Radioactivity Wednesday: Leaked messages show far-right group’s plans for violence in Portland

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Journalist Robert Evans (left) Photo used by WMNF with permission from Robert Evans

October 7, 2020

Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity.  I’m Rob Lorei. The summer of 2020 has seen the city of Portland, Oregon, become a symbol and a venue for the further, dramatic polarization of the United States. More than a hundred nights of intense protests against police violence by left-wing activists have led to further police violence in response, and to President Donald Trump declaring the city a “beehive of terrorists” and an “anarchist jurisdiction.”

A great deal of reporting has been dedicated to the city’s leftist protesters. Less national attention has been focused on those who perceive the protesters as their enemies: a network of “Patriot” militias and extremist groups, who have in recent weeks been staging violent confrontations in Portland’s downtown streets.  I spoke earlier with a reporter who works for an investigative website called bellingcat.com: he is Robert Evans and he’s covered conflicts around the world. And for the last few months he has been covering the conflicts in Portland, Oregon.

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