Portland rioters handed out flyers on Saturday evening, threatening press and others that they better not film their actions — before attacking a camera crew, again.
Portland Riot, photo by Alex Milan Tracy
The Oregon city has been experiencing some of the most violent protests in the nation — with multiple assaults reported and even a shooting. On Saturday evening, 71 people were arrested — including the two involved in the shooting, who are now charged with attempted murder. The victim was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
A group of rioters had also attacked a camera crew with a baseball bat at a protest in the extremely liberal city on Thursday evening.
Anarchists hit one of the @KGWNews cameras. w/ bat #BlackLivesMatter protesters came to their aid & chased the anarchists off #Portland #PDX
— Nattering Blockchain (@phpress) November 11, 2016
Instead of the situation calming, it seems to have only grown more hostile towards the press over the weekend. On Saturday, the fifth day of protests, multiple members of the press were assaulted.
@WashCoScanner @AlertSalem @aliceem36 Anarchists just attacked the KOIN cameraman.
— Alan (@PepsiDad) November 13, 2016
“Some protesters attacked a film crew. Bottles being thrown at police. Distractionary ‘bang’ devices being used to effect arrests,” the Portland Police tweeted after midnight on Sunday.
Some protesters attacked a film crew. Bottles being thrown at police. Distractionary "bang" devices being used to effect arrests.
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) November 13, 2016
A flyer being distributed at the demonstration warned people to put down their cellphones, and began with large bold letters stating, “DONT(sic) SNITCH EVER.”
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/797869339621801985
The flyer read as follows:
“DON’T SNITCH, EVER.
PUT DOWN YOUR CELLPHONES AND PARTICIPATE
DO NOT HELP THE POLICE IN IDENTIFYING PERSONS ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
DON’T POST PROTEST VIDEOS TO SOCIAL MEDIA
A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO:
JOIN, CELEBRATE, SHOW YOUR RAGE
YELL FUCK THE POLICE
DRINK SOME WATER AND CHILL
SHARE FOOD
COLLABORATE
FIND ONE ANOTHER
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE FROM PHYSICAL HARM
STOP FILMING.
CONSIDER THIS A WARNING.”
A journalist at the Pacific Sentinel also reported that he was “warned” by masked protesters not to film them, and was also threatened in his direct messages on Twitter.
I wasn't gonna mention it, but at the outset of the Pioneer Square march masked protesters warned me not to film them. #PortlandProtest
— Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) November 13, 2016
that flier also came through my direct messages :-/. It's definitely dangerous out there.
— Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) November 13, 2016
Bivins described seeing a local news camera being smashed, and said that the “danger is no secret.”
Protests have also been staged in Chicago, Washington, Dayton, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, Providence, Las Vegas — and more.
Students at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring are walking out to protest President-elect Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/iu4gb9FYiU
— ABC 7 News – WJLA (@ABC7News) November 14, 2016
On Monday morning, high school students in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Los Angeles, walked out of their classes in protest.
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