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Independent journalist Nick Sortor says he was physically attacked while covering an I.C.E. protest in New Orleans, and the clip of the confrontation has been replayed across conservative feeds. Sortor appeared on The Ingraham Angle to describe how a supposedly “peaceful” rally devolved into a mob closing in on him as he tried to report.
Eyewitness video and Sortor’s own thread show the clash began after he challenged a speaker who called the National Guard “racist,” and then found himself grabbed, shoved, and nearly robbed of his phone by protesters. The sequence is ugly and unmistakable: questions met with violence, not answers, and a crowd attempting to silence a journalist with force.
Even more shocking was the response from police on the scene, who told Sortor not to “antagonize” the crowd and suggested he film from his vehicle instead of protecting his right to report on public events. That’s government behavior colluding with chaos — a message that emboldens the leftist mobs and chills free speech.
This assault fits a broader pattern: conservative content creators who cover protests are increasingly being targeted, and past episodes involving Sortor — including an October arrest in Portland that prosecutors later dropped — show a worrying trend of harassment followed by weak or mixed official responses. If America’s institutions won’t defend journalists, what do they defend?
Conservative outlets and social platforms quickly amplified Sortor’s footage because it proves what ordinary Americans already see — left-wing mobs are growing more brazen and the mainstream media often looks the other way. When reporting becomes dangerous and the system excuses attackers, citizens lose trust in both the press and public safety.
Patriots should demand better: local law enforcement must protect journalists and hold attackers accountable, and elected officials should stop treating violence from the left as a political talking point and start treating it as crime. Stand with reporters who dare to ask questions; defend the First Amendment before the next mob decides who gets to speak in public.
