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NPR Worries Declaring Portland Unrest A ‘Riot’ Could Be Racist

Emily Zanotti
NPR Worries Declaring Portland Unrest A ‘Riot’ Could Be Racist
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National Public Radio, which earlier in the week hosted a guest who defended looting per an earlier report from The Daily Wire, also fretted openly that labeling the three-month-long period of unrest in Portland, Oregon, a “riot” could be an example of internalized racism.

Portland has been roiled by protests and demonstrations, many of which turn violent after dark, for nearly 100 days. Saturday night, that violence erupted into bloodshed, as “anti-fascist” demonstrators allegedly shot and killed a Trump supporter who was attending a counter-protest.

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