Independent Journalist Nick Shirley Exposes Violence and Lawlessness at Portland ICE Facility Protests

[00:01] .

[00:01] >> Sandra: WE WILL BE WATCHING

[00:03] FOR THAT.

[00:04] BILL MELUGIN IN PORTLAND.

[00:08] >> John: LET'S BRING AN

[00:09] INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST NICK

[00:10] SHIRLEY WHO HAS BEEN OUT THERE

[00:11] IN FRONT OF THAT I.C.E. FACILITY

[00:13] MANY NIGHTS.

[00:14] THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

[00:15] WE WANTED TO START OF THE

[00:16] SEGMENT WITH SOMETHING THAT I

[00:17] THINK WE'LL SHOCK A LOT OF OUR

[00:18] VIEWERS.

[00:19] WATCHED THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE

[00:21] OTHER DAY.

[00:22] THIS IS YOU BEING CONFRONTED BY

[00:23] AN AGITATOR IN FRONT OF THAT ICE

[00:25] BUILDING, WHO THREATENS YOU WITH

[00:26] VIOLENCE.

[00:27] WAS IN HERE.

[00:29] >> WHY ARE YOU SO MAD?

[00:30] I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

[00:31] >> YOU DID.

[00:34] >> I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING.

[00:35] >> DO NOT COME BACK.

[00:37] >> WATCH OUT.

[00:37] >> IF YOU COME BACK I'M GOING TO

[00:39] [BLEEP] SMOKE YOU.

[00:40] I'M GOING TO SMASH THAT [BLEEP]

[00:42] CAMERA.

[00:42] >> YOU HAVE DHS LASERED ON YOU.

[00:44] YOU HAVE A SNIPER LASERED ON

[00:46] YOUR.

[00:47] >> I DON'T GIVE A [BLEEP].

[00:49] >> John: HE SAID HE WOULD

[00:50] SMOKE YOU IF YOU DON'T GET OUT

[00:51] OF THERE, AND THEN IT LOOKED

[00:52] LIKE DHS NEIGHBORS CAME TO YOUR

[00:55] RESCUE.

[00:56] THEY ZEROED HIM AND LET HIM UP

[00:58] WITH ONE OF THE LASERS WHICH

[01:00] EVENTUALLY GOT HIM TO BACK DOWN.

[01:02] FOR PEOPLE WHO SAY THERE IS NOT

[01:03] VIOLENCE IN FRONT OF THESE

[01:04] FACILITIES, WHAT DO YOU SAY?

[01:07] >> IT'S A LIE.

[01:08] THERE'S LOTS OF VIOLENCE.

[01:09] THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY THREATS

[01:10] I GOT THAT NIGHT.

[01:11] WALKING TO MY CAR, ANOTHER

[01:13] PERSON PULLED UP HER GUN AND

[01:14] THREATENED ME ASKING IF I WANTED

[01:16] TO BE KIRK JR.

[01:17] THESE PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS AND

[01:19] UNHINGED PICKED JUST THE OTHER

[01:20] NIGHT, A WOMAN GOT BEAT UP SHE

[01:21] GOT PUNCHED IN THE FACE.

[01:26] THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN GET

[01:27] AWAY WITH ANYTHING.

[01:28] THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER

[01:31] 100 DAYS, YELLING, SCREAMING,

[01:32] TERRORIZING.

[01:33] THE POLICE ARE NOWHERE TO BE

[01:35] SEEN.

[01:36] ICE ARE ON THEIR OWN.

[01:39] >> John: WE HEARD THE OFFICER

[01:41] BILL MELUGIN WAS TALKING TO

[01:41] SAYING THAT PORTLAND POLICE ARE

[01:43] NOT RESPONDING.

[01:44] I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE

[01:45] WOMAN TO WHOM YOU WERE REFERRING

[01:46] A MOMENT AGO, BUT ANOTHER

[01:50] REPORTER WAS OUT THERE APPEAR

[01:51] SHE SAYS SHE GOT ASSAULTED.

[01:52] LISTEN TO HER STORY.

[01:56] >> LAST NIGHT I GOT ASSAULTED.

[01:57] I RAN TO A PORTLAND POLICE

[02:00] OFFICER, HUNTED DOWN A SUSPECT,

[02:01] CHASED HER THROUGH THE STREETS.

[02:04] POLICE REFUSED TO COME IN AND

[02:05] MAKE AN ARREST.

[02:06] IMAGINE MY ANGER WHEN I GO

[02:08] ONLINE AFTER DOING THAT AN HOUR

[02:10] AGO.

[02:11] I SEE PORTLAND POLICE CUT OUT A

[02:14] BOLO ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S

[02:15] HEALTH IN IDENTIFYING MY ASSAULT

[02:16] SUSPECT.

[02:17] >> SHE SAID THE OTHER MICHAEL

[02:19] MACK SHE HAD THE PERSON IN HER

[02:21] SIGHTS, BUT LATER ON -- "HELP US

[02:22] FIND THIS PERSON."

[02:25] IS THAT TYPICAL OF WHAT YOU ARE

[02:27] SEEING?

[02:28] >> POLICE ARE NOT INTERVENING TO

[02:30] HELP.

[02:31] THEY REACT AFTER THE FACT.

[02:35] YOU HAVE THE GOVERNOR WHO IS

[02:37] MARCHING WITH PEOPLE BEFORE THE

[02:38] BIG RALLY THEY JUST HAD.

[02:40] THE POLICE ARE NOT THERE.

[02:42] THEY ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

[02:45] THEY ARE NOT PROTECTING

[02:46] REPORTERS OR ANYBODY.

[02:51] IT'S LAWLESS IN THAT SECTION OF

[02:53] PORTLAND, OREGON.

[02:53] >> John: WHY ARE THE POLICE

[02:54] NOT RESPONDING?

[02:55] THEY ARE BASICALLY SAYING ITS

[02:56] HANDS OFF, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN?

[02:58] >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE

[03:00] GOVERNOR AND MAYOR HAVE SIDED

[03:00] WITH ANTIFA, SAYING THEY HAVE

[03:02] THE RIGHT TO BE THERE AND THERE

[03:04] IS NOTHING WRONG THAT'S

[03:07] HAPPENING.

[03:08] YOU SEE PEOPLE GETTING

[03:08] ASSAULTED.

[03:09] IF YOU GO AND THEY THINK YOU'RE

[03:10] THE OPPOSITION, YOU WILL HAVE A

[03:11] MOB OF PEOPLE DRESSED IN BLACK

[03:12] COME AFTER YOU.

[03:13] LIKE WE SAW, ONE GUY SAID HE

[03:14] WANTED TO SMOKE ME, BASICALLY

[03:17] SAYING HE WANTED TO SHOOT AND

[03:17] KILL ME.

[03:19] >> John: SO WE HAVE DUELING

[03:21] NARRATIVES.

[03:21] HERE IS WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP

[03:22] WROTE ON TRUTH SOCIAL WEDNESDAY.

[03:24] HE SAID "THE GOVERNOR OF OREGON

[03:26] MUST BE LIVING IN A DREAM WORLD.

[03:28] PORTLAND IS A NEVER ENDING

[03:29] DISASTER.

[03:30] MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BADLY HURT

[03:32] AND EVEN KILLED.

[03:33] IT IS RUN LIKE A THIRD WORLD

[03:35] COUNTRY."

[03:35] AND HERE IS WHAT THE OREGON

[03:36] GOVERNOR SAYS.

[03:39] >> THERE IS NO INSURRECTION.

[03:42] THERE IS NO THREAT TO NATIONAL

[03:45] SECURITY.

[03:47] THERE IS NO NEED FOR MILITARY

[03:50] TROOPS AND OUR MAJOR CITY.

[03:51] MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS SHOULD

[03:53] BE DEDICATED TO REAL  

[03:56] EMERGENCIES.

[03:57] THEY ARE NOT NEEDED HERE.

[03:58] >> OUT OF THOSE NARRATIVES, WHO

[04:00] IS RIGHT?

[04:00] >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RIGHT IN

[04:04] SAYING THAT THERE IS LAWLESSNESS

[04:05] THERE.

[04:06] SHE IS LYING, THE GOVERNOR IS.

[04:07] YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEOS ON THE

[04:10] SCREEN.

[04:10] SHE IS LYING ABOUT WITH

[04:12] HAPPENING.

[04:12] MAYBE THERE ARE PARTS OF

[04:13] PORTLAND THAT ARE SAFE, BUT YOU

[04:15] HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE GOING ON.

[04:17] YOU HAVE RESIDENCE LIVING IN HIS

[04:19] APARTMENT BUILDING NEXT DOOR

[04:19] THAT HAVE BEEN PLEADING FOR

[04:20] HELP, AND THE POLICE ARE NOWHERE

[04:22] TO BE FOUND.

[04:23] THESE ANTIFA MEMBERS ARE LIVING

[04:26] THERE.

[04:26] I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE MAKING

[04:28] MONEY.

[04:28] THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 100

[04:30] DAYS.

[04:30] IT IS SIMPLE: THERE NEEDS TO BE

[04:32] SOME SORT OF POLICE PRESENCE,

[04:33] BUT THEY WILL NOT EVEN SEND THE

[04:34] POLICE THERE.

[04:37] >> John: YOU HAVE BEEN THERE

[04:38] FOR A LONG TIME DOING YOUR

[04:40] DILIGENT REPORTING.

[04:41] HAVE YOU GOT ANY IDEA IN TERMS

[04:42] OF HOW AND SEE IF THE PEOPLE ARE

[04:43] SUPPORTING THEMSELVES, THAT THEY

[04:45] ARE BEING FUNDED, AS

[04:46] PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SUGGESTING

[04:47] THEY ARE?

[04:49] >> I HAVE NO IDEA.

[04:50] ONE OF THESE PROTESTERS ASKED IF

[04:51] I WAS A PROTESTER AND I SAID

[04:53] SURE.

[04:53] AND SHE SAID "YOU HAVE RIBS IF

[04:55] YOU WANT TO EAT SOME."

[04:57] I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE PEOPLE

[05:00] ARE GETTING THEIR FOOD.

[05:00] THERE IS AN APPARENTLY AN

[05:03] APARTMENT NEXT DOOR WHERE THEY

[05:04] HAVE THESE WEIRD PARTIES AND DO

[05:05] ALL SORTS OF ADULT ACTIVITIES.

[05:07] IT'S VERY STRANGE WAS HAPPENING.

[05:10] I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A NEED

[05:11] FOR AN INVESTIGATION IF THAT'S

[05:12] WHAT YOU CALL IT, BUT SOMEBODY

[05:13] NEEDS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AND

[05:14] START INTERVIEWING THESE PEOPLE.

[05:16] A LOT OF CITIZEN JOURNALISTS

[05:18] HAVE FIGURED OUT WHO IS IN

[05:21] CONTROL.

[05:22] THEY COULD LAUNCH INVESTIGATION

[05:23] AND GET THEM TO THE CAUSE OF

[05:23] WHAT'S HAPPENING BASED