Portland hires firm to investigate police response to anti-racism protest The city allocated $40,000 to pay for the investigation into the response to a large demonstration in June sparked by the death of George Floyd. Share Police in riot gear form a line across Franklin Street in Portland early in the morning on June 2 during a protest against police brutality and racism. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer The city of Portland has hired an out-of-state firm to do an internal affairs investigation of the Portland Police Department’s response to an anti-racism demonstration held in June. Clifton Larson Allen LLP, headquartered in Minneapolis, is expected to review the department’s response to a demonstration that began on June 1, 2020, and ended early the following morning. Some Portland city councilors had asked for an independent review of the police response, in which officers used riot gear and pepper spray and made over 30 arrests over two days.