(Epoch Times)
Andy Ngo, a Portland, Oregon-based editor and photojournalist for the magazine Quillette, was assaulted and hospitalized by masked and hooded far-left Antifa extremists on June 29. Ngo, who has extensively documented violence by Antifa, had written on Twitter a day earlier that he was nervous about the coming rally, noting that Antifa members had been “promising ‘physical confrontation’ & have singled me out to be assaulted.”
Following the assault, Ngo was hospitalized with multiple contusions, a black eye, and a torn earlobe; he also suffered a brain bleed that required overnight hospitalization. Ngo posted a video of himself moments after the attack, appearing shaken and covered in a white substance. Portland police later said that Antifa was mixing quick-drying cement into milkshakes to be thrown at those they targeted. It isn’t known if Ngo was hit with one of these mixtures.
Andy Ngo, a Portland, Oregon-based journalist, is seen covered in an unknown substance after Antifa extremists assaulted him in Portland, on June 29, 2019. Not only was Ngo viciously attacked, but his photo equipment was stolen as well. Considering Ngo is a gay Asian reporter, one might expect that he would be the recipient of an outpouring of support from other reporters. But, instead, many in mainstream media aligned their sympathies with Antifa. This was highlighted in a Twitter thread that listed some of the many ugly comments from the media community. Read More