While demonstrations took place in other cities and eventually fizzled out, in Portland they have gone on for more than six weeks, bringing violence and destruction of property. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security deployed more than a half-dozen law enforcement agencies and departments, with officers from the U.S. “A federal courthouse is a symbol of justice - to attack it is to attack America,” Wolf said. Democratic officials, meanwhile, have focused on law enforcement's response to the mob. “DHS will not abdicate its solemn duty to protect federal facilities and those within them.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2020 16:00 UTC