The Portland police arrested conservative journalist Nick Sortor after another chaotic night with Antifa and anti-ICE rioters.
Fox News’s Bill Melugin posted on X this morning at 7:24 AM:
NEW: Last night at the Portland ICE building, we witnessed anti-ICE protesters burning an American flag. @nicksortor then grabbed it from them, put the flames out, and took away what was left of the flag. Nick was arrested later in the night by Portland PD after videos appear to show him surrounded by anti-ICE protesters. It’s unclear what exactly happened, we are working on getting in touch with him once he is released from custody.We had seen Nick get surrounded and verbally threatened by protesters the previous night. He posted on X that he felt Portland PD would arrest him if he tried to defend himself.
About 10 minutes later, Melugin posted that the police released Sortor.
Melugin provided more information:
BREAKING: Just spoke on the phone with @nicksortor after he was released from custody. He tells me he’s been charged with disorderly conduct. I asked what happened?He says he was getting video of protesters getting maced by federal agents, which was embarrassing video for them as they were “crying” etc. He says they then swarmed/surrounded him, pushed him down into a flower bed, and someone threw a punch. Nick says he swung back and missed, then disengaged and walked over to a group of Portland PD.He says he was then shocked to be arrested by them, and he sat in the back of a police cruiser while officers figured out what to charge him with.I asked him about the female protester who was also arrested with him. He said he talked to her in the jail and she didn’t seem like she was the one who assaulted him.
“At about 8:09 p.m., PPB Dialogue Officers (DLOs) observed two men fighting near the ICE building driveway. The DLOs called in additional resources and officers were responding when the fight ended following one participant being knocked to the ground. He did not lose consciousness and never requested medical help,” stated the Portland Police Bureau, according to Fox News. “Both involved were detained by federal law enforcement and were later released. Neither party indicated they wanted to make a police report.”
Cammila Wamsley, director of Portland’s ICE office, told Melugin that “the facility has faced violence for more than 100 consecutive nights, with Portland police largely absent under guidance from the mayor and city council.”
The nightly protests include bottle rockets, rocks, and lasers targeting officers’ eyes.
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