Tear gas Ted: the mayor manning Portland’s barricades
Portland, Oregon
The federal courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, has become ground-zero for the nightly orgy of assaults, looting, arson, and public nudity — and, most recently, a surrealistic duel between protestors and federal agents using leaf-blowers to drive back each other’s tear gas — that continues to enliven America’s so-called Rose City in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
It’s a curious thing, this new alignment of some of America’s most high-profile mayors with the very people burning down their towns.