Portland Police Association Blames Proud Boys For ANTIFA Violence Despite Video Showing Them 30 Minutes Away
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The Proud Boys are contradicting the Portland Police Association’s claim that the organization played a part in the weekend’s violence.
The Portland Police Association released a public statement via Facebook placing equal blame on the Proud Boys and Antifa for the violence that left independent journalist Andy Ngo in the hospital with a brain hemorrhage despite video evidence showing the Proud Boys were at least a 30 minute walk away when the violence transpired.
Video and a march route provided to Big League Politics by Proud Boys Elder Joshua Hall reveals that the Proud Boys were at least a 30 minute walk away from the location where Ngo was attacked over the weekend, contradicting claims from the Portland Police Association that the organization was somehow implicated in the violence.
The official statement, posted to the Association’s Facebook Page, exlaimed that “It’s time for our Mayor to do two things: tell both ANTIFA and Proud Boys that our City will not accept violence in our City and remove the handcuffs from our officers and let them stop the violence through strong and swift enforcement action.”
It appears the Portland Police Association did, however, attempt to levy the majority of the blame against Antifa. The statement read, “If this violence had been directed at Antifa, there would have been an immediate call for an independent, outside investigation.”
However, in a statement sent to the Portland Police Association that was also provided to Big League Politics, Hall was incensed to see his organization blamed for violence when he says it could not geographically have been involved.
“The frivolous use of our organizations name to condemn violence that occurred over the weekend, is abhorrent,” wrote Hall. “However well intentioned and ‘balanced and unbiased’ as you’re attempting to appear.”