Prosecutors: Suspect shouted ‘white power’ while attacking Portland strip club-steakhouse staff

A Portland man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting staff working at the Acropolis steakhouse-strip club. Prosecutors state the man shouted “white power,” racial slurs, and anti-Semitic slurs as he punched staff and smashed windows.

According to court documents, Justin Anthony Gates, 32, was asked to leave Acropolis, located on SE McLoughlin Blvd, on May 28 after he shouted several anti-Semitic slurs and used the n-word while in the club.

When the security guard asked him to leave, Gates allegedly punched him repeatedly in the face, fracturing his orbital bone and causing the victim to require surgery. Gates also punched the strip club manager in the throat, continued to shout “white power,” made white nationalist hand gestures, and shouted several other slurs.

Prosecutors allege Gates knew the security guard was Jewish and yelled anti-Semitic abuse specifically at him.

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