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Nevilledog

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Sun Jul 19, 2020, 12:49 PM Jul 2020

Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as 'city under siege.' A tour of town shows otherwise

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/07/feds-right-wing-media-paint-portland-as-city-under-siege-a-tour-of-town-shows-otherwise.html



As Cory Alexander and her daughter Nevaeh Belka stroll through downtown Portland, a mural catches the 9-year-old’s eye.

The wall of black plywood surrounding the Pioneer Place Apple Store is a memorial to Black Americans killed by police.

George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Jason Washington.

Nevaeh trots up the steps, faces her mother and raises a fist. Alexander, 46 and white, taps on her phone and takes a photo of her Black daughter.

“That’s what this is all about,” Alexander says.

But national media reports, particularly those published by right-wing outlets, suggest a vastly different version of how safe it is for children and families to stroll through downtown Portland.

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Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as 'city under siege.' A tour of town shows otherwise (Original Post) Nevilledog Jul 2020 OP
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