Andy Ngo, author of “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy,” which may or may not be available at your local bookstore, often gets in trouble for calling people Antifa, yet the people in this video certainly look like Antifa: they have the matching black clothing, the helmets and homemade shields, the guy with the umbrella, something that looks like pepper spray … the Antifa uniform, basically.
Something is missing. I don’t see #Antifa in this video.
— Dee Ambrosini (@dee_ambrosini) March 29, 2021
See?
We’re not entirely sure what was going down in Salem, Oregon — something called the “Freedom Rally” — but we do see a man whose windshield is covered in yellow paint facing off against a small crowd who are coming at him with cans of pepper spray at the ready. It’s only after he pulls a gun that the police spring into action and arrest him. Shouldn’t they be chucking rocks at the cop or something?
Breaking: #Antifa smash up a man’s truck at the Oregon state Capitol in Salem. He pulls out a gun and is arrested by responding police. #AntifaRiots pic.twitter.com/H4LTseLllo
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 28, 2021
Note: People in the comments are saying that the man was not arrested, for what it’s worth.
Another angle of the man who was arrested. #Antifa had vandalized his truck, surrounded him and pepper-sprayed him. #AntifaRiots pic.twitter.com/GTMjSmvSRT
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 28, 2021
“If he was black, he’d be dead!” #Antifa are upset the police did not kill the man outside the Oregon state Capitol. pic.twitter.com/qPPB22NmSm
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 29, 2021
Update: The man who took out a pistol during the attack on his vehicle by #antifa was not booked into the Marion County Correctional Facility.
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 29, 2021
Recommended
Be nice if they had intervened to stop the damage being caused before it came to this!
— Whiskey Straight (@rabal) March 28, 2021
I don't know what's more ironic, the police arresting the man defending himself or "ANTIFA" hiding behind police the second someone defends themselves
— ?HyperLazerOranges (Commissions CLOSED) (@HyperOranges) March 28, 2021
Yes; Antifa want to defund the police — until they need them. Bullies and cowards.
— John Porter (@John_simian1) March 29, 2021
If this situation happened the way it's described by tmz, the guy is justified in pulling his gun. And the police responded correctly.
— DaftPhully It's a wonder that I'm not extinct ? (@DaftPhully) March 29, 2021
The heated incident went down Sunday in Salem at a rally near the Oregon Capitol where the man wearing an American flag hoodie and driving a truck with Trump stickers clashed with Antifa protesters … who pelted his truck with rocks and paint.
The man’s truck windows appear to be shattered from the encounter and you can see the windshield’s smeared with yellow paint, but it seems getting maced was the final straw — prompting the man to pull out his gun, cock it and point it at protesters.
Moments later … you see the man put his hands up and surrender to cops before he’s taken away. It’s unclear what charges he’s facing, if any.
Who shot anybody?
— Victoria Taft – Parler, Minds, Facebook, 5VTShow (@VictoriaTaft) March 29, 2021
If a violent mob surrounds me and starts attacking my vehicle, I'm within my rights to assume my life is in danger and respond accordingly. These people are lucky they *only* had the gun pulled on them.
— Casey the Coffee Crafting Catlady ?? (@jo_casey_jo) March 29, 2021
I've been reliably told Antifa does not exist.
— Auburn Dr. (@AuburnDr) March 29, 2021
It’s just an idea.
Welcome to Oregon – where being assaulted my radicals means you must take it…………….
— Rich Brown (@HRleaderRich) March 29, 2021
How dare he drive around with an American flag.
— smoe (@groundnpound61) March 29, 2021
I just don't understand, the man was stopped by police for taking out his gun, so why wasn't the kids in tactical gear with weapons and homemade riot shields not stopped either?
— Anthony Roberts ? (@RobertsWBA23) March 29, 2021
Just so you know how it goes down in blue states. The police will arrest you for defending yourself using your right as an American from people who mean you harm for political reasons. https://t.co/KVdHMVZ5XV
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 29, 2021
They were protesting, which gives you carte blanche to do anything.
* * *
Update:
The New York Post is reporting that the man will face no charges.
No charges for man who drew gun at dueling Oregon protests; four others arrested https://t.co/nWzZS0K71h pic.twitter.com/BMV9LZ1VYv
— New York Post (@nypost) March 29, 2021
We wouldn’t call them “dueling protests,” though.
Related:
Mumford & Sons banjoist Winston Marshall ‘taking some time away from the band to examine my blindspots’ after saying nice things about Andy Ngo https://t.co/VYg4VNHHSr
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 10, 2021
Join the conversation as a VIP Member