FBI, police investigating death threat against Portland mayor
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler speaks to reporters on August 30, 2020 after fatal downtown shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The FBI says it’s helping the Portland Police Bureau in an investigation into a video posted on social media that includes a threat of violence against Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler if he does not resign.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports an anonymous account posted the video on Twitter Wednesday. In it, an unidentified masked narrator says they are speaking on behalf of a “small collective from within the anarchist and anti-fascist community.”
The person said the mayor was “undeserving in his position” and called on viewers to fight the “city’s failed leadership.”
FBI, cops probe death threat against Portland mayor By Associated Press
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PORTLAND The FBI says it’s helping the Portland Police Bureau in an investigation into a video posted on social media that includes a threat of violence against Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler if he does not resign.
An anonymous account posted the video on Twitter Wednesday evening, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. In it, an unidentified masked narrator speaking with an altered voice said they were speaking on behalf of a “the anarchist and anti-fascist community.”
The person said the mayor was “undeserving in his position” and called on viewers to fight the “city’s failed leadership.”
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Portland police investigate veiled death threat against Mayor Ted Wheeler following calls to crack down on destructive demonstrators
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s latest call for police and fellow Portlanders to aggressively crack down on a small group of destructive demonstrators has angered left-leaning critics, rankled civil rights groups and now led to at least one veiled public death threat.
Police are investigating a video published to Twitter on Wednesday night that claims militant activists in the city will continue to destroy property and riot until Wheeler resigns and also includes the mayor’s home address along with a menacing warning.