Portland Unrest: Black Trump Supporter Stabbed Amid Growing Protest

A Black supporter of President Donald Trump was “stabbed for being a conservative journalist” during his visit to Portland to document the city's ongoing unrest over the weekend.

Andrew Duncomb, who goes by his social media pseudonym “Black Rebel,” said that he came all the way from his home in North Carolina last Friday, July 24, to witness Portland's nightly conflict outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse and county Justice Center.

The 25-year-old videographer told OregonLive that he went to the city to “show that it wasn't just the feds creating the problems.”

Duncomb said “people familiar with his work” have alerted activists of his presence shortly after he arrived at the city. He was with some of his friends when he said he noticed that they were being followed.

Duncomb then handed his camera to a friend and decided to confront one of the men from the group. His friend can be heard saying “Someone's stalking us” in the video as “Black Rebel” can be seen approaching a man who wore a respirator, goggles and a pair of brown Carhart overalls, from behind.

“Hey buddy, why are you following us?” Duncomb said as he wrapped his hands around the man's shoulder. Then, without hesitation, the man drew a blade and stabbed Duncomb.

Duncomb said the blade entered his back between his rib cage and barely missed his spinal cord.

“I was stabbed for being a conservative journalist,” Duncomb told OregonLive.

He was brought to Oregon Health and Science University Hospital and released Sunday.

The suspect, 43-year-old Blake D. Hampe, was arrested at the scene by Portland Police Bureau officials when they were called to investigate the incident. KGW8 said they saw Hampe being held down by bystanders when they made the arrest.

Officers also addressed the crowd “to stay back” while they conducted an investigation but were unable to do so because of the “aggressive crowd behavior and lack of community cooperation,” police said in a news release.

Hampe pointed out in a “probable cause affidavit” that he told police that Duncomb had “set up” on him and tried to choke him.

Hampe was charged with second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was booked at Multnomah County Detention Center and held on a $250,000 bond.