{"id":50512,"date":"2020-08-20T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/portland-driver-adam-haner-believes-he-was-attacked-because-he-is-white\/"},"modified":"2020-08-20T18:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:06:00","slug":"portland-driver-adam-haner-believes-he-was-attacked-because-he-is-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/portland-driver-adam-haner-believes-he-was-attacked-because-he-is-white\/","title":{"rendered":"#Portland driver Adam Haner believes he was attacked because he is white"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Portland driver Adam Haner believes he was attacked because he is white<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 20, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 11:06am              <span>|<\/span> Updated <span>August 20, 2020 | 11:37am<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                <span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eTu7Q6N3yBk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" title=\"Video\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n                        The driver kicked unconscious during a mob attack in Portland says he has previously marched in support of Black Lives Matter \u2014 and believes he was only targeted because he is white.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to do anything but get a drink,\u201d Adam Haner told KATU of the vicious attack that started outside a 7-Eleven and left him with head wounds, three broken ribs and two black eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t the enemy, I\u2019ll tell you that. I was just the guy standing there, and I was white, evidently,\u201d he said of his brutal attack by BLM protesters.<\/p>\n<p>While he was not part of the ongoing protests in Portland, Haner told KPTV that he had previously marched in BLM protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was for that. I\u2019ve had cops beat me up before. I was for their cause,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time firefighter \u2014 who is refusing to watch the viral video of his attack \u2014 said his natural instincts kicked in when he saw a trans woman whom he did not know getting robbed and beaten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just seen something going on there, and I tried to get in the middle of it \u2014 and it just directed the fire towards me,\u201d he told the station. \u201cTheir whole chaos came right at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that he said nothing offensive \u2014 but both he and his girlfriend, Tammie Martin, were im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely set upon by the mob, who started calling them white supremacists for no reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I remember saying very vividly was, \u2018This isn\u2019t your enemy \u2014 this isn\u2019t who we\u2019re trying to fight,&#8217;\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"slideshow-16165072-1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"adam-haner-17\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/adam-haner-17.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"adam-haner-16\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/adam-haner-16.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Adam Haner after he was kicked in the head and knocked unconscious in Portland.                                                         <\/p>\n<p>Kalen D\u2019Almeida\/Scriberr <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"adam-haner-15\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/adam-haner-15.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Adam Haner was kicked in the head and knocked unconscious in Portland.                                                          <\/p>\n<p>Kalen D\u2019Almeida\/Scriberr New\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Portland Police Protest\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/adam-haner-14.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Marquise Love                                                           <\/p>\n<p>Portland Police Bureau via AP\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                Up Next\n                <\/p>\n<article target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/20\/9-11-memorial-museum-will-reopen-to-the-general-public-on-sept-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                The 9\/11 Memorial Museum is reopening exclusively for victims\u2019 families&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Martin \u2014 who was also attacked in the initial confrontation \u2014 said the videos prove Haner was trying to get out safely without hurting anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was honking his horn and revving his engine to get people off his truck \u2014 he didn\u2019t want to hurt nobody,\u201d she told the station, saying she was also bruised after being wrestled to the ground and battered.<\/p>\n<p>Haner said his power steering belt came off as he drove away \u2014 forcing him to crash as he tried to make a turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I even got my door open, somebody was yanking me out and I hit the ground,\u201d he told KPTV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember vaguely being on the ground and trying to call her,\u201d he said of his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I don\u2019t remember anything. And then two days later I wake up\u201d covered in tubes in the ICU, he said.<\/p>\n<p>But he insisted he is not \u201cseeking vengeance\u201d against the suspect in his attack, named by police as 25-year-old former security guard Marquise Love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure karma will take care of him in whatever way it needs to \u2026 I hope he learns something,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also insisted he would once again step in to help a stranger in need \u201conce I\u2019m fully recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s who I am. If I see something wrong, I\u2019m going to be the person to say something,\u201d he said, adding that his instinct to \u201cgo in and help people\u201d is what made him become a firefighter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe helping people is just my nature,\u201d he told KATU.<\/p>\n<p>The attack \u2014 and ongoing riots and protests \u2014 has changed his opinion of the city he loves, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting a drink at a 7-Eleven in Portland, Oregon, is a different story than it was two months ago,\u201d he told WKBN.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/20\/portland-driver-believes-he-was-attacked-because-he-is-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Portland driver Adam Haner believes he was attacked because he is white&#8221; August 20, 2020 | 11:06am | Updated August 20, 2020 | 11:37am The driver kicked unconscious during a mob attack in Portland says he has previously marched in support of Black Lives Matter \u2014 and believes he was only targeted because he is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56194],"class_list":["post-50512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-portland-driver-adam-haner-believes-he-was-attacked-because-he-is-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}