Protestors in places like Portland were peaceful. Black Lives Matter protests were generally peaceful. You had some troublemakers taking opportunity of it, but it was peaceful.

That is UNTIL the POLICE ENGAGED in crackdown tactics.
We've also seen agitators, most of those right-leaning, coming in and specifically trying to incite violence. Trying to instigate. We've seen videos where plainclothes cops were caught instigating. This behavior is still going on in Portland.
The end result?
Black Lives Matter protests are growing into general anti-police methods protests.

And the police whose actions led us to this point are fueling it. Many police union leaders are OVERSTEPPING the local governments and calling for the feds to jump in.
At the heart of all of this, is a President who WANTS chaos and violence. He wants all of this as it serves his purpose. It mirrors what we've seen wanna-be dictatorships do, worldwide.
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