Portland mayor asks public to help "unmask" violent demonstrators

“If BLM leaders can show the courage to stand up to this mob, then we all should. ... Make a stand and take our city back,” he said. Wheeler asked residents to note the license plates of people who drive to the events in various neighborhoods and then don all black clothing and grab shields or weapons from their cars. Share those license numbers with police, he said. If people overhear others bragging about the violence they committed in the city, report it, he said. “Our job is to unmask them, arrest them and prosecute them,” he said.