisc. After Out-of-Context Video Shows Police Shooting Black Man

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Riots in Wisc. After Out-of-Context Video Shows Police Shooting Black Man

(Headline USA) Officers deployed tear gas early Monday to disperse hundreds of people who took to the streets following a police shooting in Kenosha that also drew a harsh rebuke from the governor after a video posted on social media appeared to show officers shoot a black man seven times as he leaned into a vehicle.

A person was hospitalized in serious condition following a shooting by officers about 5 p.m. Sunday as officers were responding to a “domestic incident,” the Kenosha Police Department said in a news release.

Police did not provide details about what led to the shooting, but said the person was transported to a hospital in Milwaukee for treatment.

By late Sunday, multiple vehicle fires had been set and windows smashed along city thoroughfares as crowds faced off with law enforcement.

Officers in riot gear stood in lines and SWAT vehicles remained on the streets to move people away from city buildings despite the declaration of an overnight curfew. Tear gas was used to disperse groups of people, according to reporters at the scene.

In the video posted earlier on social media that appeared to show the shooting from across a street, three officers could be seen shouting and pointing their weapons at the man as he walked around the front of a parked SUV. As the man opened the driver’s side door and leaned inside, one officer grabbed his shirt from behind and then fired into the vehicle. Seven shots could be heard on the video, though it was unclear if more than one officer fired.

Gov. Tony Evers on Sunday night inflamed the situation by condemning the shooting of the man whom he identified as Jacob Blake, saying in a statement that “while we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country.”

The Wisconsin Department of Justice, which is investigating the shooting, did not release any details about the involved officers except to say they have been placed on administrative leave.

Following the shooting, social media posts showed neighbors gathering in the surrounding streets and hurling comments at police. Some could be heard chanting “no justice, no peace” while others appeared to throw objects at officers and damage police vehicles.

Later Sunday, in a scene that mirrored the months of protests over racial injustice around the world that have followed the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other black people killed by police, marchers headed to the Kenosha County Public Safety Building, which authorities mostly blocked off. Protesters marched along lines of cars honking on their way to the station. Some police officers were positioned on the roof of the station as people continued toward the building.

Outside the station, protesters clashed with officers dressed in riot gear that included plastic facemasks and held plastic shields and batons that they occasionally used to push people back.

Evers meanwhile indicated an intention to further respond to the shooting, showing no support for law enforcement.

“I have said all along that although we must offer our empathy, equally important is our action,” he said. “In the coming days, we will demand just that of elected officials in our state who have failed to recognize the racism in our state and our country for far too long.”

The city of Kenosha is located on Lake Michigan, about 40 miles south of Milwaukee.

Adapted from reporting by Associated Press.

Biden Says He’d Shut Down Economy if Health ‘Experts’ Recommended

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(Headline USA) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would follow public health advisers’ advice if they called for a national shutdown should he take office and the coronavirus had not abated.

“I would be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives. We cannot get the country moving until we control the virus,” Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday night on ABC News.

Asked specifically whether he’d push to shutter economic activity if scientists said it was necessary, Biden replied: “I would shut it down.”

The former vice president’s remarks came as part of his first joint interview with vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The pair accepted their party’s nominations during a virtual convention last week. On Monday, Republicans begin their convention to nominate President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for a second term.

Biden and Harris, once primary rivals who sparred on the debate stage, sought during their sit-down with ABC to project a united front on policy issues from race to health care.

Harris, the first black woman to join a major-party presidential ticket, vouched for Biden when asked whether she’s privately addressed some of his missteps when discussing race. He declared in May that any black American having trouble deciding who to support “ain’t black,” a comment he walked back the same day and said again Sunday he regretted.

Harris described Biden as possessing “a deep sense of awareness and knowledge about racial disparities, inequities and systematic racism.”

She added that Biden “actually knows how to say the words ‘Black Lives Matter,’” contrary to Trump, who “will never speak those words.”

The running mates downplayed their bitter debate encounter last summer, when Harris leveled personal criticism against Biden over his opposition in the 1970s to federally mandated busing to desegregate public schools and for remarks he’d made about having worked amicably alongside racist senators when he first came to Washington.

Harris noted enduring racial wealth gaps in the U.S. and the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on black and Hispanic communities. Biden, she said, “is addressing these truths, he speaks these truths.”

Biden said, looking back, he understands how Harris, who said she was among the minority students bused in the 1970s, would criticize him so harshly. But he said she and others may not have known his full record on civil rights.

He said he, as a white man, cannot understand her lived experiences and that she, a 55-year-old daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, can’t understand his. But, he said they “have the same value set” and are “on same exact page about what the possibilities are right now.”

They put similar framing on their primary-campaign differences on health care. Biden has consistently backed adding a “public option” to existing private insurance markets. Harris signed on to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s bill that would create a single-payer government insurance system to replace private insurance.

“I signed on to bills that were about great ideas to fix the problem,” Harris told ABC, arguing she and Biden “are completely aligned on … making sure everyone has health care.”

Biden called any differences “tactical” but said, “We both believe that health care is a right, not a privilege.”

Pressed about her record as a prosecutor, Harris tacitly acknowledged that some critics see her as part of the same criminal justice system she and Biden want to overhaul amid ongoing protests over the killings of black Americans by police. Biden repeated that, contrary to Trump’s assertion, they do not support defunding police departments around the country.

Trump and fellow Republicans have suggested Biden is mentally unfit for the presidency. Biden smiled when asked about the characterization and said he remains eager to debate the president. Biden said he has no problem with voters questioning his fitness.

“It’s a legitimate question to ask” about his and Trump’s ages, Biden said. “Watch me.”

Adapted from reporting by Associated Press.

Amazon, Walmart, Target Report Record Profits Amid ‘Non-Essential’ Business Closures

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Amazon, Walmart, Target Report Record Profits Amid ‘Non-Essential’ Business Closures

Politicians who deride wealth inequality as an unconscionable flaw in American society are among the most responsible for enriching gigantic corporations during the Wuhan virus pandemic.

Brick-and-mortar retailers have been dying by the tens of thousands as “blue-state” governors, liberal congressional leaders and the news media have all backed strict economic shutdown policies, irrespective of actual coronavirus risks.

In New York City alone, 2,800 businesses have permanently closed from March 1 to August 3, according to the New York Times, and city officials can’t even count how many restaurants have gone out of business.

The government-forced closures haven’t just crushed small business owners either, but layers of intertwined businesses and millions upon millions of working people.

In the meantime, corporate behemoths Amazon, Walmart and Target have reported record sales and profits.

“This is what happens when 80 percent of your competition is forced out of business,” the retail analyst firm Forrester Research recently explained.

According to the firm, Amazon, Walmart and Target blew the top off their projected second-quarter financial projections as government-mandated “non-essential” store closures gave consumers fewer options and pushed them to spend online.

The retail giants also benefited from local government restrictions that allowed them to sell non-essential products like clothing apparel, beauty supplies and home furnishings while staying open to sell food and other essential items.

“They were absolutely unfairly advantaged by being able to stay open,” Forrester Research concluded.

Large corporate grocery chains and big-box home-improvement retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s were also deemed essential and benefited immensely as a result.

By the numbers, Amazon has been the single biggest beneficiary of the Wuhan virus small business closures and stay-at-home orders.

Walmart and Target patterned their growing online delivery systems after Amazon, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man.

From March to June 2020, Bezos saw his wealth rise by an estimated $48 billion, according to Business Insider.

Kellyanne Conway to Leave White House at the End of August

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Kellyanne Conway to Leave White House at the End of August

(Headline USA) Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month.

Conway, Trump’s campaign manager during the stretch run of the 2016 race, was the first woman to successfully steer a White House bid, then became a senior counselor to the president. She informed Trump of her decision in the Oval Office.

Conway cited a need to spend time with her four children in a resignation letter she posted Sunday night.

Her husband, George, had become an outspoken Trump critic and her family a subject of Washington’s rumor mill.

“We disagree about plenty but we are united on what matters most: the kids,” she wrote. “For now, and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama.”

She is still slated to speak at the Republican National Convention this week.

Her husband, an attorney who renounced Trump after the 2016 campaign, had become a member of the Lincoln Project, an outside group of progressive Republicans devoted to defeating Trump.

The politically adversarial marriage generated much speculation in the Beltway and online.

George Conway also announced Sunday that he was taking a leave of absence from both Twitter and the Lincoln Project.

Kellyanne Conway worked for years as a Republican pollster and operative and originally supported Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican primary.

She moved over to the Trump campaign and that August became campaign manager as Stephen Bannon became campaign chairman.

Conway cited a need to help her children”s remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic as a need to step away from her position.

She had remained a trusted voice within the West Wing and spearheaded several initiatives, including on combating opioid abuse.

She was also known for her robust defense of the president in media appearances.

Conway was also an informal adviser to the president’s reelection effort but resisted moving over to the campaign.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press.

GRAPHIC: Rioter in Portland Charged with Three Felonies after Beating Man Unconscious

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GRAPHIC: Rioter in Portland Charged with Three Felonies after Beating Man Unconscious

A 25-year-old black man who beat a white man unconscious last Sunday in downtown Portland turned himself in to the Portland police Friday morning, Fox News reported.

Multnomah County Detention Center booked the attacker, Marquise Lee Love, after he was charged with three felonies: assault, coercion, and rioting. He is held on $260,000 bail.

“I am pleased the suspect in this case turned himself in and appreciate all of the efforts to facilitate this safe resolution,” said PPB Chief Chuck Lovell.

Before the assault, Adam Haner, the white victim, crashed his car amid the chaos of the riots.

Warning: The videos are extremely graphic. Virtually every sentence they speak to Haner begins or ends with “ni—-.”

Love, who goes by “Keese Love,” and a group of rioters then pulled Haner out of the car and scavenged through his belongings.

When Haner got up and walked back to his car, the mob pushed him back and then a man shoved him to the ground.

He again gets up, and the mob says, “Hey bro, you’re not leaving, bro. You’re not going nowhere.”

They continue to push him down and repeat phrases such as, “Get your ass down, n—–,” Stay the f— down, n—–.”

The recording ends, and then it begins again with Haner lying unconscious on the pavement.

A white, blonde woman is seen and heard screaming, “He’s bleeding! Why’s he bleeding?”

A man in a black mask says, “He got beat because he was trying to run people over when he was trying to help you.”

“Investigators learned that the victim may have been trying to help a transgender female who had some of her things stolen in the area … where this incident began,” Portland Police said Monday.

Another man then comes over and says, “Get out of here, bi—.” Another man calls her a “f—— loser.”

Throughout nearly the whole video, a man is repeating: “I’m out here for a blunt. Black Lives Matter “n—–.”

In an interview after the incident, Haner said, “I was just standing for myself as a citizen, and if you can’t do that on a street, then what can you do?”, KPTV reported.

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