Watch the actual first hand videos out there as there are ample amounts of primary sources for this. It was literally mostly peaceful...burn, loot, assault and shoot BLM/Antifa style mostly peaceful but actually mostly peaceful.
the media, again, is lying to you.
I said this about the Portland protests, riots and the looting. I was lambasted for thinking and having the gall to say this. It is easy to do. The media focuses on the worst and most dramatic. The peaceful protester never get air time but fortunately there are many more of them than those who are wrecking havoc and chaos.
There were a few Black Lives Matter, Trump and anti-trump folks peacefully protesting in West Linn over the past several months. Mostly, they were high school students, but a few folks were older. They never got any news coverage as best as I know. They didn't even get a write up in West Linn Tidings a local newspaper. Had they broken out a couple of store windows and spray painted the sides of buildings, you can bet that would have been all over the news.
Anyone who thinks the media downplays anything should have their heads examined.