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Portland City Council is poised to pay Portlander Aaron Cantu $125,000 this Wednesday to settle a lawsuit accusing the city of using violence to attack protesters' First Amendment rights. Cantu was one of hundreds of Portlanders who met in downtown Portland on August 4, 2018 to protest a rally organized by Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group based in Vancouver, Washington. It was during this demonstration that officers with the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) chose to.