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Following George Floyd s murder, protests raged in Portland, Oregon for more than 100 days. Federal law enforcement officers were sent to the city, sparking even more demonstrations. I just see that we re doing a dance, but things aren t really changing, activist Mic Crenshaw says. Now it s COVID relaxation and everybody acts like let s go back to normal, activist Demetria Hester says, No! Nobody wants to go back to normal. Without that pressure, how do you get politicians to act with the urgency that the community has demanded? history professor Elliot Young says.
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On Point: Back to Portland, and understanding the origins and impact of the city s culture of protest.
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/ Protesters gathered at Laurelhurst Park before marching to the Multnomah County Sheriff s Office in Southeast Portland on the third night of largely peaceful protests on May 31, 2020.
Civil rights advocates reacted with elation, caution, to the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict. Law enforcement in Oregon issued statements calling the verdict a measure of closure” for George Floyd’s family. Portland declared a state of emergency.
Oregonians expressed a mix of relief and caution Tuesday, as jurors found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts for his role in the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose death under Chauvin’s knee in 2020 prompted months of protests across the country.