Seattle and Portland finally decide they don’t want rioting - but bail reform could hurt clampdown
by Joseph Simonson, Political Reporter |
| January 26, 2021 06:30 AM
Leaders in Oregon and Washington are finally pledging an end to near-nightly chaos caused by antifa and other affiliated radical groups - but bail reform efforts in the liberal states could mean any increase in arrests will prove ineffective.
Several demonstrations against President Biden's inauguration quickly turned violent in cities such as Portland and Seattle as activists hoped to send a message to the new Democratic administration that their gripes remain with the criminal justice system, climate change, and general economic inequality. Biden's alleged commitment to centrist policies and compromise, some activists complained, make him ill-suited to tackle the country's most pressing problems.
In Portland, left-wing extremists shattered the windows of the headquarters for the Democratic Party of Oregon and graffitied its walls with anti-Biden messages. The state party lamented the damage and the fact that it was "not the first time our building has been vandalized during the past year."
Business owners in downtown Seattle demanded city officials take a harder stance against political violence after they surveyed the destruction.
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