Confrontations continued this past weekend between pro-Trump groups and Black Lives Matter protesters, as a man reportedly affiliated with a far-right group was fatally shot in Portland, Ore., in the midst of a chaotic scene. The death followed last week’s fatal shooting of two Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wisc., by suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, who is now charged with murder. The mayor of Portland has blamed President Donald Trump for sowing “hate and division” leading up to the violence, with the president pointing the finger at Democrats while declining to condemn Rittenhouse. In for Jim Braude, Adam Reilly was joined by Boston Globe opinion writer Abdallah Fayyad and Boston University Political Science Assistant Professor Lauren Mattioli.
