News Crew Accosted by Protestors

A news crew from KATU (Portland) walked into a neighborhood that has been taken over by demonstrators and it did not go well.

Photographer Ric Peavyhouse and Reporter Genevieve Reaume entered the neighborhood and it wasn’t long before they were surrounded for doing so.

Peavyhouse was rolling and his video showed how quickly it turned.

"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

As people started surrounding Peavyhouse, Reaume pulled out her phone to record what was happening. That did not go well either.

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

Both seemed to be OK after the incident, but it is another example of an attack on the press.