Article contentPORTLAND, Ore. – Teddy Roosevelt had seen better days. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or 'The city is not burning': How Portland belies the image of anarchy that is central to Trump's campaign Back to videoThe night before, protesters taking part in an “indigenous day of rage,” had yanked Roosevelt off the podium he’d stood atop since 1922, a symbolic blow against a president with a well-documented hatred for America’s first peoples. He wasn’t alone, as demonstrators also hauled down a statue of Abraham Lincoln — citing his own ill treatment of the indigenous — smashed windows at the Oregon Historical Society across the street and vandalized assorted other buildings. Or of protests generally that have roiled the neighbourhood for months.

Source: National Post October 23, 2020 11:03 UTC