This article was updated to replace one embedded tweet, with video of Proud Boys attacking an antifascist van driver, with a different tweet about the same video.Suddenly Brent Starr appears on the big screen for all to see. This article was updated to include additional video of the moments leading up to an exchange of gunfire in downtown Portland on Sunday between a right-wing gunman and an anti-fascist activist. The Fox report, which only mentioned the shooting in passing, and included none of the dramatic video of the incident, was headlined: “Antifa members throw explosives, disperse chemical spray in violent Portland riots.” While the gun battle in downtown Portland frightened and enraged many residents of the city, one national news outlet that had previously devoted hours of coverage to protest violence there, Fox News, barely mentioned that a right-wing gunman had opened fire on left-wing protesters on Sunday.Įven though several prominent right-wing video journalists were on hand to cover the Proud Boys rally and anti-fascist protest, a brief report on the violence was the very last of 202 articles on the Fox News home page on Monday morning. The gunfire came after a Proud Boys rally, devoted to the “political prisoners” of the January 6 Capitol attacks, about 10 miles from downtown earlier in the afternoon had devolved into violence, with attacks on left-wing protesters who fought back with paintballs, fireworks, and pepper spray. Rather than proactively policing the rally by a group devoted to political violence, Lovell only promised that his department was “prepared to monitor this event and may make arrests for crimes when resources allow.”
People should keep themselves apart and avoid physical confrontation.” “You should not expect to see police officers standing in the middle of the crowd trying to keep people apart. “This is our main message: if you are planning to come down to instigate fights with those you disagree with, don’t come,” Lovell said. In a statement released on Friday, Lovell, who answers directly to Mayor Ted Wheeler, had stunned many Portland residents by telling protesters that the police would not protect them from right-wing violence. “You’re pointing at me,” one officer told Brandon.
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