The girlfriend of the man who was attacked Sunday night in downtown Portland said on Wednesday that people from the group were “looking for a fight” when they attacked her and her boyfriend and beat him unconscious.
Tammie Martin told local branch FOX 12 Oregon that she and her friend, Adam Haner, were in his truck when he tracked down a person who turned out to be in need of help and stopped the car. People from the group then raised Haner and called him “a white supremacist,” she said. The confrontation escalated further until he got back into the truck.
Martin told the TV stations that she then got out of the truck. Video shows her standing on the side of the driver of the car when people started attacking her.
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‘I was socked and then tried to run away and was then pushed down,’ she told FOX 12. ‘I got a punch a few times, and then I got up again and he tried to drive away and give his engine back. , that people would get back from the truck. ”
Video released by a witness earlier Wednesday shows the truck rolling forward as people from the crowd continue to run toward it, kicking off the car and screaming at it as Haner drives fast.
Warning: This video contains extremely graphic images and explicit language
A car can hear quite a bit, although it’s not clear if it’s a car other than Haner’s. Minutes later, the person recording the video, the crashed white truck, shows up with Haner outside the car and says he needs help.
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“Next thing I knew I was deliberately finding him on the ground, and when I got there, he was on the ground,” Martin continued. “I did not know when he was breathing and I did not know what happened.”
Video shows that shortly before Martin arrives on the scene, a person who recently appears to have identified suspect Marquise Love started hitting Punch and Haner several times as others tried to pull him away. The person then runs up behind Haner and kicks him, causing him to lose consciousness.
Martin was also seen on video cream when she asks why Haner is blooming, to whom one replies: “He destroyed his car and he was abused because he tried to run over people when he rescued you, OK? “
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Martin told FOX 12 that people in the group called their names and told them, “You have a friend who is a white supremacist … you are a loser. I hope your friend dies.”
She said she suffered from bruises and a fraction of the hairline on her ribs. Haner, who told Martin that police had to barricade him from the group, suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries, authorities said. He was later released from the hospital and is now recovering.
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“This small group was not a protesting group,” Martin told the station. ‘They were just looking for a fight. They tried to fight people who were driving by. They were just looking to fight someone. “
On Tuesday, investigators identified Love as a suspect and said they had probable cause for his arrest. Officials are still searching for him.
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When asked Wednesday whether police were looking for additional suspects in the attack, Portland Police Bureau Captain Tina Jones said, “We are investigating criminal acts in connection with this incident.”
Anyone with information about Love or the Attack is asked to call Detective Brent Christensen at 503-823-2087 or email [email protected].
