On Wednesday, Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty stated that it was the Portland police, not the rioters in the city, who started fires around government buildings and triggered violence.
“I am old enough to remember that during the Civil Rights movement, the police had provocateurs…intentionally added to the group to do disruptive stuff,” Hardesty told Marie Claire. “I have no doubt in my mind, I believe with all my heart, that that is what Portland police are doing … I believe Portland Police [Bureau] is lying about the damage — or starting the fires themselves — so that they have justification for attacking community members.”
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