A Battle Ground man was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of disorderly conduct after police said he displayed a replica firearm from a vehicle as it drove by peaceful demonstrators in downtown Portland.
The incident was reported shortly before 12:28 p.m. when a person flagged down police at the Terry Schrunk Plaza. The person said that the pickup’s passenger showed a handgun as the truck passed by, according to a news release from the Portland Police Bureau.
Demonstrators had gathered in the park to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, which aims to block immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.
After further investigation, police detained the driver and passenger of the truck and determined that the gun displayed was a replica firearm. Police said that they also found an unloaded AR-15 style rifle in the vehicle that belonged to the truck’s driver, but said there was no evidence that the rifle was displayed to demonstrators.
