© Sarahbeth Maney/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty ImagesProtesters frustrated that marches on the streets haven’t resulted in more dramatic police reforms have found a new stage: the homes of big city mayors. In Portland, Ore., protesters threw burning material into the lobby of the apartment building where Mayor Ted Wheeler lives. In Chicago, activists descended on the home of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, prompting the city to begin enforcing a statute banning protests in residential neighborhoods. Mr. Liccardo initially called the protesters who came to his home “menacing thugs” in a tweet he later deleted. People who peeled off from a march her group helped organize were among those at the San Jose mayor’s house.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 05, 2020 09:22 UTC