On Sept. 28, the streets of Portland were filled with an array of people. Signs used by protesters had a variety of phrases, ranging from “abolish ICE” to “democracy dies in silence,” to “food carts not fascists.”
This was a direct response to the authorization to deploy the National Guard to the streets of Portland, and has authorized “full force” on the streets of “war-ravaged Portland.” Downtown Portland is a 15-minute drive from my house; the only thing this city is ravaged by is overpriced coffee shops and bad drivers.
Grace Mueller, a junior at the University of Oregon, shared her disapproval of this decision in her home town. She mentioned generally positive changes after Mayor [first name] Wilson came into office, like a reduction of homelessness and public use of drugs, which is why the deployment of troops was even more surprising…