The article critiques the national media's framing of the 2020 Portland protests, portraying them as chaotic and lawless. It emphasizes the stark contrast between the actions of protesters advocating for justice and the brutal lawlessness of police violence, citing the murder of George Floyd as a prime example. The author argues that the real grimness lies in systemic racism and police brutality, rather than the peaceful protests that emerged in response to such injustices, urging readers to reflect on the true meaning of lawlessness in society.
Right out of the gate, the national media framed the 2020 Portland protests as they always do. They called it lawless. They called it grim. They made it sound that at any moment all hell was going to break loose.
Lawless is one man kneeling on another neck until he dies. Lawless is kicking down a door and shooting a woman in her home. I can think of a million little lawless acts a day.
And grim? You know what's grim, is when a police officer kills a man with his knee on his neck and every single second of that is streamed to the world.
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