Man at Pro-Trump Rally in Portland Fires Paintball Gun Towards Protesters

Hundreds of trucks filled with supporters of US President Donald Trump drove through the city of Portland on August 29, with some reportedly firing paintball guns at protesters.

The pro-Trump truck rally came on the same night that a man was shot and killed, a short distance from where confrontations between rival groups had been taking place. The man who was shot was reportedly wearing a hat bearing the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group based in Portland.

In this video, a man surrounded by trucks bearing pro-Trump slogans and US flags can be seen firing a paintball gun towards a small group standing next to a car with “black lives matter” written on its rear window in the parking lot of a mall in Happy Valley, a Portland suburb. Credit: @elisa_bleh via Storyful