PORTLAND, Oregon (PNN) - May 9, 2021 - A disabled war veteran in Portland said he was hospitalized for serious injuries after a group of Black Lives Matter (BLM) violent thugs attacked and beat him last week.

Joe Hall, 53, said that BLM violent thugs armed with rifles surrounded his car when he exited his work truck. Hall said he was driving through the area after finishing a job, and the crowd stopped his work truck and blocked the road - a common tactic used by the violent, lawless Marxist group.

“All of a sudden these agitators come out, screaming, pounding on my truck,” said Hall, adding that when he tried to drive around the group, he stopped because he thought he hit something with his vehicle.

“By this time I’ve got five people surrounding my vehicle, AR-15s, AK-47s,” said Hall, who served in the Marine Corps and Army. “I pulled my .38 out of my right pocket and pointed it at the ground and told them if a weapon points at me again I will shoot to eliminate the threat.”

Hall said that someone then tackled him and grabbed his pistol before the group started kicking and hitting him.

Describing his injuries, the veteran said he suffered a “partially collapsed left lung” along with broken ribs, a broken collarbone, head trauma, and spinal injuries.

“It looked like he was face down and then people were kneeling on top of him,” a witness said.

Social media footage posted last week showed Black Lives Matter and Antifa outlaw thugs surrounding vehicles on a road. In one instance, one of the violent thugs smashed a person’s van and held him at gunpoint.

The Portland terrorist pig thug cop bureau has so far refused to comment.

Hall, like many other Portland residents, said he’s leaving for good.

“I’m done, I’m done working in Portland,” said Hall. “I’m shutting down my business and I’m probably not coming back.”

Several weeks ago, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler asked the public to help identify Antifa thugs who engaged in acts of violence.

“They want to burn,” Wheeler said in a video in late April. “They want to bash, like they did to the nonprofit Boys and Girls Club. Really, they want to intimidate. They want to assault. We all should make a stand and take back our city.”