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we are following breaking news this hour. a verdict has been reached in the seditious conspiracy trial against five members of the proud boys. this trial really considered the center piece, the marquee of the prosecutions brought by the justice department surrounding the actions leading up to and on january 6th. cnns katelyn polantz is outside the courthouse. shes joining me once again. katelyn, whats the latest youre hearing from inside the room? >> reporter: kate, we really are momen...

Found out. walked up on my house, the police were here. its unsettling. i am desperate to find answers and clues because i want the person charged to the fullest extent of the law. >> neil: there were reports of three antifa symbols that were spray painted on your property. do they know anything more about the source of this or a group like that? >> they dont. i know that within charleston theres a handful of antifa groups that have done graffiti. there was other graffiti after my house was targ...

Been closed for the event. you can take a look at one of the bridges there. theyre allowing the group to march across. not sure if theyre doing that to ease up on the crowd control and ease up on the tensions of having these groups come together. they had closed that bridge. theres one person whos going to spend the night in the federal housing it would appear. whos under arrest. things have been fairly calm as you can see. but we did see some sort of a flashpoint there we continue to watch thes...

Happening. the police presence here is sizable all 1,000 members of the police force are on duty. they deployed liaison officers ahead of the protest. also get ahead of the criticism that they face in the past that they were favoring one side or the other. well see how that works out. again, so far a lot of people. a lot of police, no violence, thankfully at this point, back to you. >> one thing i notice that might be something the police would use to detract the situation. you get a sense from ...

It gets to be a battle of who is the terrorist here, and thats what theyre talking about, so far its been loud, tense at times but we havent seen anything in the way of violence. what we have seen is a few arrests, we have seen according to the police department, they confiscated some weapons and sticks. the other thing theyre saying is that the groups are infiltrating each other, you may not know just by the dress or the appearance who is who. thats a concern. the other thing that is in contras...

As -- as far left folks who are gathering downtown for dualing rallies, police have created a physical barrier, all throughout the downtown area, several major businesses have been closed, hotels have been warning people. many of their guests to stay away from this situation. they have closed several of the bridges, port land is known for its beautiful bridges, several of them are closed as a result of this, and several streets as well. police forming that physical barrier, one of the groups, th...

Resources you have often times, youre not going to have the full contingent of resources you may need to keep total and complete separation of those two opposing viewpoints. you do the best you can, you minimize the risk, you shift personnel around according to locations that may have more demonstrators in them. its always a huge challenge, theres a finite amount of law enforcement personnel on the scene. you have to work at managing your resources at those scenes. >> the police department sayin...

Point. we dont know whats happening here, things are quite tense on the ground. breaking out in pockets, you see these playerups, just like what is appears to be happening right now. its a very okay oltic situation. its a very dynamic situation, and police are taking not a back seat, but trying to find the groups as separate as they can. were monitoring it as it happens. >> you would think the police would be there in the mix, instead -- how far away are the cops right now? >>. >> theres a polic...

Any idea why the president would try to demonize antifa as opposed to other groups that are there in portland? >> president trump has consistently tried to raise antifa in terms of a defining who his opposition is, thats the strategy youre seeing here, i think collectively, when you look at the top line of you, to see where everything is at this moment. and this time in the summer, weve had countless shootings, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have said theyre going to try to get some type o...

Early, the rallies were expected to begin about a half hour ago. quite a few people have showed up there on the waterfront. the police chief in portland has said that they are sitting on a powder keg there. over the last few weeks, months for that matter, portland has been the center of what they believe has been this race war, these tensions that have been bubbling up right here in the united states. and they say this they hope will stay calm. but they fear this might be the epitome of it, and ...