{"id":62843,"date":"2020-12-14T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=62843"},"modified":"2020-12-14T12:41:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:41:26","slug":"62843","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=62843","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/victoria-taft\/2020\/12\/13\/portland-msm-shocked-when-antifa-attacks-them-for-covering-armed-takeover-mike-strickland-and-andy-ngo-say-told-ya-so-n1206960\">Portland MSM Shocked When Antifa Attacks Them for Covering Armed Takeover. Mike Strickland and Andy Ngo Say Told Ya So.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.townhall.com\/townhall\/reu\/o\/2020\/347\/0335e477-6609-451a-9597-e0df0181abc4-730x487.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re shocked that antifa attacks them. Reporters with The Oregonian, The Portland Tribune, freelance photographers, and a local TV station reporter and crew complain they\u2019ve been attacked and\/or threatened by antifa and Black Lives Matter activists at the so-called Red House Autonomous Zone. This is the spot along Mississippi Avenue in North Portland where armed insurrectionists have taken over a neighborhood to stop a foreclosure of a house \u2013 in a foreclosure that actually happened two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The stunned reporters expect understanding, appeasement from the mob, help from official Portland, and appreciation of their constitutionally protected, God-given right to cover the news.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re late. Michael Strickland and Andy Ngo want to know where this same mainstream media have been. Where were the appeals to the constitution and help from official Portland in 2016 and 2019 respectively, when Strickland and Ngo were attacked by antifa thugs? Where were capital \u201cJ\u201d Journalists when Strickland was sent to jail and Ngo was sent to the hospital because of attacks by antifa?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/2020\/12\/activists-work-to-block-journalists-from-full-accurate-coverage-of-occupation-outside-red-house-in-n-portland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Oregonian<\/em>\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that troubles began almost immediately for reporters covering the takeover of the house and the streets surrounding it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The problems for reporters began almost as soon as demonstrators on Tuesday clashed with sheriff\u2019s deputies and police, who had come to serve an eviction notice and help secure the property.<\/p>\n<p>The activist group PNW Youth Liberation Front set forth a rationale for limits on journalists in a tweet Thursday. \u201cThe space at the Red House is an active eviction blockade,\u201d it said. \u201cIf you enter that space not to defend the Kinney family, but to livestream or film the risks that others are taking for your personal gain, then you are a guest. If you aren\u2019t respectful, you will be an unwelcome one.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The newspaper was shocked that a KATU-TV news crew was stopped and attacked for videoing the armed insurrection.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hours after police retreated from the area Tuesday morning, several masked demonstrators surrounded KATU television journalists Genevieve Reaume and Ric Peavyhouse as they entered the barricaded zone to interview occupants.<\/p>\n<p>Video shows the demonstrators used umbrellas to block the reporters from filming and made multiple verbal threats.<\/p>\n<p>One of them knocked Reaume\u2019s phone from her hand and shattered it on the ground, she said in an interview.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_5\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CITv_5aPzu0CFa2ApgQd2XsAlA\">\n<p>The reporter\u2019s hand was stomped when she reached for her now-broken phone on the ground.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336496844231245824&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fvictoria-taft%2F2020%2F12%2F13%2Fportland-msm-shocked-when-antifa-attacks-them-for-covering-armed-takeover-mike-strickland-and-andy-ngo-say-told-ya-so-n1206960&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336496844231245824\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the reporter expected appeasement when she told the members of the mob, \u201cHey you guys, this is our job.\u201d Instead, one of them responded, \u201cWell, this is our life,\u201d slapped her phone to the ground and stomped it.<\/p>\n<p>Freelance\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexMilanTracy\/status\/1336380859612418049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photographer Alex Milan Tracy<\/a>\u00a0was threatened when he showed up to take photos for clients. He got video of the Portland Police being chased away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336380859612418049&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fvictoria-taft%2F2020%2F12%2F13%2Fportland-msm-shocked-when-antifa-attacks-them-for-covering-armed-takeover-mike-strickland-and-andy-ngo-say-told-ya-so-n1206960&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336380859612418049\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He hasn\u2019t posted any video on his account since December 8, the first day of the armed takeover of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>He told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/2020\/12\/activists-work-to-block-journalists-from-full-accurate-coverage-of-occupation-outside-red-house-in-n-portland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Oregonian<\/em><\/a>, that reporters should be able to cover events happening in public. You don\u2019t say?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s pure insanity to keep the media from working in a public space,\u201d said Alex Milan Tracy, a longtime freelance photojournalist who was subjected to threats for documenting police and protester action near the house.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The media\u2019s sudden interest in the rights of journalists, freelance and otherwise, prompts many questions.<\/p>\n<p>Where are the same shocked reporters as antifa BLM activists threaten Ngo\u2019s life at nearly every one of their demonstrations?<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_6\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CMnQsJePzu0CFcIMPwod7uUJxg\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1337298676230844419&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fvictoria-taft%2F2020%2F12%2F13%2Fportland-msm-shocked-when-antifa-attacks-them-for-covering-armed-takeover-mike-strickland-and-andy-ngo-say-told-ya-so-n1206960&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1337298676230844419\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a standing order for his beating or worse by local antifa if he\u2019s seen at a protest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1338191885551071232&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fvictoria-taft%2F2020%2F12%2F13%2Fportland-msm-shocked-when-antifa-attacks-them-for-covering-armed-takeover-mike-strickland-and-andy-ngo-say-told-ya-so-n1206960&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1338191885551071232\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When Ngo was subjected to antifa\u2019s milkshake attack and beating, which sent him to the hospital with a brain bruise, where was the defense about his First Amendment rights on a public street?<\/p>\n<p>Ngo told PJ Media he has the same question. \u201cWhy were you all silent when I was beaten for providing the honest coverage you wouldn\u2019t do in the past few years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ngo knows what could happen to him if he tries to defend himself at a protest. Just look at Strickland\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>Videographer Michael Strickland, whose work was seen nationally, was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriataft.com\/antifa-versus-mike-strickland-part-1-the-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked twice in July 2016<\/a>\u00a0by antifa and Black Lives Matter activists who decided his YouTube channel,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LaughingAtLiberals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laughing at Liberals,<\/a>\u00a0made them look bad. They jumped him, and when he retreated but didn\u2019t leave, they conspired to attack him again. When the mob came back, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriataft.com\/antifa-versus-mike-strickland-part-1-the-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled out his gun<\/a>\u00a0and held them off without firing a shot or even getting his finger close to the trigger. He probably saved his life. He was jailed for it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_7\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CLf9kZePzu0CFeYqAQodzxcPxg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/pjmedia\/news-and-politics\/300x250_7_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/pjmedia\/news-and-politics\/300x250_7_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/pjmedia\/news-and-politics\/300x250_7_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"5\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1319397468023316480&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fvictoria-taft%2F2020%2F12%2F13%2Fportland-msm-shocked-when-antifa-attacks-them-for-covering-armed-takeover-mike-strickland-and-andy-ngo-say-told-ya-so-n1206960&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1319397468023316480\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a freelance journalist, but the MSM never came to his aid. Neither did the ACLU.<\/p>\n<p>In full disclosure, I have been following the Strickland story since it happened and have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriataft.com\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">produced an ongoing podcast<\/a>\u00a0series about his case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1338197904985444354&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fvictoria-taft%2F2020%2F12%2F13%2Fportland-msm-shocked-when-antifa-attacks-them-for-covering-armed-takeover-mike-strickland-and-andy-ngo-say-told-ya-so-n1206960&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1338197904985444354\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Strickland\u2019s First and Second Amendment rights were taken away because of Multnomah County\u2019s prosecution of him. His self-defense arguments fell on deaf ears. As I reported at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/victoria-taft\/2020\/04\/02\/oregon-court-affirms-conviction-of-journalist-who-pulled-gun-to-stop-advancing-antifa-mob-n383093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PJ Media,<\/a>\u00a0Strickland\u2019s conviction was upheld by the<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/victoria-taft\/2020\/04\/02\/oregon-court-affirms-conviction-of-journalist-who-pulled-gun-to-stop-advancing-antifa-mob-n383093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Oregon Appeals Court<\/a>\u00a0and now is possibly headed for the<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/columns\/victoria-taft\/2020\/09\/02\/exclusive-case-of-portland-man-who-defended-himself-against-antifa-mob-heads-to-supreme-court-n876896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0U.S. Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where were these champions of journalism when Strickland went to jail for pulling his gun to stop an attack launched because of\u00a0<strong><em>journalism?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>In both cases, the MSM didn\u2019t lift a finger. In fact, if they said anything at all they dismissed the two as fringe reporters. They all but said they deserved it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/2020\/12\/activists-work-to-block-journalists-from-full-accurate-coverage-of-occupation-outside-red-house-in-n-portland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Oregonian<\/em><\/a>\u00a0story attempts to sidle up to antifa and BLM protesters by saying that they were among the media roughed up by police during the 100-plus days of rioting in downtown Portland.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During the height of racial justice and police reform demonstrations this summer, protesters and journalists frequently found themselves in the crosshairs of police, who routinely employed aggressive tactics as they sought to quell the nightly unrest.<\/p>\n<p>Police shoved, tear-gassed and shot rubber bullets at journalists trying to document protesters\u2019 and police conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists carrying press passes and with the word \u201cpress\u201d in large letters on their clothing were nevertheless forced out of protest zones by police, and some activists played up that conduct as outrageous on their social media platforms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What the newspaper failed to note was that antifa and BLM rioters pretended to be journalists and wore similar press badges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336903707355656192&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fvictoria-taft%2F2020%2F12%2F13%2Fportland-msm-shocked-when-antifa-attacks-them-for-covering-armed-takeover-mike-strickland-and-andy-ngo-say-told-ya-so-n1206960&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336903707355656192\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First they came for Mike Strickland. Then all the speakers on campus. Then Andy Ngo. As Portland Police and Mayor Ted Wheeler whistle past the graveyard in hopes the armed totalitarians who took over a neighborhood listen to reason, all you have to do is look at what they\u2019ve already done. Just ask journalists Mike Strickland and Andy Ngo. They\u2019ll tell you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland MSM Shocked When Antifa Attacks Them for Covering Armed Takeover. Mike Strickland and Andy Ngo Say Told Ya So. They\u2019re shocked that antifa attacks them. Reporters with The Oregonian, The Portland Tribune, freelance photographers, and a local TV station reporter and crew complain they\u2019ve been attacked and\/or threatened by antifa and Black Lives Matter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=62843\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-the-violence-inherent-in-the-left"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62845,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62843\/revisions\/62845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}