Portland, Ore., where more than 72% of the population is white, has been transformed into a national center of the movement for racial justice.
is a graffiti-glazed Fort Apache, set off by concrete blast barriers and a metal fence; its lower-level windows are boarded up, and, in the evenings, a bank of high-powered lights shine down on the crowds assembled below. Conflicts outside have waned since authorities agreed last monthAmong the protesters on a recent evening was Josie Chole, 19, who bared a handwritten sign declaring: “If you’re tired of hearing about racism, imagine how tired people are of experiencing it.
Protesters have directed their ire not only at the federal courthouse — which became a proxy for President Trump after he ignored local public officials and ordered deployment of the camouflage-clad federal agents, who routinely fired tear gas and other projectiles at protesters. Earlier, demonstrators targeted a seemingly benign statue of a stately elk that stood in a downtown park for more than 100 years.
Many residents here complain that the national focus on the protests has distorted the image of the city, playing intohand of declaring it a hotbed of “anarchists and agitators” from the anti-fascist movement known as antifa, which in actuality has no central organization or membership roll. He then put on his gas mask anew and lunged back into the bedlam at the courthouse, shield out front. Other allies bared leaf blowers to disperse the gas.
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