# Quote — Andy Ngo, Unmasked

> Then in July, the mob’s attention fully switched to the federal courthouse with an intensity not previously seen… Several in the mob openly carried rifles and handguns. One of the men arrested at the riot was antifa shooter Michael Reinoehl. He was carrying an illegal firearm and resisted arrest, requiring three Portland Police officers to be subdued. However, he was only cited and released because he claimed to be injured. His criminal charges were later dropped by the Multnomah County District Attorney. Reinoehl went on to kill a Trump supporter the following month in downtown Portland.

- Author: [Andy Ngo](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo.md)
- Book: [Unmasked](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked.md)
- Page: 62
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andy_Ngo#Unmasked:_Inside_Antifa%E2%80%99s_Radical_Plan_to_Destroy_Democracy_(2021)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/then-in-july

## More from this book

> Every use of force by officers, whether it be tear gas, smoke, pepper balls, or arrests, was heavily scrutinized. Out-of-context video snippets were released on social media and published by news outlets, generating mass rage and universally negative press for law enforcement and the Trump administration. The officers were called ‘Trump’s gestapo,’ ‘storm troopers,’ and ‘thugs’ by Democratic politicians and the media.

p. 63 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/every-use-of-force.md)

> Despite what was happening before our eyes, left-wing politicians and media denied antifa played a role. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called the movement ‘imagery’ during a congressional debate. And even though the public could plainly see masked militants openly planning and carrying out riot operations, we were still told there is ‘no evidence’ of organized antifa. ‘Who caused the violence at protests? It wasn’t antifa,’ declared one gaslighting Washington Post ‘fact-checker’ analysis, for example.

p. 5 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/despite-what-was.md)

> One glaring blind spot in the mainstream media coverage of CHAZ was how the space gave platform to violent extremist ideologies. Reports about CHAZ’s political agenda focused shallowly on ‘racial justice’ and ‘defunding the police’ rather than its explicit calls to kill cops and overthrow the government. Hundreds of graffiti messages and images lined the zone showing dead pigs wearing police hats.

p. 39 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/one-glaring-blind.md)