A 27-year-old man who investigators said bashed in car windshields, shattered a window and an ATM at two Pearl District banks, then threw a burning flare into a Portland police car during anti-Trump and May Day protests was sentenced this week to three years of probation.
John Barton Elliott was caught on video in some of these acts on Nov. 10, 2016, two days after Donald Trump was elected president. The vandalism included joining others in swinging baseball bats or sticks at the cars at Broadway Toyota on the east end of the Broadway Bridge, shattering the window of Chase Bank and smashing an ATM screen at Umpqua Bank in the Pearl District, investigators said.
Police weren’t able to identify Elliott until May 1, 2017, when he showed up to May Day protests in downtown Portland and joined at least one other man in throwing lighted flares later found in the back of a heavily vandalized police SUV parked near Southwest 10th Avenue and Morrison Street.
Elliott was arrested, and police used his distinctive eyeglasses and bike messenger bag to link him to the Nov. 10 crimes.
Elliott worked as a bike messenger, had attended four years of college and had no previous criminal history except for a misdemeanor shoplifting conviction in 2016.
Hey John Barton Elliott, meet Louisville Slugger.
Wow, it takes 4 years of University Studies to be a bike messenger in Portland? He must have been the head of his class to be selected.
Bike messengers must be part of the elite in Portlandia, hence, probation and not jail.
The leftard cunts never have to do jail time for crimes that would land anyone else in a federal lockup.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a liberal tried to blow up the Pentagon and got away with it!
Agree with JDHasty. Unpunished criminal behavior begets more and Oregon gets what they deserve.
Have fun lefttwats.
Anyone else notice the resembelence to this shitbag?
https://iotwreport.com/old-abortion-new-infanticide/
At a bare minimum, he should be forced to make financial restitution. One of the excuses that I hear here in PDX (Portland,OR that is) is that these are corporations that can afford to pay with their insurance. We hear it from the heroin addicts who shoplift at Safeway, “They have insurance for this sort of stuff.”
Portland is soft on crime, unless you are conservative, then they throw the book at you like Michael Strickland.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/conservative-blogger-sentenced-50-years-prison-pulling-gun-thugs/
Give him a break. He had a tantrum, because his mom forgot to put the handle bar streamers, on the new bike she bought for him.
…..Looks more like a feminazi than a guy.
We have a crisis in the judicial system that needs immediate attention. I’m for jailing activist judges and taking their pensions.
He just needs space to destroy…
Decriminalizing arson sets a poor precedent. They will no doubt be surprised when filthy beatniks have half the city on fire.
Girlie looking man. Screwed up justice system.
The judge must have been well compensated.
This is why we no longer go to Portland. Was never grateful for malls prior to the shittyization of downtown. What a waste of a beautiful city.
PS my first thought was that this guy was Tim Caines other son.
27 years old and nothing better to do with his life? His parents need their asses kicked for raising this piece of worthless crap.
4 years of daycare…er college and he’s a bike messenger? What was his major…..Schwinn 101?
Portland and Seattle are both places I avoid now. I used to look forward to weekends and other events in both cities. No more.
Isn’t that Rosie’s spawn?
Locked up bicycle, took the seat, leaving just the seat post. That would deter bicycle thieves in fly over country but not in the west coast. Not sure I want bicycle back.
Nothing attracts new businesses, shoppers and tourism like an arsonist free on the streets.
He blew the judge or kidnapped some children for him/her/it.
Damn good thing he didn’t refuse to bake a gay wedding cake.
In 1979 we fled CA to Portland/Vancouver. In 2002 we fled to the Mr.’s place of birth, Nebraska. We will die here. We were always conservative, not part of the liberal invading californicators. The only time I ever went to Portland was to see the Mr. at whatever machine shop he happened to be working at. He hated the place too. Was just never any work across the Columbia.
Arson is indiscriminate and a riotous act that can be responded to with deadly force.
Show up on my street with an ignited flare or a Molotov cocktail and I will put you down like a rabid dog.
More sociopath than protester.