Portland, Oregon, is ground zero for violent culture-war clashes. And it’s spreading.
started drumming up interest for an event on August 22nd. This had been initially planned by Audra Price, the leader of a pro-police Facebook group with 21,000 followers; Price billed it as a chance for “patriots” to “come together to offer hope and inspiration.”
One of them, Jordana Sardo, told me she was out that day in solidarity with the neighborhood’s nonwhite residents. “I think a disciplined show of opposition is best,” Sardo said. “Personally I am not in favor of confrontation, but I also believe people have a right to defend themselves.” There we encountered a couple who live in the area and had come out to see what was happening. The man, who asked to be anonymous, expressed concern for the local homeless population: “I’m mostly worried about the camps that are nearby.”
On August 22nd, while my team and I were interviewing two local residents, Proud Boys surrounded us — and the police, as they’d promised, were nowhere to be seen. One man with a knife on his belt called me out by name. Another attempted to persuade the locals that he and his allies were being “civil.”
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