Bad news gets worse

I was really hoping that the guy wanted for shooting the Portland cops last week was a run-of-the-mill mentally ill homeless guy, and not a neo-Nazi with a political agenda. Alas, my hopes have been dashed. The guy who was arrested today, on far-north 82nd Avenue out toward the airport, is Eric Oelkers. He's got a long rap sheet, has been said to show up when the "Proud Boys" and other neo-Nazis come to town to fight on the streets, and was arrested a few years ago on bias crime charges in connection with vandalism in downtown Salem. This isn't the first time he's been the subject of a manhunt, either.

Do you feel like the civil war is finally starting? I do.

UPDATE, January 27:  The police and the mainstream media are downplaying or ignoring this fellow's ties to far-right extremism. Apparently, we can't handle the truth.