Another Angle of Portland Police's Questionable Use of Distraction Grenades At This Weekend's Protests

From Doug Brown's Video

It was a volatile Sunday in Portland and Vancouver. From our reporter Doug Brown who covered this weekend's protests:

Local demonstrations caught national heat for a day that included both a Trump supporter nearly plowing through protesters with his American and Confederate flag-adorned pickup truck, and the president’s large adult son taking to Twitter to rail against Portland antifascists, whom he accused of starting a riot.

Another story has emerged in the days following the protests. There are several video accounts of a Portland Police officer who appears to throw a distraction grenade at an unmasked person with a camera. Here's the original footage:

Cop threw flash at me. He aimed for unmasked independent press. No warning. Deliberate. Hit camera/chest. Reckless and dangerous. Fire him. pic.twitter.com/jIWNg4Njz7
— Village to Village (@v2vfilm) September 12, 2017

The Portland Police Bureau is now reviewing the incident, OPB reports. Our reporter Doug Brown shot this video:

OPB reports Portland police are "reviewing" this officer's use of a pellet blasting grenade on protesters and media on Sunday. Our @dougbrown8 filmed it (that's him yelling "oh fuck").

A post shared by Portland Mercury (@portlandmercury) on Sep 14, 2017 at 10:55am PDT

If you want to know more, Doug will be on KATU at 5 pm and 6 pm to talk about what happened. We will update this post when they post the segment.

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