Portland sees peaceful night of protests following withdrawal of federal agents

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel One of the problems I see with policing is in some departments they don't seem to want to de-escalate, they just want compliance. That is to say their methods are based on an ideal on how things should be instead of a pragmatic approach to getting the best result.

I do think it is cultural and I do think that culture can vary drastically by department.

PO2 Harold Ashton That doesn’t seem to be the case. According to the article they went to the courthouse and rattled the gates as it were. What they got no response, they stopped.