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Portland, Multnomah County officials decry vandalism after 2 protests declared riots
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Portland and Multnomah County officials on Wednesday decried the vandalism seen over the previous two nights, when crowds gathered for raucous demonstrations over the fatal police shooting of a Black man in Minnesota.
The demonstrations, held in response to the death of Daunte Wright, drew crowds that resemble those seen last year, when Portland experienced more than 100 consecutive nights of protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
One person has been arrested in the recent pair of protests: Alma Raven-Guido, a 19-year-old college student who was identified by an informant within Tuesday’s crowd at the Portland Police Association.
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Last year, Lydia Kiesling and her husband decided they couldn’t afford to live in San Francisco anymore. Her husband made a steady income, and Kiesling knew she could bring in a certain amount of money every month as a freelance writer, but housing in San Francisco is notoriously expensive. Just as expensive were preschool and childcare for their two daughters: At one point Kiesling and her husband were paying $3,145 a month for this care, what Kiesling told me would be considered “cheap” for San Francisco prices.
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