A black Portland resident blasted antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters for destroying her community and setting a bad example for children.
“I don’t think these are protests,” a woman referred to as “Lady Leo” said in a video posted by Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter Sergio Olmos on Monday night as she stood in front of a damaged Popeyes restaurant that had been looted.
A black Portlander is fed-up after #antifa destroyed the windows of the chicken restaurant during their riot overnight. Antifa say they are rioting “for black lives.” #PortlandMugshots pic.twitter.com/YJxuImlxYX
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 20, 2021
“I think that it’s some bulls—,” the woman added. “I think that they tearing down our community, and they teaching our kids wrong. Look at these kids. These kids, they grew up in this community. Now, they can’t even go sit down and eat a piece of chicken because they tore up the damn store.”
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Violent protests have consistently broken out in Portland over the last week as antifa and Black Lives Matter activists have lashed out under the banner of fighting against social injustice. Last Friday, Portland police declared a riot and made several felony arrests.
One of the buildings damaged in that riot was a church, which prompted a frustrated response from Robin Knauerhase, a member of First Christian Church.
“We’re specifically an anti-racist, pro-reconciling congregation with our denomination. Destruction of property is never a good thing, but a house of God where we’re probably on the side of the people who were upset? It really just felt disappointing,” Knauerhase said.
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Businesses throughout downtown Portland are picking up the pieces today. The director at the Oregon Historical Society tells me many locations along SW Park invested in double-paned glass over the last few months. pic.twitter.com/zV0j8OZwO5
— Megan Allison (@mallisonKATU) April 17, 2021
Violence in Portland is expected to continue as the country waits for a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder charges for the death of George Floyd while in police custody last year.
