Whether or not you think they’re “reporters” is irrelevant to whether they should be allowed to film.
Agreed. This is illustrative of the point expressed in the article. Upthread there is a comment observing a similar incident that happened to a Washington Post reporter.
That's why they made it the lead of the article. They can't defend anything else about the response to the protests so they try and say the protestors are being illiberal. It's all BS dude. Wise up. 1st Amendment happening in PDX and they gotta not get killed by police and Proud Boys while they're at it.