Moment federal agents pepper spray Vietnam War veteran in face at point-blank range during Portland protest as demonstrators wearing masks and carrying shields tear down fence near courthouse
- Mike Hastie, who served as an Army medic in Vietnam, was pepper sprayed in the eye by federal agents
- Hastie was protesting along with thousands of other Black Lives Matter supporters in Portland, Oregon
- Protesters in Portland breached the fence surrounding the federal courthouse in downtown early on Sunday
- Police and federal agents responded with tear gas and pepper spray in an effort to disperse crowd of 5,000
A Vietnam War veteran was pepper sprayed in the eye by federal agents as he railed against American atrocities during a protest early Sunday morning in Portland, Oregon.
A photographer was filmed by journalist Andrew Kimmel as he was confronting a group of heavily armed Department of Homeland Security agents outside the federal courthouse in downtown Portland before dawn on Sunday.
Mike Hastie, who served as an Army medic in Vietnam, screamed at the agents who stood lined up a few feet away when a federal officer suddenly approached him and doused his face with what appears to be a chemical irritant.
Hastie appeared briefly shaken as he removed his glasses and rubbed his face.
A Vietnam War veteran was pepper sprayed in the eye by federal agents as he railed against American atrocities during a protest early Sunday morning in Portland, Oregon
Mike Hastie, who served as an Army medic in Vietnam, screamed at the agents who stood lined up a few feet away when a federal officer suddenly approached him and doused his face with what appears to be a chemical irritant
He then continued to scream at the agents, saying: ‘We committed atrocities every single day in Vietnam. I stood next to a ditch in Vietnam and we murdered 170 Vietnamese people.’
‘And you guys don’t know that!’
After the agents left, Hastie was seen struggling to recover. He told witnesses that he was sprayed in the eye.
A few people nearby offered to assist him.
Last weekend, video went viral showing federal agents use a baton to beat a Navy veteran, 53-year-old Chris David.
David, 53, said he was drawn to the protest on the night of July 18 after seeing horrifying footage of federal officers driving around the Oregon city in unmarked cars, snatching demonstrators off the streets and spraying them with tear gas.
Last weekend, US Navy veteran Chris David, 53, spoke out after a video of him getting beaten up by federal agents on July 18 in Portland went viral
Video showed a federal officer beating David with a baton before a second officer sprayed him in the face with chemicals
'I wanted to ask them: "Why are you guys not following the Constitution?"' David said. 'But we never got there. They whaled on me like a punching bag'
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