A 24-year-old man from Indiana was arrested last week and charged with a slew of crimes allegedly committed last September during riots in Portland, Oregon.
Multiple agencies had been investigating uses of firebombs, also known as Molotov Cocktails, and the evidence came back to Malik Muhammed.
Muhammed was charged with Attempted Aggravated Murder, Attempted Murder in the first degree, Attempted Murder in the second degree, Unlawful Manufacture of a Destructive Device, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and Unlawful Possession of a Loaded Firearm in Public.
According to The Post Millennial and Andy Ngo, one of the loudest defenders of Muhammed following his indictment is the Portland chapter of the Youth Liberation Front, an antifa group that organized months of violent, deadly rioting after George Floyd’s death.
Though previously unknown in the Pacific Northwest, Muhammed gained a reputation as a self-styled BLM leader in Indiana and like other Antifa and BLM protesters charged with violent crimes, he’s ex-military, having served in the U.S. Army for a time before being discharged, Ngo reported.
From The Post Millennial:
In June last year, he made headlines after embracing a police officer in front of cameras during a heated BLM march to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s residence in Indianapolis that was halted by police. On June 4, 2020, he was invited to meet with the Republican governor inside his official residence for a private meeting.
“Historic journeys take historic first steps. Malik and I took one, together, today,” read a statement at the time by Gov. Holcomb. Only days earlier, Muhammad had tried to lead an angry crowd to the governor’s home while carrying riot gear.
Only a few months later, Muhammed and his girlfriend allegedly took steps to acquire and assemble deadly weapons for rioting in Portland. The criminal complaint says that Muhammed and his girlfriend, Kristen McGuire, went to a Goodwill store in Portland where they purchased large amounts of bats and yellow glass jugs. Yellow glass jugs were used in Molotov cocktails that were thrown at police.
Many are wondering how someone capable of such acts was able to gain access to the governor. According to WISH-TV. the meeting was reportedly made possible thanks to a “friend” Muhammed made earlier days prior to the protest march who knows Governor Holcomb,
An Indiana conservative radio host Rob Kendall was one who expressed utter disbelief that Muhammed managed to get up close and personal with the Holcomb mere days after leading a group of potentially violent protestors on a march to the governor’s mansion.
We don’t know if these charges will ultimately end up with Muhammed going to jail for a long time, but this story didn’t make it past the local news outlets, unlike any time someone is arrested for having merely entered the U.S. Capitol on January 6, thereby showing the mainstream media bias once again.
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