The reactions to this report on rising crime in Portland are revealing. I'm not convinced of some of the causal implications in the article, but there's also a sense online that the protests' sometimes destructive impacts on the city aren't worth seriously grappling with.

Anarchists and an increase in violent crime hijack Portland’s social justice movement

Anarchists and an increase in violent crime hijack Portland’s social justice movement

The rocket rise in the killings of young Black men has undermined activists’ goals.

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