Independent journalist Andy Ngo is speaking out after reports that Antifa thugs in Portland, Oregon, severely beat a man who was trying to document the ongoing violence the leftist anarchists have dealt to that city for more than a year.
Ngo has meticulously tracked Antifa’s violence in Portland and other American cities, including attacks on police, innocent bystanders and businesses.
Ngo posted a statement about the beating and other posts about the threats and violence perpetrated against him.
book, “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.”
I was chased, attacked and beaten by a masked mob, baying for my blood. Had I not been able to shelter wounded and bleeding inside a hotel while they beat the doors and windows like animals, there is…
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
Antifa wants me dead because I document what they want to stay hidden. The attacks against me and threats on my life are retribution for my work as a journalist, recording the tactics and true ideology of an extremist clandestine movement that relies on deception and regards…
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
the truth as the greatest threat of all. They want the right to hide their identities behind masks, and erase records of their arrests and alleged crimes. They want me dead for capturing these things and reporting on them. But it is the right of every journalist, protected…
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
and preserved by the founding fathers, to report freely without fear. I was forced to flee my home in Portland last year as the death threats escalated but returned recently to take care of my elderly family. When I engaged in field reporting for my book, I did what every…
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
beat reporter would do: I took care to mitigate the risks and went to observe Antifa first-hand during a demonstration at the Justice Center. Like many other journalists Antifa has tried to silence and intimidate through violence and threats, I had to cover my face and eyes…
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
to do my job and stay alive. As the Asian son of Vietnamese immigrants, I also have to be mindful of Antifa’s attacks on multiple people of East Asian origin. pic.twitter.com/flkBXiPmpX
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
Shortly before midnight, Antifa member John Hacker, who assaulted me in 2019, began asking me questions. I didn’t answer and attempted to walk away, but a group of masked people in black followed and surrounded me. As they interrogated me, one managed to pull off my mask and… pic.twitter.com/bsL5lcIfDg
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
Pioneer Place Mall, punching my head and face repeatedly, while I pleaded for them not to kill me. All the time I could hear the angry cries and footsteps of the mob approaching. pic.twitter.com/MsN7fj3c41
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
In the chaos, I managed to seize a moment when my attackers were distracted and crawled away. As soon as I could get to my feet, I sprinted inside the only business I could see that was open —The Nines Hotel. I begged hotel staff to call 911, but they refused and ordered me… pic.twitter.com/CWxwFS1nMH
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
to wear a mask and leave the property. I insisted, reminding them of the violent mob outside seeking to kill me. By now, masked Antifa operatives were pounding on the hotel doors and windows, screaming and shouting my name and trying to break inside. https://t.co/9XqRKpcgYP
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
It seemed obvious they intended to make good on hundreds of threats over the past two years to kill me. pic.twitter.com/93ZifwJTHA
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
It seemed obvious they intended to make good on hundreds of threats over the past two years to kill me. pic.twitter.com/93ZifwJTHA
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
Afraid the windows would shatter and let the mob in, I begged someone to let me go up the elevator to escape from the lobby. For more than an hour, Antifa extremists kept trying to get into the hotel to hunt me down and finish the job they started on the street.
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon, felony attempted assault, felony riot and other crimes. His bail was immediately covered by an Antifa bail fund group. https://t.co/dTwqn1PsVT
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
Later, I was escorted to an ambulance by a medic from Portland Fire and Rescue through a back entrance of the hotel. pic.twitter.com/zW3Iov5Uwt
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
I was treated in the ER for multiple injuries to my head and body. pic.twitter.com/uCTr59LwaL
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
When Antifa last beat me for doing my job in 2019, doctors told me I could have died from the brain hemorrhage caused by the blows to my head. I have made more than two dozen reports of subsequent threats and attacks to the Portland Police,…
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021
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