It’s always amazing how much Democrats and media can spin the the rioting in Portland as some kind of kumbaya peaceful protest.

But the DHS made it clear in a post on Monday, how far from peaceful this all was.

Molotov cocktails
Sledgehammers
Pipe bombs
Mortar fireworks
Metal spikes

These aren’t the tools of peaceful protesters. They are tools of violent rioters looking to harm and destroy. https://t.co/2R8DK1cbaW

— DHS spokesperson (@SpoxDHS) July 27, 2020

As we reported here , an AP reporter who was embedded with the federal agents reported on the attacks.

I spent the weekend inside the Portland federal courthouse w/ the US Marshals. Mortars were being fired off repeatedly, fireworks & flares shot into the lobby, frozen bottles, concrete, cans & bouncy balls regularly whizzed over the fence at high speeds. https://t.co/PU4xbzwniY

— Mike Balsamo (@MikeBalsamo1) July 27, 2020

I watched as injured officers were hauled inside. In one case, the commercial firework came over so fast the officer didn’t have time to respond. It burned through his sleeves & he had bloody gashes on both forearms. Another had a concussion from being hit in the head w/ a mortar

— Mike Balsamo (@MikeBalsamo1) July 27, 2020

When we were out inside the fence line, someone fired off a mortar. It exploded inches away from us, but no one was hurt. A large bonfire had been started in the street & people were aiming fireworks through the fire at officers behind the fence. It was almost 2:30 a.m. then. pic.twitter.com/qVsH1T1DQM

— Mike Balsamo (@MikeBalsamo1) July 27, 2020

The officers outside the Portland courthouse have been hit by an array of objects from canned food to ball bearings fired from slingshots. On Saturday night, a DHS officer was soaked completely in orange paint thrown from of one of many paint cans later seized by authorities. pic.twitter.com/Dng70rG8xn

— Mike Balsamo (@MikeBalsamo1) July 27, 2020

But perhaps what takes even more gall is the protestations of the leftists at the courthouse about their own actions.

Just the complete fantasyland about their righteousness is something else.

A couple of arrests were particularly noteworthy from early Monday morning.

The video starts with the feds arresting Noelle Mandolfo, who says she’s from Denver, that she’s doesn’t know why she’s being arrested, that the fed just jumped her for no reason. Uh, huh, I’m sure. It’s not clear yet what she did. According to the DOJ statement, she was charged with assault on federal officers.

A second woman keeps pushing with a cop, trying to get close to her. This can be problematic because they frequently try to de-arrest each other. Warning for language on the videos.

During this detainment, another woman got involved and she was also detained.

“I’m a nice young woman from Wisconsin … you guys are fucking pieces of shit!” she yelled after being taken down by officers. pic.twitter.com/Bs6PNk6kzJ

— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) July 27, 2020

BREAKING: Arsonists and Rioters are being arrested by federal police and are unsure why pic.twitter.com/VcfIx0nQHZ

— Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) July 27, 2020

In the effort, she gets in a tussle with the cops and starts kicking them. That’s enough and they try to take her into custody as well at which point she starts to plead that she hasn’t done anything (despite the video of her kicking them). “I’m a nice young woman from Wisconsin,” she protests. One who just kicked them and is cursing them out. One thinks that if in fact she really was just a “nice young woman,” she wouldn’t be there, struggling with officers.

Notice also one was from Denver and the other from Wisconsin. What are they doing in Portland? How many folks are from out of town?