Oregon state police were poised on Monday to return to Portland after a fatal shooting this weekend, as clashes escalated between an armed right-wing group and protesters demanding racial justice and police reforms.
FILE PHOTO: Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest against police violence and racial injustice in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester/File Photo
Protests have roiled downtown Portland every night for more than three months following the May 25 killing of George Floyd, the Black man who died under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. Two people arrested had loaded handguns and others had knives and rocks, the police said in a statement.
Trump has sought to crack down on protests as part of his bid to win re-election on Nov. 3. In July, he deployed federal agents to Portland to guard a federal courthouse in the midst of protests, which Democrats and civil liberties groups criticized as federal overreach. Gibson, who faces felony riot charges for a 2019 clash in Portland, said in an Aug. 17 post on the group’s Facebook page, “If the ‘leaders’ refuse to protect the innocent then it is the obligation of the people to stand for justice.”
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