The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against officials in Portland, Oregon, as violence erupted night after night on the city's streets.
In this image taken from video a mattress burns in the street near the Portland Police Bureau's North Precinct Sunday night, Sept. 6, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Protesters have gathered for more than 100 days following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The revelation that federal officials researched whether they could levy criminal or civil charges against the officials — exploring whether their rhetoric and actions may have helped spur the violence in Portland — underscores the larger Trump administration’s effort to spotlight and crack down on protest-related violence. The majority of the mass police reform demonstrations nationwide have been peaceful.
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