Armed radical leftists have barricaded themselves into a Portland neighborhood, and appear to be preparing for a fight with police by procuring weapons, spike strips, and by posting guards at the entrances of their area of control. Dave Urbanski reports in The Blaze:
The autonomous zone was set up Tuesday — the same day leftists militants were caught on video chasing Portland police away from the foreclosed house. In fact, they kicked and threw rocks at retreating police vehicles and ran up on cops and appeared to try to steal their equipment while taunting and threatening them as they literally chased officers down a street.
“We ain’t f***in’ around!” one militant was heard yelling at cops while another leftist declared, “I’ll knock you the f*** out, bitch!”
Here’s the clip. Content warning: Language:
Full clip from outside the Red House as activists aggressively push police out of the area, halting the eviction of the Kinney family for now. pic.twitter.com/DgOKrEp8ZX
— Alex Milan Tracy (@AlexMilanTracy) December 8, 2020
And the leftists bullied, physically attacked, and forced a local TV reporter and videographer to leave the autonomous zone Tuesday soon after they entered in an attempt to interview occupiers:
Content warning: Language:
“We got [the] cameras we need.” @GenevieveReaume and I were assaulted while walking into the barricaded area on N Mississippi. It seemed safe at first but a crowd quickly surrounded us. One of our phones was smashed. We wanted to talk to those involved in the demonstration. pic.twitter.com/7rPmpAsBB1
— Ric Peavyhouse (@RPeavyhouse) December 8, 2020
Anyway, here’s what my camera caught today. When I saw Ric getting surrounded, I took out my phone to record. Within seconds it gets knocked from my hand. pic.twitter.com/W37dlwkQv2
— Genevieve Reaume (@GenevieveReaume) December 9, 2020
