Squelching the riots in the cities.
It's one thing to look at it as sanity/rule of law
vs
cabal-directed hateful insanity intent on taking down the president (and the USA)
It's another to look at it from the perspective of federal agencies we can use to help.
It's complicated.
The Lead Federal Agency Responding to Protesters in Portland Employs Thousands of Private Contractors
https://medium.com/@wkc6428/the-lead-federal-agency-responding-to-protesters-in-portland-employs-thousands-of-private-db137349f8b0