Riots

During the summer of 2020 riots broke out in a couple dozen cities around the country but none more severe than Portland. The Department of Justice is responsible for protecting federal property and sent federal marshals to Portland when the federal courthouse was under attack. Every night for months mobs of hundreds of people laid siege to the federal courthouse. The rioters arrived equipped for a fight, armed with powerful slingshots, lasers, sledgehammers, saws, knives, rifles, and explosive devices. They started a fire inside the building while deputies were in the building and they barricaded the doors so they couldn't get out. They started fires against the building and when officers came out to put out the fire they were pelted with rocks, frozen water bottles, cans of food and balloons filled with urine and fecal matter. They were physically assaulted with hammers and two by fours.