I am from Europe and one thing that I have heard is that your new DA is buddy with Antifa and announced that only major violations will get punished. This is basically a written invitation to rioters and looters to keep going. Oh, and of course I saw the Adam Haner scene that looked like a beheading from Irak until he was kicked in the head by BLM "Security", which then reminded me more of the curb stomping scene from American History X. Also, I did not fail to noticed that your mayor decided to completely ignore this incident. So yeah, from my narrow view, Portland did not look like the posterchild of civilization recently.
On one hand, yes, antifascists like myself intentionally voted for our new DA because we expected him to be not just tough on crime, but also tough on cops. On the other hand, though, the other candidate for DA was explicitly pro-policing and there's just not an appetite for more police in Portland right now.
The current mayor, Wheeler, is trying to walk a middle path. He might not survive re-election, as there are multiple candidates to his left who have indicated that they are more willing to tell the police to go home.
I find it telling that you cherry-pick which street fights reflect poorly on Portland. We have culturally been less and less accepting of street fascists over the past few years. And not all of us are violent, either; I've had heated but peaceful discussions with them up until last year, when the violence became an inevitable part of their platform.
Once the travel ban is lifted and the USA is safe to travel to, feel free to actually come and see for yourself what popular antifascism looks like.
