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Businesses Flee Portland, Citing Local Government Failure to Protect Against Riots

Businesses Flee Portland, Citing Local Government Failure to Protect Against Riots
A man brandishes a stun gun during an argument with demonstrators after they went to his business in the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 20, 2020. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
8/29/2020|Updated: 8/30/2020

Businesses are shifting operations from downtown Portland, Oregon, or scuttling plans to open stores there because of the near-nightly rioting and protests that have gone on since May 28.

Portions of the city are boarded up. Rioters, who often gather around 9 p.m. and don’t disperse until early the next morning, had caused tens of millions of dollars of damage or lost business by early July.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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