ABC News captures mostly nonviolent protesters in Portland exercising their right to smash car windows

Brett T. | 7:24 PM on November 12, 2016

As Twitchy noted Friday, some reporters are having trouble using the “r-word” to describe what’s been happening in cities like Portland following the election of Donald Trump.

The thing is, once the police decide they’ve had enough of thugs throwing burning projectiles at them and declare a riot, it’s OK to call it a riot in news reports as well. To begin with a visual aid, here’s a ready example of a “rioter” engaging in “vandalism.”

Can You IDME? Riot Vandalism Suspect https://t.co/AfynIElcbz #CanYouIDME pic.twitter.com/c92umDftsm

— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) November 12, 2016

It turns out there were quite a few more vandals doing their thing, and ABC News caught some of it on camera.

Video shows people smashing the windows of cars and businesses during anti-Donald Trump protest in Portland, Oregon. https://t.co/VSJWduyyZA pic.twitter.com/lY9xv5ZnRZ

— ABC News (@ABC) November 11, 2016

Congrats on your 2nd term Mr. President. https://t.co/chPj5mqJeb

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 12, 2016

Yep. As hard as the media tried the last week of October to plant the idea that Trump supporters would resort to violence once he met his certain humiliation at the polls, it’s going to be tough for the pundits to spin away this mess, especially after the media began to “normalize” riots and, in at least once case, entirely misrepresent a desire to burn down the Milwaukee suburbs as a call for peace.