Portland Attack Victim Speaks Out For The First Time: ‘I Was Just Standing For Myself As A Citizen’

Adam Haner, the Portland man at the center of a vicious attack by suspected anarchists over the weekend, spoke out for the first time on Thursday, telling a local Oregon Fox affiliate that he was simply trying to defend a woman being robbed when he was targeted and beaten by suspected anarchists.

“The crowd of attackers taunted him, called him a white supremacist, shoved his girlfriend to the ground and punched her,” Haner told Fox 5 Oregon, per Fox News. “Haner and his girlfriend, Tammie Martin, quickly decided to get in their separate vehicles, which were parked nearby, and leave the area, he said. But soon the power steering failed in his pickup truck, and he stopped at an intersection.”