Hell in Portland | Spectator USA

Nothing, though, can compare for sheer government-sanctioned mayhem with the persistent Portland rioting that began with the May 25 death of George Floyd. There were the now familiar public displays of passion, with a generous quota of flag-burning I once had to check my screen to confirm that this was Oregon and not Tehran throughout early June. With summer, things deteriorated. Perhaps it was the untypical hot spell, or the end of all those online college classes, but Portland celebrated Independence Day this year in unusual style. The police twice declared a downtown demonstration to be a riot over the July 4 weekend. In the measured words of Chief of Detectives Chuck Lovell, Officers responded when [protesters] threw bricks, mortars, M-80 firecrackers, and other flammables toward them. He added: Portland deserves better than nightly criminal activity that destroys the value and fabric of our community.

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