For more than fifty days, protests in Portland have carried on. Last week, the state's U.S. Attorney called for an investigation into why some protesters were being taken by federal agents without badges and put into unmarked vehicles.
But what began as a call for justice and accountability has given way to a melting pot of demonstrations.marches during the day to unidentified protesters taking part in violent demonstrations that devolve into arson and vandalism. U.S. President Donald Trump and other federal officials have characterized some of these events as the actions of "anarchists and agitators."
In recent years, some protests have become a target for hate groups seeking to antagonize other people who come out to defend the rights of marginalized communities such as immigrants, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community. While he said that right now Portland is known as a "hotbed for violence," it is also "a city of opportunity."
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