I've not seen anything like this throughout the USA in my seventy years on Planet Earth. It appears that Trump's reaction to rejection by voters is a scorched earth policy:
"Protests explode across the country, police declare riots in Seattle, Portland"
"... In Austin, a man was shot and killed at a protest downtown as he marched with a group of protesters. “Someone dying while protesting is horrible,” Mayor Steve Adler of Austin said in a statement. “Our city is shaken and, like so many in our community, I’m heartbroken and stunned.” ..."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/25/seattle-police-declare-riot-renewed-black-lives-matter-protests/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_seattleprotest-1139pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans
