Portland as seen by the guy who installs plywood over broken windows

John s last name and the name of his company were left out of the story. He s already had his company doxxed a couple of times by people who don t appreciate him protecting all of those windows. The lack of love is very mutual. John s not a fan of the vandals or their idea of justice. He s seen up close what it does to families who own businesses downtown:

John describes himself as conservative, a churchgoing man among the socialists, with no love for window-breakers.

The most jacked-up part of this is seeing families sobbing, he says. It s hard to be there for them emotionally when they ve lost everything. First because of COVID, then all their inventory s been taken. They re crying, sobbing. It s heartbreaking, dude. That s where I got turned off toward some of these groups that are doing this in the name of justice.

I think a lot of people watching the destruction last summer had the same reaction. After the riots there were lots of local news stories interviewing people who d lost everything. Some of that made its way into the mainstream coverage but a lot of it did not.

via hotair.com