Far-right and extremist groups plan to protest in Portland, Oregon, today where they may come face to face with anti-fascist counterdemonstrators
Multiple far-right and extremist groups plan to protest in Portland, Oregon, this weekend where they may come face to face with anti-fascist counterdemonstrators.
The city's mayor has asked people to stay away, while police are preparing operational plans in case they need to intervene.Here's what we know: What's being plannedA gathering is being planned by a man called Joe Biggs, who used to work for Infowars, the fringe media company run by a right-wing conspiracist. Biggs has posted he wants the protest to"put an end to domestic terrorism," specifically left-wing anti-fascist extremists known as Antifa.
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