Hollywood flingin'

The violent avengers of every societal wrong were out roaming the foggy streets of Portland again last night, breaking windows and spray painting profundity on walls. There were two groups. The first acted up downtown, hitting the Mexican consulate (that's a new one to me) and the brand new shiny county courthouse.

Just a short time later, another mob marched up and down Sandy Boulevard in the Hollywood District, doing damage to businesses. That one was ostensibly a "night of rage" in support of trans people.

The official police version of the night's festivities is here. From the way the cops depict it, it looks like the Chase bank branch (which had a cleaning crew inside at the time) was hit the hardest. The Whole Foods also took a big hit, I think.

The police arrested no one. As in, nadie. Great job, boys! The police chief did put out some stern tweets later, though. That'll help.

This is not protest. This is not speech. This is criminal activity. We are investigating and encourage anyone with information about who is responsible to e-mail crimetips@portlandoregon.gov.

— Chief Chuck Lovell (@ChiefCLovell) November 21, 2020 

At least the groups are getting smaller and the incidents less frequent, but there's still way too much of the roving gang stuff going on in Portland. The taxpayers deserve better than what City Hall and the police brass are currently offering.