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United States: Joe Biden in the trap of urban violence

2020-09-04T05:13:05.464Z


DECRYPTION - As the Covid-19 epidemic and recession seemed to plague Trump, he is rebounding from the riots in Portland and Kenosha. To the point of mortgaging the chances of the Democratic candidate.


1. Portland in the heart of the countryside

For the past three months, Portland, Oregon's main city, has been the scene of daily protests against police violence.

They began on May 29, three days after the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by a police officer in Minneapolis (Minnesota).

They have never stopped since.

Bringing together a few hundred people, sometimes several thousand, the gatherings are held near the courts or near the local police headquarters.

Regularly, they end in confrontation.

At first, the protests led to building fires followed by looting.

Now there are pitched battles night after night between riot police and activists with helmets and improvised shields.

Kinds of black blocks in US version.

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In the United States, Portland is an emblematic city of the left, a refuge for the hippies of the 1960s and 1970s, who became the “cool” generation.

But this high place of progressivism is surrounded

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Source: lefigaro

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