Patriot Prayer group closes Clark College o CLACKAMAS o PRINT Editorial Editor-in-Chief Victoria Dtirling chiefed@clackamas.edu,,’ Managing Editor ; nJared Preble . maned@clackamas.edu Arts & Culture Editor Ian-Van Orden aced@clackamas.edu Sports Editor Jacob Thompson sportsed@clackamas.edu Photo Editor | Jonathan Villagomez photoed@clackam.as.edu Multimedia Editor I Summer Barraza webeditor^cjackamas.edu Design Editor William Farris. Designed@clackamas.edu Tusitala ‘Tiny’ Toese, left, speaks at the protest held Oct. 22 on the Clark College campus. Patriot Prayer members, top, hold signs on the overpass above 1-5. Patriot Prayer members, bottom, march toward the overpass. Announced several days beforehand, C la r k C o lle g e was sh u t down Monday by the college’ s president ih anticipation for a Patriot Prayer ra lly sched uled to be held th a t day. The group of activists, led by Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson, gathered at the college around noon carrying signs urging W ashington je sid e n ts to vote no oh In itiative 1639- The m easu re, w h ich seeks to place restrictions on the purchase and ownership o f firearm s, would in cre a se the m in im u m age to purchase semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 and require those seeking to purchase a firearm to complete a recognized firearm safety program w ithin the last five years. It would also require dealers to be notified in w riting by the ch ie f of police or sh e riff o f the ju risd ictio n that the purchaser passes a background ON THE COVER: c h e c k r a n t h r o u g h t h e n a t i o n a 1 instant crim inal background check system . The measure also expands some r e s tr ic tio n s p r e v io u sly p laced o nly on the purchase of p isto ls to include all firearm s, including sem iautom atic rifles. The ra lly b egan w ith G ib so n sp eak in g out a g ain st P o rtla n d ’ s Mayor, Ted Wheeler, before moving on to the in itia tiv e . A few other Speakers followed Gibson, including Tusitala ‘Tiny’ Toese, another leader w ithin the group. Though the evénf mostly only drew media attention, as few outside of the group chose to atten d , there were two or three onlookers who sh o u ted d isa g re e m e n ts at the speakers during th e ir speech es. A fte r the sp eech es had end ed , several members of Patriot Prayer, including Toese, began a discussion w ith these people w hich quickly devolved into shouting. A striking moment from the rally came when one o f the attend ees, sporting a Proud Boys hat, began to shout down and throw obscenities at the h e ck le rs. Though P atrio t Prayer has been widely-reported as a violent, fringe group, members o f the movement immediately decried the m an’ s tone stating that i f was not the way they wanted themselves to be represented. Shortly thereafter, Gibson led the group away from the Clark campus to a nearby overpass where they held their signs up for those passing by on 1-5 to see. The group has promised to return to the cam pus on W ednesday in hopes of b rin gin g their m essage to students atten d in g classes on campus. -Ia n Van Orden Autumn is taking over the region, from corn mazes to horror movies. Cover design by William Farris.. Staff £ Shawn Tapley o 4-» c Q- 10 (Ü E CD U JP U