Multiple crowd members reporting minor injuries from the escalation of force from police in bike formation

People in Portland clean up a park while in black bloc, get favorable media coverage from a local station #Portland

"I’ve written at much greater length before about the way that protesters are singled out for blame, and why this is often a values-based decision presenting itself as scientifically neutral. We could say that it was “perfectly predictable” that protesters would burn down a corrections building after watching law enforcement shoot yet another unarmed Black man, especially given the ongoing deep frustration and economic immiseration that has been worsened by the government’s failure to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Personally, because I tend to be sympathetic to those who do not have very much and are not listened to by the political system, I share the viewpoint of Martin Luther King here, who viewed riots as the “language of the unheard.” He didn’t like violence, as I don’t either, but he also understood that it was wrong to focus excessively on the actions and choices of protesters rather than on the unjust situation against which they are protesting."

"For the right, because they believe the status quo is good, oppressive conditions themselves are a neutral fact about the world, but those who challenge that condition are responsible for the consequences of their actions. "

currentaffairs.org/2020/08/your-oppression-was-predictable/

"In the late 60s and 70s, the Black Panther Party (BPP) embodied the vanguard of the revolution and anti-fascist, anti-racist action in the United States. The BPP formed an inclusionary, class-based manifesto, promoted armed self-defense and created an array of community survival programs and services, which included a sophisticated educational platform, free health clinics, breakfast for schoolchildren, teach-ins and more."

"There is power, beauty and humility to work with an underlying drive towards positive transformation of society."

https://roarmag.org/essays/black-panther-multiracial-antifascism/

The Thin Blue Line Between Violent Pro-Trump Militias and Police

https://theintercept.com/2020/08/28/kyle-rittenhouse-violent-pro-trump-militias-police/