DEATH OF A CITY – AT 8:16 P.M.  AND DOES THE NATION CARE?  PORTLAND WILL NOT BE ON ANYONE'S VACATION LIST THIS YEAR.  FROM DAILY MAIL:

Antifa protesters have burned American flags and clashed with cops outside the Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland. 

The ugly scenes occurred Thursday evening, as dozens of the far-left protesters assembled in the area for a demonstration US against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

The Courthouse has already been boarded up with plywood after sustaining damage during destructive protests last summer, but shocking video shared to Twitter shows all remaining uncovered windows were smashed during the latest demonstration.  

'Anti ICE protesters gather. A few of the remaining uncovered windows have been broken. An American flag burns in front of the door,' local journalist Garrison Davis wrote beneath a video shared on Twitter. 

Several other demonstrators set fire to the plywood outside the building, prompting federal agents to deploy teargas in a bid to push the protesters back towards a park. 

According to Davis, 'the feds marched further into the streets of downtown Portland while firing off chemical weapons and projectiles. A few of their pepperball and 40 mm launchers appeared to malfunction'. 

He claimed the agents were 'aggressive' and that the air was thick with smoke. 

At least one person has been arrested. 

Last summer in Portland, Black Lives Matter marches began in the wake of George Floyd's death, but the demonstrations soon became co-opted by far-left agitators. 

Night after night, they clashed with law enforcement officials, who often declared riots. 

There were was at least 100 consecutive nights of unrest in the city. 

The violence has continued into this year. In January, Antifa protesters went on a destructive rampage following President Biden's Inauguration. 

Biden has previously appeared to downplay Antifa, describing the group as 'an idea'.  

'President Biden condemned protests and violence on the far right and far left before he was president,' a Fox News journalist stated to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki after the January clash.

COMMENT:  This is an American city, and a beautiful one.  And no one seems to care.  Only when Donald Trump was president, and the violence could be blamed on him by the left-wing press, was there any serious concern stated. 

The mayor of Portland was on TV today saying that the attempt to defund the city's police over last summer was a mistake.  What a concession.  I never would have known.

March 12, 2021