Some have suggested recent actions in Portland are a trial run for martial law, considering how badly run was the attempt at using federal forces in DC. They are DHS and feds, without identification, and refusing to identify themselves.
Apparently graffiti is terrorism in the absence of statues to topple, as Trump attempts to provoke a serious RWNJ incident to match the Trumpian carnage meme contradicted by generally peaceful BLM protests. Portland is now better positioned than Seattle, given the historical pattern of protests.