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== Andy Ngo vs. Rose City Antifa et al == | == Andy Ngo vs. Rose City Antifa et al == | ||
This case is a long winding and at times confusing case featuring a broad variety of allegations against a number of individuals and organizations, with events starting in 2019 or earlier. Due to current media order rules, much accurate information from the actual trial is hard to find and this may go through significant revisions as a result. | |||
=== Initial Complaint === | |||
[[Wikipedia:Andy Ngo|Andy Ngo]], former writer for Vanguard and Quillette, currently works as an Editor at Large for Post Millennial, a Canadian media organization. He filed a case alleging assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, as well as claims against Oregon's RICO statutes, requesting $900,000 in damages. The original complaint named Rose City Antifa, Benjamin Bolen, John Hacker, Katherine Belyea, Joseph Evans, Madison Allen and 50 Doe defendants. In the introduction, he claimed that these parties were coordinating to harass, stalk and intimidate him, and that Antifa was declared a 'domestic terrorist group' by the US government (Politico's reporting on this claim suggests that while the federal government did make this determination in 2016, it appears that is was a direct response to increasing threats of right wing extremism, as well as, at worst, it's seen as a disorganized group of cells that sometimes coordinate with each other<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235</ref>.) The first factual allegation made in this complaint references two op-eds that written to The Hill<ref>https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/500764-why-its-likely-to-be-antifa-not-neo-nazis-behind-the-anarchy-in-america/amp/</ref> and Washington Examiner<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-is-right-antifa-are-terrorists-they-always-were</ref> in his claims that Antifa calls for insurrectionary anarchy to overthrow the government. (While The Hill is generally leased biased and mostly factual in it's reporting, Media Bias does not list the op-ed author, James Casey, as one of it's normal opinion writers<ref>https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-hill/</ref>. Mr. Casey's bio indicates he was a career law enforcement officer, with a specialty in militia, neo-Nazi and anarchist groups. Washington Examiner, however, is rated as as significant right leaning in their content and editorials, with only mixed factual reporting<ref>https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/washington-examiner/</ref>. Their op-ed is attributed to the outlet itself, with no individual writer taking credit. | |||
==== May 1, 2018 ==== | |||
The first individual claim that is made is that John Bolen punched Mr. Ngo in the abdomen at an ICE protest on May Day 2019. Later that day, Mr. Ngo went to Cider Riot!, a since closed bar to document a protest by Patriot Prayer of a gathering of leftists individuals after their planned protests were done for the day. Mr. Ngo noted that the bar was since closed after the hit-and-run killing of anti fascist Sean Kealiher, a case that was still open at the time of the complaint (since then, Portland Police arrested the primary suspect in August of 2022, after OPB reported that records showed PPB purposefully slow walked the investigation, possibly for ideological reasons<ref>https://www-opb-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.opb.org/article/2022/09/15/portland-police-records-sean-kealiher-homicide-investigation/?outputType=amp</ref>.) Mr. Ngo was allegedly maced by a Doe defendant and fled the scene due to not feeling safe. Many of these details were covered in the subsequent riot charges against a variety of members of Patriot Prayer. Some members took plea deals, some were found guilty, and some cases were dismissed by the judge. | |||
==== May 7, 2020 ==== | |||
The second incident, a week later, were allegations against John Hacker for throwing an 'unknown liquid' onto Mr. Ngo's head and stealing his phone when Mr. Ngo attempted to record him. Several years later, Mr. Hacker was charged with felony theft in the case, and in the case, the 'unknown liquid' turned out to be water, and the 'theft' of the phone was an unplanned action due to Mr. Hacker not feeling safe being filmed by Mr. Ngo, doubly so in a place that had a 'no camera' policy in place. Shortly after Mr. Hacker took the phone, he handed it to gym staff who returned it to Mr. Ngo with no further incident. In the criminal trial, Mr. Ngo admitted that the only damage that day was a crack to his phone case (that he couldn't identify based on police photos of the case). The judge found Mr. Hacker innocent of the charge in the criminal case (it is worth noting the burden of proof is lower in civil cases than criminal cases), but had [https://youtu.be/2WxXVxxN0w8?t=6749 strong words] for both parties about the incident and their actions. | |||
== Parties == | == Parties == | ||
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- ↑ https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235
- ↑ https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/500764-why-its-likely-to-be-antifa-not-neo-nazis-behind-the-anarchy-in-america/amp/
- ↑ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-is-right-antifa-are-terrorists-they-always-were
- ↑ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-hill/
- ↑ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/washington-examiner/
- ↑ https://www-opb-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.opb.org/article/2022/09/15/portland-police-records-sean-kealiher-homicide-investigation/?outputType=amp
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