{"id":21006,"date":"2020-07-19T13:47:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T17:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=21006"},"modified":"2020-07-19T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T17:47:13","slug":"whats-really-going-on-in-portland-is-a-riot-not-a-protest-a-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=21006","title":{"rendered":"What’s really going on in Portland is a riot; not a protest—A RIOT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police call Portland protest a riot<\/h1>\n

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Ongoing protests and the presence of federal forces have ratcheted up tensions in the Oregon city.<\/h3>\n
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Police respond to protesters during a demonstration July 17, 2020 in Portland, Ore. | Dave Killen\/The Oregonian via AP<\/p><\/div>\n

By ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n

PORTLAND, Ore. \u2014 Protesters broke into a building, set it on fire and started dumpster fires late Saturday night in Oregon\u2019s largest city, police said, as demonstrations that have been taking place since the death of George Floyd intensified for another night in Portland.<\/p>\n

The fire at the Portland Police Association building was put out a short time later, Portland\u00a0police said on Twitter<\/a>. The department declared the gathering a riot, and began working to clear the downtown area.<\/p>\n

Tear gas was\u00a0deployed<\/a>, according to pictures and video from the scene. Fencing that had been placed around federal courthouse\u00a0had also been removed<\/a>\u00a0by protesters and made into barricades, police\u00a0tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has decried the demonstrations, and Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf blasted the protesters as \u201clawless anarchists\u201d in a visit to the city on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to help Portland, not hurt it,\u201d Trump tweeted Sunday morning. \u201cTheir leadership has, for months, lost control of the anarchists and agitators. They are missing in action. We must protect Federal property, AND OUR PEOPLE. These were not merely protesters, these are the real deal!\u201c<\/p>\n

Before the aggressive language and action from federal officials, the unrest had\u00a0frustrated<\/a>\u00a0Mayor Ted Wheeler and other local authorities, who had said a small cadre of violent activists were drowning out the message of peaceful protesters in the city. But Wheeler said the federal presence in the city is now exacerbating a tense situation and he has told them to depart.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city,\u201d Wheeler said Friday.<\/p>\n

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum late Friday sued Homeland Security and the Marshals Service in federal court. The complaint said unidentified federal agents have grabbed people off Portland\u2019s streets \u201cwithout warning or explanation, without a warrant, and without providing any way to determine who is directing this action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rosenblum said she was seeking a temporary restraining order to \u201cimmediately stop federal authorities from unlawfully detaining Oregonians.\u201d<\/p>\n

The administration has enlisted federal agents, including the U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group and an elite U.S. Customs and Border Protection team based on the U.S.-Mexico border, to protect federal property.<\/p>\n

But Oregon Public Broadcasting reported this week that some agents had been driving around in unmarked vans and snatching protesters from streets not near federal property, without identifying themselves.<\/p>\n

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