The seemingly unending rioting and violence has consumed the area around the courthouse for over seven weeks, and has at times even featured Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, who was purportedly pepper-sprayed when he, along with other protesters, refused to disperse. The courthouse falls under the jurisdiction of federal authorities including the United States Marshals Service and the Department of Homeland Security, who has been criticized by some in the community for attempting to protect the building. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have gone so far as to call the federal officers “storm troopers” and to suggest that their activities are...