The withdrawal of federal frontline police officers from the protests in downtown Portland significantly reduced tensions in the city overnight. Protesters in support of Black Lives Matter gathered once again near the federal courthouse which became a flashpoint, and the scene of nightly battles amid the whirlwind of tear gas, …
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Federal agents fired tear gas at protesters again and made arrests when several hundred people demonstrated in downtown Portland late Wednesday and early Thursday, hours after state leaders announced that federal agents would soon leave the cityCBS Portland affiliate KOIN-TV reports. It was the 62nd consecutive night of protests there. …
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Washington – The Trump administration and the Oregon governor have agreed to begin withdrawing federal agents from downtown Portland after violent nightly clashes between police and protesters, the governor said Wednesday. But the White House and the Department of Homeland Security said federal police will leave the city once attacks …
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Only two days after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in May, a masked man was seen holding an umbrella breaking windows and helping to incite violence during protests in Minneapolis. Now, the city police department believes it has identified the man as a white …
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Washington – The Trump administration and the Oregon governor have agreed to begin withdrawing federal agents from downtown Portland after violent nightly clashes between police and protesters, the governor said Wednesday. But the White House and the Department of Homeland Security said federal police will leave the city once attacks …
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