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[2018/08/04 - Portland, Oregon] : Local antifascists protested downtown in response to a planned "Freedom March" rally by elements of the far Right, including the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer, and white supremacists. Although elements of the Right had previously promised violence[1]
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News
- 2018/08/07 [L..T] Protesters clash with guards at Portland City Hall; 2 arrested Protesters demanding reforms in police use of crowd control clashed with security officers at Portland City Hall after Mayor Ted Wheeler shut down a Wednesday morning City Council meeting.
- 2018/08/06 [L..T] Portland Police Chief: Allegations Of Protest Favoritism 'Ridiculous' "Everything that was anticipated ... with the very clear intent of what people wanted to do, with the level of confrontation and violence that they were expecting to bring, that did not occur. The officers were there and they prevented all of that from happening."
Footnote
- ↑ Far-right preacher and Portland resident Alan Wesley Pucket made several such threats in late August, 2017.