Gov. Brown on last night's National Guard deployment in Portland:

"Two groups gathered in Portland last night. One group demonstrated peacefully for hours by the waterfront. Their clarion call advocating for racial justice and Black lives has resonated with Oregonians...

"...and driven real reform over the past several months. Unfortunately, a second group of self-styled anarchist protesters, some armed, also marched downtown last night, with no discernible goal other than to cause violence and vandalism."

"Indiscriminate destruction solves nothing. These are acts of privilege," Brown continues. "At the request of the Joint Incident Command protecting free speech and keeping the peace in Portland, I activated the Oregon National Guard last night...."

"... These [troops] are Oregonians like you and me, who have volunteered their time and taken leave from their jobs and their families to keep the streets of Portland safe."