Portland In The Spotlight
Portland continues to be a source showing everyone in America what is really going on. On Friday, the US Attorney for Oregon announced the arrest of 18 individuals involved in the rioting in downtown. They are charged with a variety of federal offenses ranging from assaulting a federal officer to arson.
In a statement released Friday, Renn Cannon, the Special Agent in Charge at the FBI’s Portland office, said the agency had been helping investigate crimes on federal property in the city.
“Our investigations involve specific violations of federal law, including arson, the use of improvised explosive devices, and interstate transportation of stolen goods.”