Are there Mudcatters in or near Portland. I've been there a few times and in the last few weeks I was hearing right-wing opiners complaining that there were violent protests in the streets of Portland and the mass media were ignoring it.
Now comes this violence on the part of the municipal police. A non-lethal weapon used to break the head of a protester.
It's not quite the same thing but I remember in '03 when a Boston police officer killed a woman with a 'non-lethal' weapon by aiming at her head. She was an onlooker at a Red Sox street celebration. The Boston chief of police admitted right away that it was a misuse of weapon and a big mistake.

I'm not as aware of the situation in Portland, just that I've always found it a welcoming and relaxed city with room for political freedom in all directions.