They have also been allowed to throw bricks, molotovs, bats etc on law enforcement and people. They are destroying the peaceful protests to turn them into violence. Local law enforcement hasn't been doing anything to stop it because the mayors have been useless. That's where the feds intervene - especially because most of these people who are getting arrested are crossing state lines and therefore federal.
23 million in damages to federal property including courthouse:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/violent-demonstrations-in-port...
> A review of court records showed 59 people arrested during Portland demonstrations had charges dismissed, including several people arrested on felony charges.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/criminal-cha...
The person who set the court house on fire also got his charges dropped.
On the contrary, thousands of protestors have been actually charged. Meanwhile police officers are still virtually never charged, even in cases of obvious brutality or obvious murder.
As an example, DA Jackie Lacey hasn’t charged a single one of the 330+ cops that killed LA residents during her 8 year tenure (some orgs say it’s over 600, the police disagree)