Smollett 2.0? String Of Anti-LGBT 'Hate Crimes' In Portland Are Highly Suspect

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Apr. 02, 2019

Independent journalist Andy Ngo looked into the "rash of hate crimes" in Portland allegedly targeting LGBTs and uncovered what may be a rash of Jussie Smollett-style hoaxes.

Are LGBT people being beaten nearly to death & even killed on the streets of Portland in unprovoked attacks? Or are we actually being hoaxed? I dig into the story behind Portland’s latest moral panic blaming Trump supporters for a rash of hate crimes: https://t.co/ThGfhdLUAC
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 30, 2019

It appears these hoaxes could be a money making enterprise:

A GoFundMe for activist Sophia Gabrielle Stanford went viral after it was alleged she was "violently attacked from behind with a baseball bat" by transphobes. That's not at all what the police reports say. Read my story for the @nypost: https://t.co/UxkmKYxYEC pic.twitter.com/HeVI5eX6Ox
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 30, 2019

Stanford reportedly raised over $10,000 on GoFundMe and blocked Ngo when he started asking questions:

"Fat-queer" activist Jenny Bruso claimed in viral FB/Twitter posts that her partner Brie Jones was attacked by homophobes. She said, "Yes, it’s been reported" but police have no record of a report or even a call. In fact, police say couple ignored them. https://t.co/UxkmKYxYEC pic.twitter.com/W5mQTDgSrL
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 30, 2019

Activists started sharing "attack alerts" & distributing flyers around Portland w/photos & names of people they blamed. Number of alleged hate attacks grew from 2 to 15. Portland was now in a moral panic about marauding right-wing gangs hunting LGBT. https://t.co/UxkmKYxYEC pic.twitter.com/sAweS9ApZu
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 30, 2019

Here's those pictures zoomed out:

Who contributed to the panic? @lyft. @portlandmercury. @lgbtqnation. @gaystarnews. Who else? Mayor @tedwheeler. His communications office ignored my repeated inquiries & his comm dir @eileenparkpdx hid behind security when I approached her for comment. https://t.co/UxkmKYxYEC pic.twitter.com/EGX6oo0MeO
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 30, 2019

Jenny Bruso deleted her FB post detailing the alleged hate attack after people started raising questions. She wrote: “I, WE, owe you NOTHING” & that people were getting “triggered.” On Twitter, she mocked someone for “mansplaining” who raised valid points. https://t.co/cdW0hdmnmm pic.twitter.com/HuK59bsHSi
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 30, 2019

Not a pathologist but what stood out from photos shared by Jenny Bruso of her partner Brie Jones is that her nose bridge doesn’t have an injury consistent w/having face hit & glasses breaking from the impact. Also, the glasses aren’t broken as she said. https://t.co/cdW0hdmnmm pic.twitter.com/lu3K6OFidC
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 30, 2019

In a viral GoFundMe, it said Sophia Stanford was beat unconscious w/a bat by transphobes. In the police reports, we find out she was extremely drunk, carrying a gun, & likely hurt herself by falling down. Read my story about Portland's hate crime hysteria: https://t.co/UxkmKYxYEC pic.twitter.com/eMklvI4EGY
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) April 1, 2019

I never communicated with Jenny Bruso on Twitter (attempted via phone + text), but like Sophia Stanford, she blocked me. Bruso claimed her partner was beat up by homophobes but apparently lied about reporting it to police. My last attempt to contact her: https://t.co/UxkmKYxYEC pic.twitter.com/hCNraXWevY
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) April 1, 2019

It looks like staging hate crime hoaxes can be a very profitable venture.

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