; and (B) Portland, Oregon, where a mob set fire to the Multnomah County Justice Center, looted numerous businesses in the downtown area, injured two police officers, and physically assaulted multiple peaceful protestors and other individuals. (5) Other local governments have gone further still by recognizing autonomous zones in which law enforcement officers are not allowed to operate, including in Seattle, Washington, where the decision of the Mayor of Seattle to withdraw law enforcement officers from multiple blocks of the City of Seattle to create a police free autonomous zone led to significant destruction of property, 4 shootings, and the murder of 2 young Americans in the zone. (6) Elected officials or other senior officials in the State and local governments who refuse to protect life and property from the ravages of a riot or mob behavior make their communities less safe by inviting more crime and violence, and act with willful disregard for the safety, comfort, and livelihoods of the individuals who they refuse to protect. (7) State and local governments that publicly announce the withdrawal of law enforcement protection from individuals or geographical areas so as to encourage and endorse the political and social viewpoints of protestors or rioters erode the public’s trust and fail to provide equal protection of the law. 3. Civil actions for injuries in law enforcement free zones Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes ( 42 U.S.C. 1983 ) is amended— (1) by inserting (a) before Every person ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) (1) In this subsection— (A) the term law enforcement free zone — (i) means a geographical area or structure that law enforcement officers are lawfully entitled to access but are instructed, demanded, or forced— (I) not to access; or (II) to access only in exceptional circumstances