A 30-minute video of the attack on a man in Portland late Sunday was released Wednesday, showing a large crowd taunting, beating and robbing a transgender woman before setting its sights on the truck driver and another woman.
The footage, which contains graphic images and explicit language, was released on YouTube by “Lives Matter” producer Drew Hernandez. The video appears to show a group of people, including suspect Marquise Love, 25, taunting a transgender woman who they claim was spraying Mace at them.
Over the course of several minutes, the victim, who is wearing a blue shirt with a round logo on the front, can be seen in the background amongst the crowd, until he steps in minutes later.
People from the group appear to steal the woman’s skateboard and then her backpack as she and members from the crowd continued to have words with each other.
WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC IMAGES AND EXPLICIT LANGUAGE
But after someone steals her knapsack, which she says is carrying her keys, ID and cellphone, the man tries to get in between the woman and the group, prompting people to throw a bottle at him and a liquid repeatedly at her.
The woman continues pleading for her backpack when another good Samaritan, who appears to be holding a weapon, tries to break up the crowd. The man in the blue shirt briefly tries again to step in…
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