Antifa Assault of Andy Ngo

Overview

Antifa Assault of Andy Ngo refers to an incident that occurred at an antifa demonstration in Portland, Oregon during which photojournalist Andy Ngo was assaulted and milkshaked by antifa activists.

Background

On June 29th, 2019, reporter Jim Ryan tweeted video of journalist Andy Ngo being assaulted by antifa activists and having milkshakes thrown on him in downtown Portland, Oregon (shown below).

Developments

Shortly after, Ngo tweeted a video of himself with visible wounds on his face while covered in milkshake (shown below). Within three hours, the video accumulated 9,500 likes and 6,200 retweets. In the video, Ngo describes the assault to a police officer, revealing that they stole his GoPro camera that he had been recording with. That day, The Washington Times^[4] published an article about the incident titled "Journalist Andy Ngo beaten up by antifa activists at Portland protest." Meanwhile, Ebaum's World^[3] published an article titled "Journalist Andy Ngo Hospitalized After Being Assaulted by Antifa Mob." That day, Redditor senkaichi submitted a post titled "Antifa attack conservative blogger Andy Ngo amid violence at Portland Proud Boys protest" to /r/politics.^[1]

Quick-drying Cement Milkshake Rumors

Also on June 29th, the official Portland Police Department Twitter^[5] feed announced that police had "received information that some of the milkshakes thrown today during the demonstration contained quick-drying cement" (shown below).

"Protect Andy Ngo Fund" GoFundMe

Also on June 29th, 2019, conservative political commentator Michelle Malkin created a GoFundMe^[2] page titled "Protect Andy Ngo Fund," collecting donations for his security, medical treatment and to replace his stolen equipment. Within 24 hours, the campaign gathered upwards of $109,500 of its $50,000 goal (shown below).

Twitter Reactions

On June 30th, a Twitter Moments^[4] page titled "Journalist Andy Ngo attacked at Portland rally" was created, which highlighted various tweets discussing the incident.

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