‘LOOKING TO FIGHT SOMEBODY’
Portland trucker Adam Haner was called ‘white supremacist’ by protesters who ‘wouldn’t let’ him get up before beating
PORTLAND trucker Adam Haner was called a "white supremacist" by protesters who "wouldn't let" him get up before he was viciously assaulted at a BLM rally.
revealed that he was set upon by people at a protest on Sunday after he stepped in to help a woman being attacked and robbed.
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A video of the attack shows Haner nearing protesters and crashing his truck into a sidewalk.
The victim and his girlfriend were picking up her car when they stopped at a convenience store and he saw a woman being targeted, he said.
When he stepped in between the woman and her attackers, the crowd began jeering him and punched his girlfriend, Tammie Martin.
Portland police have launched a manhunt to find the suspect, a protester , 25, who is still at large and has a lengthy rap sheet.
Haner and his girlfriend left in different vehicles – but the power steering in his pickup failed and he was dragged out of it.
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“And before I even got my door open someone was yanking me out and I hit the ground," Haner told recalling how he was taunted by the crowd hurling insults.
"And then I sat there for a while and they wouldn't let me get up," he added.
“I was just standing for myself as a citizen, and if you can’t do that on a street, then what can you do?”
The savage beating he received soon when viral because someone recorded the incident at Southwest 4th Avenue and Taylor Street, where riots have raged.
Haner said the people that pummeled him were looking for a fight not protesting – and his girlfriend Martin agreed.
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“He was trying to help and they called him a white supremacist, and then some black lady smacked him and he got in his truck,” Martin recalled.
“I got socked and then tried to walk away and then got pushed down, he tried to," she told the .
"And then I got punched a few times, and then I got back up and he was trying to drive away and revving his engine so people would back away from the truck."
But when the couple split up so Martin could get her vehicle, things took a turn for the worse and Haner was violently beaten.
“They kept calling me names calling me a white supremacist [expletive]," Martin said. "'You have a boyfriend that’s a white supremacist' and saying 'you’re a loser I hope your boyfriend dies.'"
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Martin, who can be seen on the recording hysterically crying, found her boyfriend lying on the ground unconscious and didn't know if he was breathing.
Haner's girlfriend is recovering from a hairline rib fracture and extensive bruising after they beat her as well.
GoFundMe fundraiser campaigns were established for and .
Meanwhile, Haner's alleged attacker has an extensive criminal past including being arrested for domestic assault and domestic harassment.
has been arrested in Washington County, seven times since 2012, The reported.
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In 2017, he was arrested for domestic assault and domestic harassment but he wasn't persecuted over the charges.
In 2016, he was booked for providing false information about a firearm transfer, domestic assault, and criminal trespass.
Love also has arrests in other counties throughout the state. He was convicted in Clatsop County in 2016 for driving without a valid driver's license and without insurance.
I sat there for a while and they wouldn't let me get up.
Adam Haner
In 2014, he was also hit with a probation violation charge in an unrelated case.
He was arrested in 2012 for second-degree theft and also, interfering with public transportation and criminal trespass.
He pleaded guilty to the public transportation charge, according to the newspaper but the criminal trespass charge was dismissed.
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Love got 18 months probation and a $500 fine but $400 was converted into community service and he reportedly still owes thousands in unpaid fines.
The assault suspect has also been arrested in other counties for various charges over the years.
Police said they have probable cause for Love's arrest.
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