A restaurant in Portland, Ore., had been cautioned that “something” would transpire due to their evident supportive of police position before somebody shot through the windows days after the fact, a report said.
The owner of Heroes American Café, John Jackson, revealed to The Oregonian that somebody called the burger joint last Thursday to state it was on a list of establishments that are favorable to police and they ought to anticipate that something should occur.
“We kind of dismissed it as whatever,” Jackson, 55, told the paper.
However, on Sunday, miscreants focused on the restaurant, shooting out two windows and crushing a third with a baseball bat, as per the report.
The vandalism came the same day a demonstration dubbed a “day of rage” on fliers hit the streets of the city. There have been a string of destructive protests in Portland since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.
“It looked like a planned thing because they called us on Thursday and threatened us,” Jackson told the newspaper.
Jackson, who is black, said the vandals don’t know who he is or what his restaurant stands for.
“We are pro heroes, any hero — whether it’s a teacher, a firefighter, a police officer or a vet,” Jackson told the newspaper.
“We’ve very American in nature. I served in the military. We’re red, white and blue. Whatever side you’re on, you have a right to believe what you believe, but you don’t have a right to step on whatever you disagree with. We kind of felt like we’re neutral,” he added.
