Portland’s Mayor on Protests, Riots and the ‘Missing Middle’

Jun 20, 2017, 12:59 PM

When Ted Wheeler took office this year as the new mayor of Portland, Ore., there had already been signs of trouble in the hipster paradise. Following the election in November, several days of anti-Trump protests eventually turned into what police deemed a riot, as baseball bat-wielding protestors broke windows and refused to disperse. About two dozen people were arrested.