On Portland’s streets, the menace comes from the troops

A ‘Wall of Moms’ carrying umbrellas challenges Trump’s invading feds [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP4QqAWh0dHBzOi8vbWVzc2FnaW5nLWN1c3RvbS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS90ZW1wbGF0ZS9vYWt2Mj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDcyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDYyNyZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnByb2R1Y3RDb2RlPU5LJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNDM3MyZ0ZT0xJnVyaT1ueXQlM0ElMkYlMkZuZXdzbGV0dGVyJTJGMjExZWUwYzItZmU0My01YjBjLTk4ZTAtNWZhNmRiZjU1ZmQ0JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKABwIjBxf0ZAZq1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)|[nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0SyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwNzI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwNjI3Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM0MzczJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAHAiMHF_RkBmrUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)[Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-ad-marquee) ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTkwJmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDcyNVcDbnl0QgoAHAiMHF_RkBmrUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ [NYTimes.com/Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0TIaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS9jb2x1bW4vbmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDcyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDYyNyZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNDM3MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKABwIjBxf0ZAZq1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) July 25, 2020 Federal agents clashing with protesters near the Federal District Courthouse in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday.Mason Trinca for The New York Times [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA3MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjA2Mjcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzQzNzMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAcCIwcX9GQGatSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA3MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjA2Mjcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzQzNzMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAcCIwcX9GQGatSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Opinion Columnist I’ve been reporting on the protests in Portland, and I’ve felt zero threat from protesters (except when some pull down masks to chant slogans, risking the spread of Covid-19). But as [my new column notes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9wb3J0bGFuZC1wcm90ZXN0LWZlZGVyYWwtdHJvb3BzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA3MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjA2Mjcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzQzNzMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAcCIwcX9GQGatSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), the real danger to public safety comes from the federal troops — what else can we call them? — whom President Trump has dispatched. Portland had a real problem with vandalism and unrest. But instead of creating order, the feds are inflaming the unrest, and most of the assaults and injuries are committed by them. It is true that some of the protesters have been violent or have vandalized government property, playing into Trump’s narrative, but the great majority have been peaceful. Each evening a “Wall of Moms” forms — women who lock arms to protect the protesters, who are mostly armed with umbrellas to try to defend themselves from projectiles. And the suburbanites show up with leaf blowers to try to dispel the tear gas. (This actually works.) Oregon Governor Kate Brown told me that she actually desperately does want federal help — not with the Portland unrest, but in getting Covid-19 tests and personal protective equipment. The Trump administration denied her requests — and then sent in troops to make the security situation worse. 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This choice seems so incongruent with your obvious commitment to serve the needs of people.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDcyNVcDbnl0QgoAHAiMHF_RkBmrUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDcyNVcDbnl0QgoAHAiMHF_RkBmrUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODEwJmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDcyNVcDbnl0QgoAHAiMHF_RkBmrUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Actually, this goes to my view of what rural America has to do more of. As you know if you’ve read our book [“Tightrope,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGVuZ3VpbnJhbmRvbWhvdXNlLmNvbS9ib29rcy81ODg5OTkvdGlnaHRyb3BlLWJ5LW5pY2hvbGFzLWQta3Jpc3RvZi1hbmQtc2hlcnlsLXd1ZHVubi8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA3MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjA2Mjcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzQzNzMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAcCIwcX9GQGatSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) my hometown was badly hit by job losses, and then by the rise of meth; a quarter of the kids on my old school bus are gone from drugs, alcohol and suicide. Our cherry trees provided few jobs, and our Douglas Fir even less (they’re harvested once every 60 years). We chose wine grapes and cider apples precisely because they involve more value added, more jobs and hopefully more benefit to the community. Just as poor countries are trying to get out of the business of producing and shipping out commodities to be processed elsewhere, rural America has to do the same. How I Get Away Every summer I find perspective by escaping into the wilderness to backpack. That’s me and our farm dog, Katie, in the “cathedral of wilderness” as we hike around the Three Sisters mountains in Oregon. If you’re hot and sweaty, check out the video clips [I posted on Instagram](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg_xEIP0TCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9wL0NDNEdvZ2lKNl9aLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDcyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDYyNyZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNDM3MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKABwIjBxf0ZAZq1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) of us hiking across snow fields. 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Following the Portland Protests Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, reacting after being exposed to tear gas fired by federal officers while attending a protest against police brutality and racial injustice in front of the Federal District Courthouse on Wednesday. Nathan Howard/Getty Images That photo is of the Portland mayor, Ted Wheeler, being tear gassed in his own streets by the federal forces. I’ll be covering them (fortunately, I have a gas mask that works very well), and you can find my photos and videos on social media. In the meantime, here’s my Sunday column laying out how I see the protests. 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