ANDY? NO: Antifa harass Asian man for looking like Andy Ngo
An Asian man in Portland was harassed by anti-racist antifa protestors, having been mistaken for journalist and The Post Millennial editor-at-large Andy Ngo.
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An Asian man in Portland was harassed by anti-racist antifa protestors, having been mistaken for journalist and The Post Millennial editor-at-large Andy Ngo.
An Asian man in Portland, Oregon was harassed by anti-racist Antifa protestors, having been mistaken for journalist and The Post Millennial editor at large Andy Ngo.
Video captured of the event by freelance journalist Sergio Olmos shows the man, who is wearing a mask covering most of his face, frustratingly explaining that he's "super proud" that he's not Andy.
This is from earlier, a man gets upset with protestors for confusing him with someone else “I’m not Andy” pic.twitter.com/3rBXCapD2y
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos)
"Do you think that I'm Andy Ngo? Is that what you're thinking? You racist c*nts? You want to see my face? This is the second time that's happened to me, third time that's happened to me at protests," the man can be heard saying to the protestors who had just flipped him off.
A tweet from the antagonizer, identified as Jacob Hanning, says that he jumped to conclusions "in order to try to protect people currently receiving death threats."
In the video, the protestors accuse him of intentionally antagonizing the crowd, saying that he "knows exactly what he's doing," before the man eventually walks away.
Antifa in Portland track down and accost a random Asian male who they accuse of being Andy Ngo. pic.twitter.com/E4VaALXlah
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo)
In a comment to The Post Millennial, Ngo said that "this isn’t the first or even the second time these so-called 'anti-racist' activists have accused a random Asian person of being me. I fear one day their blind hatred will drive them to assault another innocent person."
Portland has been one of many settings for violent far-left violence across major cities in the United States. Recently, seven Antifa militants were arrested by authorities and are now facing federal charges for participating in a violent riot outside of a US courthouse.
7 people arrested, facing charges after attacking fed law officers protecting courthouse via “aerial fireworks including mortars; high intensity lasers targeting officers’ eyes; thrown rocks, bottles, and balloons filled with paint from demonstrators.”https://t.co/dBGrMabZ1N
— Kerri Kupec DOJ (@KerriKupecDOJ)
All seven Antifa militants appeared in federal court and have been released pending their trials.
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