At least one man was charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon, felony attempted assault, felony riot and other crimes, but Ngô said his bail was “immediately covered by an Antifa bail fund group. After five days of total media silence, right-wing author Andy Ngo confirmed he was the man who some of Portland’s leftist marchers chased and beat until he took. The Portland Tribune’s Zane Sparling first reported the incident on Twitter.“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 the truth as the greatest threat of all,” he wrote.He also shared two undated photos of vandalism that explicitly call for his murder. Ngô shared photos and videos from the latest incident, including screenshots of tweets that talk about “finishing” him.Since then, Ngô said he has made more than two dozen reports of threats and attacks to Portland police, but he has not heard back to date.At the time, then-Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang expressed support for Ngô, tweeting, “Journalists should be safe to report on a protest without being targeted.” In June 2019, Ngô suffered a brain hemorrhage after being attacked by alleged antifa protesters who covered him in eggs, pepper spray and bear spray, as well as milkshakes believed to contain quick-dry cement. A video of the incident shared by the Willamette Week shows a group of masked individuals - who were mostly white - banging the windows of The Nines Hotel, where Ngô found a temporary refuge before ending up in the emergency room with multiple injuries.The mob then allegedly pulled his mask off, and upon confirming his identity, chased him through downtown Portland before one caught up and repeatedly punched his head and face.Ngô told Fox News his disguise began to fall apart when rioters noticed that he had not been participating in “throwing projectiles at law enforcement” or “trying to damage the Central police station.”.In a Twitter thread on June 2, Ngô explained that he had to mitigate risks like other beat reporters would on the field, so he covered his face and eyes “to do my job and stay alive.”.The attack occurred on May 28, while Ngô was covering the ongoing protests and riots in Portland for a new chapter of his book, “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.”.
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