Portland Protests
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Portland officials call for end to violence after nearly 9 months of protestsWhile officials say many events have been peaceful, there continues to be small groups smashing windows of businesses, threatening community members and assaulting police.WorldMar 16
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Protests, some violent, break out in U.S. cities over unknown election resultsProtests against President Donald Trump have broken out in several cities, while pro-Trump crowds have targeted polling centres in Detroit and Phoenix.WorldNov 5, 2020
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Police shooting of Black man near Portland raises tensions amid ongoing protestsFriends and family identified the dead man as Kevin E. Peterson Jr., 21, and said he was a former high school football player and the proud father of an infant daughter.WorldOct 30, 2020
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Tear gas used against Portland protesters poses local health risk, lawsuit allegesThe lawsuit alleges the U.S. government violated federal environmental law by deploying ``an unprecedented amount of dangerous chemical weapons'' without assessing their environmental impacts beforehand.WorldOct 20, 2020
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Portland, Oakland sue U.S. federal government over use of agents at protestsThe cities allege that the government overstepped its constitutional limits in its use of federal law enforcement officers to tamp down on protests.WorldOct 15, 2020
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Portland protesters overturn Roosevelt, Lincoln statues in ‘rage’ towards Columbus DayAfter toppling the statues, the crowd smashed windows at the Oregon Historical Society and later moved onto the Portland State University Campus Public Safety office.WorldOct 12, 2020
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Portland asks U.S. attorney’s office to end deputization of city police as protests continueOregon Public Broadcasting reported that deputizing the Portland officers gives federal prosecutors the option to charge anyone arrest by those officers with federal crimes, which often come with more severe penalties than the state crimes for which local police usually make arrests.WorldSep 30, 2020
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24 arrested after protesters clash with police in PortlandThe protesters with makeshift shields gathered earlier for their demonstration in a park and officers moved in to take away the shields, police said.WorldSep 29, 2020
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Portland police declare protest unlawful, arrest several demonstratorsSeveral arrests were made, according to reporters at the scene, but a specific number was not immediately available.WorldSep 26, 2020
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Molotov cocktails used in most violent Portland protest so far: policeProtesters in Portland hurled several firebombs at officers during a demonstration over a Kentucky grand jury’s decision to not indict officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, police said.WorldSep 24, 2020
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