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Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:15 AM Aug 2016

Portland Man Accused of Murdering Black Teenager Connected to White Supremacist Gang

by Doug Brown • Aug 22, 2016 at 5:22 pm

The white 38-year-old Portland man accused of murdering a 19-year-old African American man fleeing from him in Gresham earlier this month has tattoos indicating he's in "European Kindred," a white supremacist gang based in Oregon ...

Convicted felon Russell Courtier and his girlfriend, 35-year-old Colleen Hunt, are accused of mowing down Larnell Bruce with their Jeep after Courtier and Bruce got in a fight on August 10 outside of a Gresham 7-Eleven store. Courtier and Hunt were officially indicted for murder on Friday and were arraigned this morning. According to a probable cause affidavit for Courtier and Hunt's arrest, Courtier admitted to a detective he intentionally chased down and hit Bruce with his car.

Courtier was out of prison on parole for a gun conviction when he killed Bruce ...

Courtier has a lengthy criminal history and has spent time in prison for assaults and illegal weapons charges. He's was previously convicted of four felonies and three misdemeanors — with seven parole violations — dating back to the late 1990s ...


http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2016/08/22/18510999/the-portland-man-accused-of-murdering-a-black-teenager-is-connected-to-a-white-supremacist-gang

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