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Antifa caught on camera AGAIN: threatening, throwing hammers, attacking journalists
August 17, 2019
The Portland war zone continues, and there are a lot of videos.
On Saturday the 'Proud Boys' and other far right, alt-right, and white supremacist groups staged a demonstration in Portland, Oregon in protest of violent, extremist far left group Antifa, who showed up in counter-protest. It was an obvious recipe for disaster for the city once again.
An extremely heavy police and National Guard presence kept the incidents of outright mayhem to a minimum as compared to past weeks, but considering these are the streets of an American city in 2019 that's not a huge brag for the city.
Altercations and confrontations took place throughout the day, mostly caught on camera and shared on social media as the number of people filming and taking photos almost outnumbered the people who weren't.
One journalist, Julio Rosas of the Washington Examiner and formerly of Mediaite, was there with a camera and an American flag on his shirt, and that was enough to provoke angry threats and even being surrounding menacingly by members of Antifa.
. @dcexaminer reporter @Julio_Rosas11 is confronted for wearing a shirt with an American flag on the sleeve. A protester is extremely offended. pic.twitter.com/8KCkjjE3ix
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2019
I got surrounded by antifa and they shouted I had to leave. Police came in and took me aside to defuse the situation. pic.twitter.com/EZqLxxJvqZ
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019
In fact, generally speaking, the Antifa folks weren't too keen on American flags at
all.
“No Trump! No KKK!" a man shouts when he sees a small group of people carrying US flags. In the background, a group of antifa black block has amassed. pic.twitter.com/3PQGSk8Kw3
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2019
There were a lot of tense moments.
Antifa pushes a guy out of the park, don't know why. As they push him out, antifa uses umbrellas to block reporters cameras.
At one point, the guy in the dog mask briefly turns his attention to me. pic.twitter.com/lN0hXyxKCQ
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019
Antifa pushing another person out of the park, calling him a Nazi. pic.twitter.com/kc6FfyRbD4
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019
There were, in fact, neo-Nazi and skinhead groups among the demonstrators.
But it was later in the events of the day when some real violence, especially as the Proud Boys and other groups were departing by bus. You can see in the second clip below the hammer being first raised to attack and then thrown into the bus as the doors were shut.
A bus that I believe was filled with proud boys was attacked by antifa, throwing objects and banging on it. Someone opened the door and a fight broke out. pic.twitter.com/zc0vBE0uvh
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Antifa has major CLASH with Proud Boys on Portland bridge in traffic
A serious assault took place on PB's after they busted the door of the bus, they also threw a metal hammer at them.
I also got pepper sprayed in the face with many others. Sorry for language pic.twitter.com/UwRsY4qq6G
— Elijah Schaffer S.O. (@ElijahSchaffer) August 17, 2019
That hammer MAY have first been in the hands of the Proud Boy on the bus at whom it was thrown, or it may have traded hands more than once.
Where did the hammer come from again? Proud Boy hoodlum was disarmed of the hammer. pic.twitter.com/Z4gcBlUOTh
— Samantha (@SamanthaIam55) August 18, 2019
But there was plenty of violence to go around.
Middle-age man was maced and beaten by an antifa mob. He was knocked unconscious to the ground. His partner or spouse was trying to protect him as mob still surrounded them. No police. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/eAhrMSEKU1
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2019
One of the people leading the way in various incidents throughout the day was this shirtless man who was obviously looking for a fight.
Independent journalist @Muffinpan503 was attacked & pepper sprayed. A woman tries to calm the angry shirtless man following him but is told to mind her own business as a white person. pic.twitter.com/SeQb2A2gTX
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2019
He came up to me again and people again surrounded me. He said I get hurt then that was on me. Police came back said I was provoking them by being there. pic.twitter.com/yHTx34CU50
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019
A black man praises Jesus on a bullhorn. The shirtless protester yells at him: “Ain't no f—ing white Jesus going to save the black man from the white man's oppression, uncle Tom." pic.twitter.com/CRMuxFF41p
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2019
You can hear him arguing in this clips, from early in the day, caught in a live stream from a Twitter user named 'Portland Andy':
Rosas reported that the man was eventually arrested.
A pepper ball is used by police as they make an arrest, the guy who was threatening me earlier. pic.twitter.com/wEdqWJCdhD
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019
Still, there was at least one funny moment to watch and rewatch.
When the buses left, antifa chased it down and broke windows. One antifa guy fell down. pic.twitter.com/ySyfIzO7ii
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 17, 2019
It was not as violent as some of the clashes between far-left and far-right that have taken place in Portland over and over this last year, but as with other recent confrontations, weapons were on site, some of which were confiscated by police. Were it not for the cops and the national Guard, how much worse might it have been?
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