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Black Lives Matter activists in Portland reflect on contrast between Capitol and local police response
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
Over 100 people gathered at Portland s South Park Blocks around 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, and marched throughout the downtown area. Mark Graves/Staff
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tepid response by Capitol police stood
in stark contrast to the force used on left-wing protesters
in Portland.
have deployed tear gas, shot rubber bullets and collectively
arrested more than 1,000 people who have protested around the city since the May 25 police killing of George Floyd. For much of July, federal forces tear gassed Portlanders gathered every night to protest police brutality outside a mostly empty downtown federal courthouse.
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Inside Portlandâs autonomous protest movement
Portland, Oregonâs five months of ongoing protests in support of Black lives are sustained by a vast, multifaceted, and ever-evolving network of activists, organizers, and mutual aid.
PORTLAND, Oregon, August 20 â Itâs the 84th day of consecutive protest against police brutality and systemic racism in Portland, Oregon. People have gathered at a neighborhood park and are preparing to march to the police union building, the Portland Police Association. Theyâre led by the Black Youth Movement, a group of 20 young people who aim to elevate Black youth voices.
This article is the first in a three-part series exploring the anatomy of Portlandâs ongoing protest movement. Read part 2 here, and part 3 here.