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.