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Portland Mayor Says DHS Officers Are To Blame For Violence, Not Rioters

Ashe Schow
Portland Mayor Says DHS Officers Are To Blame For Violence, Not Rioters
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Portland, Oregon, has had a tumultuous year between Antifa riots and the new wave of unrest following the police-involved death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.

As looters and rioters have cost Portland businesses a reported $23 million, Mayor Ted Wheeler said Tuesday that his “biggest immediate concern” was not the criminals destroying the city, but federal officials from the Department of Homeland Security and their alleged “violence” and “life-threatening tactics.”

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