DURING THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE'RE WATCHING KOIN 6 NEWS
AT 6 WATCHING OUT FOR YOU.
A MILITARY VET THAT WAS
INJURED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS
DURING LAST NIGHT'S PROTEST IS
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCES. WELCOME TO KOIN 6
NEWS, I'M WAYNE HAVE REALLY
NOW A REPORTER WITH OUR MEDIA
PARTNER THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE
CAUGHT THIS BAD GETTING BEATEN
BY THE TIMES ON CELL PHONE
VIDEO. KOIN 6 JENNIFER DOWLING
IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH HIS STORY
JENNIFER.
GOOD ANYWAY WE TALKED TO
CHRIS DAVID EARLIER IN THE DAY
HE WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS, HE
WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND SAID
HE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO HAVE A
COUPLE SURGERIES ON HIS HAND
HE TELLS ME HE ACTUALLY CAME
DOWN HERE TO ASK FEDERAL
OFFICERS ABOUT THEIR SERVICE,
BUT IT DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED.
THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT
CAPTURING THE NATION'S
ATTENTION THIS WEEKEND. SHOT
BY TRIBUNE REPORTER ZIENTS
PARLING IT SHOWS CHRIS DAVIS,
A NAVY THAT BEING STRUCK
REPEATEDLY BY FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OUTSIDE
THE COURTHOUSE BUILDING, I
STOOD THERE WITH MY HANDS DOWN
BY MY SIDES AND THEY JUST
STARTED WALLY, CHRIS SAID HE
TAKEN THE BUS DOWNTOWN TO
ATTEND THE PROTEST AND WANTED
TO ASK FEDERAL OFFICERS, A
SPECIFIC QUESTION I STOOD IN
THE STREET IN FRONT OF THEM
AND I START ACTUALLY WITH THEY
THOUGHT IT WAS OK TO VIOLATE
THEIR OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION
CHRIS AS ONE OF THE MEN JUMPED
HIM BACKWARDS RIGHT BLUES
BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS A
LITTLE BIT IN THAT PLANT
MYSELF. THAT'S GREAT WHEN THEY
START BE WE KEPT HITTING ME
WITH PECANS HERE I THINK THEY
DECIDED THAT WASN'T GOING TO
WORK SO THEY JUST TO PEPPER
SPRAY HITS. I THINK I TOOK IT
INTO THAT THAT WAS I WAS NOT
FUN.
SO I FLIPPED HIM OFF. AND I
WORK THE CORNER OF THE PARK AS
BEST I COULD AND I WAS LOSING
MY VISION AND I WAS JUST
WALKING THROUGH VERY CLOSE CS
GAS CHRIS SAID HE SAT ON A
PARK BENCH IN A FIELD MEDIC
NAMED HAVE CAME TO HIS RESCUE
GUIDING HIM TO SOMEONE'S CAR.
I COULDN'T SEE AT ALL I COULD
JUST SEE SORT OF SHAPES THAT'S
IT JUST REALLY VAGUE SHAPES
TEMPEST WAS TRYING TO
FRANTICALLY GET UP AND IT WAS
TO BE US THERE. CHRIS SAYS
THEY WERE ABLE TO PLAY DOWN
THIS
THE ACADEMY AND OTHER VETS
HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO THEY'VE
BEEN SENDING MESSAGES OF
SUPPORT I GOT OUT AFTER ABOUT
8 YEARS AS A LIEUTENANT COL IS
ACADEMY GRADS ARE REACHING OUT
CLASSIC GOING LOTS OF PEOPLE
ARE CALLING CHRIS A HERO OR
THE SUPERMAN OF PORTLAND
ONLINE THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY YOU KNOW THEY'RE PLAYING
ME UP AS AN IRON MAN AND
SUPERMAN THAT'S NOT ALL WERE
AMONG 53 RIP OVER WEIGHS IN ON
BLOOD THINNERS AND I'VE GOT A
LOT OF PHYSICAL DAMAGE FROM MY
TIME IN THE MILITARY, I'M NOT
MADE OF STEEL. THEY COULD HAVE
KILLED ME LAST NIGHT AS MY
EX-WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER HAVE
REMINDED ME 4 TO 5 TIMES THIS
MORNING.
AND CHRIS SAYS THAT HE'S
MOST DISTURBED ABOUT THE LACK
OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT HE
PERCEIVES THAT POLICE HAVE HE
SAYS IN THE MILITARY THERE ARE
CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
HE SAYS THAT HE DOESN'T SEE
THAT HAPPENING WITH LOCAL
PLACE BUT YET HE SAYS THEY
STILL ARE BEING MILITARIZED
BACK TO YOU WEIGH ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU JENNIFER, WE FIRST
FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS VIDEO
FROM OUR MEDIA PARTNERS AT THE
PORTLAND TRIBUNE OF COURSE
THAT VIDEO HAS GONE VIRAL
THINK AT LAST CHECK IT HAD
LIKE 3 AND A HALF MILLION
VIEWS ON TWITTER.
