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A 23-year-old man who threw burning flares into a Portland police cruiser and the downtown Target store during May 1 protests that overran downtown Portland admitted guilt Monday and will be sentenced to five years in prison.
A local TV station aired live footage of Damion Zachary Feller hurling a flare through a shattered picture window at Target, prompting employees to run with fire extinguishers to put out a burning section of carpet. TV and cellphone cameras also caught Feller throwing a flare through the shattered window of a battered police SUV parked across the street from Target, at Southwest 10th Avenue and Morrison.
Other people clad all in black or wearing masks can be seen on the videos kicking or whacking windows of the police car seconds before Feller swoops in with the flares.
originally posted by: Urantia1111
a reply to: xuenchen
Yeah i think arson is a felony just about everywhere.
This os great news.
Dangerous radical off the streets for a while.
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originally posted by: MysticPearl
He'll get passed around for cigarettes.
5 years is way too harsh for such a minor crime.
When I was locked up there were kids doing 12 or 14 for actually shooting someone when they robbed the gas station. They actually shot someone with a gun during a robbery and did less than 15 for it???
Feller admitted he was guilty and told detectives that he became part of the “mob mentality,” according to the affidavit.
Shortly after his arrest, Feller told authorities that he doesn’t talk to his family, which includes his grandmother in Longview and his parents in Colorado. He said he’d been homeless for the past year, been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and smoked marijuana daily.
He said he’s unemployed, although he occasionally picks up odd jobs through the temporary job service Labor Ready.
Feller had no history of criminal convictions, although court records show he previously had been arrested five times in Oregon, Colorado and Texas on allegations of committing nonviolent crimes or failing to appear in court. He still faces pending charges of theft and criminal trespass in Umatilla County.
originally posted by: muzzleflash
Anyone who thinks that rape is an acceptable form of punishment, or thinks it's funny, needs to be a victim of it than we'll get their opinion after discovering just how unfair and horrible of a violation it truly is.
5 years is way too harsh for such a minor crime.
A local TV station aired live footage of Damion Zachary Feller hurling a flare through a shattered picture window at Target, prompting employees to run with fire extinguishers to put out a burning section of carpet
Feller pleaded guilty to first-degree arson, second-degree arson, riot and first-degree criminal mischief. He is scheduled to be sentenced to five years in prison during an
I hope the young man gets the help that he needs.
originally posted by: vonclod
a reply to: 3daysgone
I hope the young man gets the help that he needs.
In the U.S. prison system..I think not.
There is no attempt to rehabilitate or deal with mental health issues, it's about punishment. I think it should be a mix of all 3.
Lot's of people have tough lives, I have a little sympathy for his state of being..but his actions(arson) can have real life changing consequences for others..go visit a burn ward, not a happy place.