Subject: Re: War ravaged Portland
But the locals aren't doing enough to protect the federal property.

I don't think you've supported that claim. When people actually commit damage to the federal property, they can arrest them. Or the federal law enforcement agents can arrest them. But the people who aren't doing that? When they're not committing any damage against federal property?

It's typically not a smart idea for "the locals" to just go out and suppress a protest when they're not actually doing anything violent. Because that will just make things worse.