Volume 48 | Page 24

www.AmericanSecurityToday.com September 2020 - Edition 48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8j3h7fuYsY&feature=emb_logo (Fencing surrounding a federal courthouse in Portland was pulled down on Saturday night as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters on the 59th night of unrest. Courtesy of Global News and YouTube. Posted on Jul 26, 2020.) navirus. For instance, selected community members have been mostly confined to their homes for weeks or months. Others may have experienced job losses, reduced income, modified their living conditions, and added pressures in their familial settings and social networks. The increasingly acerbic political climate emanating from the pandemic include tensions over: stay-at-home orders, closure or restrictions on non-essential businesses, and different perspectives on the benefits (or mandates) of face coverings and social distancing, changes in work conditions, and calls for school and university openings. 24