Thousands of Black Lives Matter demonstrators crowded outside the central police precinct on Thursday evening as protests in Portland continued for a 56th consecutive day
“I’m so inspired to see a sea of people who don’t look like me who are saying Black Lives Matter,” said Damany Iqwe, referring to the majority-white crowd. Iqwe, 43, is a Black man who grew up in Portland and has frequently attending the protests.
Earlier in the day, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring federal law enforcement from using force against journalists and legal observers at the Portland protests. The order came after a lawsuit filed on behalf of about a dozen journalists federal agents had hit with non-lethal “impact munitions.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security called the deployment “Operation Diligent Valor,” according to court documents. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has said all federal agents had been making lawful arrests and properly identifying themselves as law enforcement.
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