You are absolutely wrong that at the "same protest in the same place every single night turns to violence 100 nights in a row." The reason people like me showe

You are absolutely wrong that at the "same protest in the same place every single night turns to violence 100 nights in a row." The reason people like me showed up multiple times to these protests is because these issues matter and we Portlanders don't want the narrative to be that our end goal was to be violent. I've got kids that are biracial who will be impacted by police brutality, I've got relatives that have been impacted, and I have friends who have dealt with the issues we are protesting. What else should I do beyond peaceful protesting en masse? Did taking a knee for four years like Colin Kaepernik did result in substantial changes to the system? You can suspect all you want. You could consider that perhaps those causing violence are attempting to brand these protests as something else. That's not my intention nor the intention of the people I know who are there, nor the other people of Portland I know who support these protests. And, that should not be my problem to fix. You could consider that to be your problem of your perception or a problem of your understanding, and do something about that, like talk to the people protesting, instead of reading the "news" which, I dunno, could be slightly biased. Have you engaged with people protesting and asked them: why are you there night after night? You know my answer now. Otherwise, you are getting your answers from people who aren't there, or who might have an agenda different than mine.