Subject: Re: War ravaged Portland
They're not dispersing the crowd and they're not doing anything to deter the crowd from forming in the first place.

Again, forming a crowd and maintaining a crowd is generally not a crime. You can't just go and arrest them for doing that.

Sure, if one chooses for forget all the riots in June and July.

As I said, there isn't a riot going on now. So there's no need for federal troop intervention now. Unless you have a time machine, you can't send troops back to June - and it was taken care of by local PD in June anyway.

...seriously takes the cake. I'll invite you to go look up what view the feds take on shining lasers especially at aircraft; hint: they take a dim view of that.

Yes, because aviation is subject to different regulations. Just because it is a crime to shine a laser at an airplane doesn't mean it's a crime to shine a laser at a building.