“Protesters in Portland have been shot in the head, swept away in unmarked cars, and repeatedly tear-gassed by uninvited and unwelcome federal agents. ADADAfter Trump sent federal officers to the city, allegedly to quell violence, tensions escalated. Local officials, from the mayor to the governor, have asked the president to pull the federal officers out of the city. And once again, federal officers launched tear gas into the protest. As police, both local and federal, have responded to demonstrators with increasing force, the protests have grown more unwieldy and determined.

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2020 11:01 UTC