Homeland Security Department’s Acting Secretary, Chad Wolf delivered a serious warning to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler in a letter Monday (pdf), writing that the federal government “will have no choice but to protect our American citizens” if rioting and destruction continue.
“Due to a lack of action throughout the summer, Portland and its law-abiding residents continue to suffer from large-scale looting, arson, and vandalism—even killing. Businesses remain shuttered and Portlanders are held hostage by the daily violence that has gripped the city with no end in sight,” Wolf wrote to Wheeler.
