I want to add, like countless local journalists have: yes, the feds have been brutal, but most of the tear gas of the past 50+ days has come from the Portland Police Bureau, which is under the mayor’s control.
I remember the same moronic logic from Hong Kong. The police would fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, and then call them violent for wearing gas masks and defensive equipment to protect them from these police attacks https://t.co/Rpd4tuGlqn
