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Protests return to downtown Portland Additional rallies are announced for the weekend, including one Friday in the Pearl District. Protests erupted outside the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland as fires were set and federal service officers used chemical munitions to move the crowd back Thursday, March 11. A group of about 50 to 60 people dressed in black were seen ripping down plywood, spray painting graffiti and setting fires. After a while, Federal Protective Officers pushed them back with tear gas and less-lethal munitions. Over the course of about two hours, multiple skirmishes were seen as protesters set fires, officers extinguished them, then pushed the protesters back again. Tear gas was used outside the federal courthouse and protesters were arrested or detained.

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