Barr Declares NYC, Seattle, Portland 'Anarchist’ Cities and Threatens Funding Cuts

The Justice Department has declared that New York, Seattle, and Portland are “anarchist” jurisdictions and threatened them with a loss of federal funding, another escalation in the Trump administration’s war on cities with Democrat mayors that saw huge protests against police brutality this summer.

All three cities saw large, sustained protests this summer after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. The cities “permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities,” the Justice Department said in a press release on Sunday.