Before the crowd was tear-gassed, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler huddled with local leaders of the Black Lives Matter social justice movement who demanded he move more quickly to reform the police department, TrevorHughes reports.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed by federal officers along with a large crowd of protesters late Wednesday night after he tried for hours to calm down angry activists demanding police reform from City Hall and calling for federal authorities to withdraw from this mostly liberal, mostly white city.
Some activists said they were worried the fight over federal agents was overshadowing their demands for local reforms, and vowed to keep the pressure on Wheeler and Portland city officials. One white mother pointed out that Wheeler only showed up to the protests after other white mothers attending the demonstrations over the weekend were tear-gassed.
Tai Carpenter, the board president of Don’t Shoot PDX, a Portland-based social justice nonprofit, said the vast majority of protesters were simply exercising their First Amendment rights. She called the federal response disproportionate.
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