Patriot Prayer group closes
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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
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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
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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
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October 24, 2018