The shooting occurred after a pro-Trump caravan descended on the city during BLM protests.
and the end of systemic racism. “Do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence?” Wheeler said. “It’s you who have created the hate and the division.”
Wheeler continued: “It’s you who have not found a way to say the names of Black people killed by police officers even as people in law enforcement have. And it’s you who claimed that White supremacists are good people,” he continued. “Your campaign of fear is as anti-democratic as anything you’ve done to create hate and vitriol in our beautiful country.”
Portland has been in the news consistently because, for more than 90 consecutive nights, protesters have continued marching over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers and gained momentum in recent days after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. Trump sent federal police in to restore “law and order,” making the already tense situation incrementally worse.
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