Portland protest scene relatively calm after US drawdown
Source: AP
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The first nightly protest in downtown Portland after a deal was struck for the withdrawal of federal agents guarding a courthouse was largely peaceful and ended Friday without any major confrontations between state police and demonstrators.
The scene outside the federal courthouse that started with yet another demonstration Thursday night stood in sharp contrast to the two weeks of violent clashes between the protesters and the agents sent by President Donald Trump to quell the unrest in Oregons largest city.
State and local officers stepped up their presence as part of the deal between Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and the Trump administration to draw down the number of U.S. agents at the demonstrations that have taken place in the city for more than 60 days following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Portlands federal courthouse became a target of protesters, with the demonstrators trying to tear down a fence that was erected to protect it, lighting fires at the courthouses entryway and hurling objects at the agents holed up inside. The agents most nights fired tear gas in return.
A speaker addresses the crowd during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Portland, Ore. After days of clashes with federal police, the crowd outside of the federal courthouse remained peaceful Thursday night. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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lettucebe
(2,337 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,442 posts)So how much did operation "Make the dotard look like a military leader" cost the tax payers?
Voltaire2
(13,259 posts)Nobody could have predicted that.