An article supposedly about hard facts just HAS to toss in this bromide. The fact that they threw in this conjecture, which has absolutely nothing to do with the virus or President Trump and everything to do with young male black culture, casts doubt on the entire article.
The author could have as easily written a different non-sequitur with the same effect and relevance to the story.
The murder rate in Portland jumped 500% since the pandemic began...
It goes without saying that most articles in the MSM have to pay homage to woke culture. Usually a sentence or two that has little bearing on the subject that is placed awkwardly in the piece.