Eighty-five days later, Portland’s daily criminality has become dangerously normal

Published August 21, 2020 7:20pm ET



Chris Davis, deputy police chief of the Portland Police Bureau, said in a July 8 press conference, “This was a more violent episode of civil unrest than we had — than I have ever seen in my entire career at Portland Police Bureau.”

He was referring to events on the night of May 29. Imagine what he must be saying now.

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