Anonymous ID: b6f76b July 27, 2020, 11:03 p.m. No.10098761   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8795 >>9052 >>9261 >>9334

Nick Sandmann’s Lawyer Issues Fiery Statement Of Intent To Get CNN’s Brian Stelter Fired For ‘Breach Of Confidentiality’

 

Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann’s lawyer accused CNN’s Brian Stelter of breaching a confidentiality agreement Friday after the host retweeted speculation on the settlement.

 

Sandmann settled a defamation lawsuit with the Washington Post in July after he was misrepresented by media publications over an incident at the Lincoln Memorial in 2019. Previously, CNN paid a multimillion dollar settlement to Sandmann as well.

 

Stelter retweeted a comment from attorney Mark S. Zaid commenting on Sandmann’s defamation case Thursday. Zaid, who has represented the Daily Caller in past litigation, said that the student “was undoubtedly paid nuisance value settlement & nothing more.”

 

Sandmann’s lawyer Lin Wood responded publicly to the retweet on Friday, accusing Stelter of violating a confidentiality agreement by retweeting Zaid’s comment.

 

“This retweet by @brianstelter may have cost him his job at @CNN,” Wood wrote. “It is called breach of confidentiality agreement. Brian Stelter is a liar. I know how to deal with liars.”

 

The cash award for the CNN settlement was not made public.

 

Sandmann made headlines in 2019 after a story claiming he mocked Nathan Phillips, a Native American protester, began to fall apart following wide media coverage. In fact, Sandmann and the group of Covington students were being verbally harassed by protesters, according to further video footage.

 

Wood noted in a separate tweet that lawsuits are still pending against NBC, ABC, CBS, Rolling Stone, Gannett and The New York Times.

 

CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller regarding the accusation.

 

https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/27/nick-sandmann-lawyer-lin-wood-statement-intent-brian-stelter-breach-of-confidentiality/

Anonymous ID: b6f76b July 27, 2020, 11:15 p.m. No.10098837   🗄️.is 🔗kun

AP Reporter Embedded With Federal Police In Portland Recounts ‘Eye Opening Experience’

 

An Associated Press (AP) reporter watched several U.S. Marshal agents sustain wounds as thousands sparred with police during the journalist’s stay at a federal courthouse over the weekend.

 

An estimated 4,000 people converged on Portland’s Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, and demonstrators made their presence known by hurling concrete and launching fireworks from behind the massive fence that stood between them and federal agents, according to an AP report.

 

AP reporter Mike Balsamo was inside the building during the siege and watched a total of six agents sustain injuries, including one who was bloodied after taking a direct hit from a firework, he reported.

 

“We wanted to show you a look inside the protests from both perspectives — out in the crowd with protesters and inside the courthouse with federal officers,” Balsamo wrote on Twitter Monday. “It was a really eye opening experience to see it firsthand. I was inside the courthouse & @gflaccus was outside the fence.”

 

Protests often began peacefully, but frequently devolved into violence when demonstrators made a nightly march to the federal courthouse, according to Balsamo. Officers defending the area continued to fear for their lives.

 

“It’s scary. You open those doors out, when the crowd is shaking the fence, and … on the other side of that fence are people that want to kill you because of the job we chose to do and what we represent,” a Deputy U.S. Marshal, who requested anonymity because protesters reportedly posted his personal information online, told AP.

 

“I can’t walk outside without being in fear for my life,” he continued. “I am worried for my life, every time I walk outside of the building.”

 

One U.S. Marshal referred to the scene as akin to “downtown Baghdad” according to Balsamo.

 

Protesters routinely used high-powered laser beams against agents inside the courthouse, according to AP. A total of three officers in the last few weeks have yet to recover their vision after such devices were pointed at their eyes, Balsamo reported in a Tweet.

 

"I watched as injured officers were hauled inside. In one case, the commercial firework came over so fast the officer didn’t have time to respond. It burned through his sleeves & he had bloody gashes on both forearms. Another had a concussion from being hit in the head w/ a mortar"

 

Agents seized shields, concrete blocks, slingshots and blocks of wood, among other things after each night of rioting, according to Balsamo.

 

"When we were out inside the fence line, someone fired off a mortar. It exploded inches away from us, but no one was hurt. A large bonfire had been started in the street & people were aiming fireworks through the fire at officers behind the fence. It was almost 2:30 a.m. then."

 

President Donald Trump deployed federal agents to Portland earlier this month as the city continued to be roiled by weeks-long violence that followed the death of George Floyd, who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes.

 

The agents who were deployed drew controversy after videos emerged of authorities detaining protesters and hauling them away in unmarked cars, according to The Guardian.

 

Rioters in Portland say the move by the president was not necessary and their message is “positive,” despite continued clashes in the Oregon city. (RELATED: ‘Pigs Go Home!’: Thousands Gather In Portland For Another Night Of Protests)

 

“We are not here being violent or being destructive. We have a positive message — there is nothing to quell here,” protester Monica Arce told AP, referencing Trump’s statement that the agents were there to quell unrest. “The people of Portland are saying, ‘We don’t want this presence here and we don’t think we need them at all.’”

 

https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/27/associated-press-reporter-portland-federal-agents-injured/