Police shooting of Black man in Washington raises tension
Friends and family identified the dead man as Kevin E. Peterson Jr., 21, and said he was a former high school football player and the proud father of an infant daughter.
Friends and family identified the dead man as Kevin E. Peterson Jr., 21, and said he was a former high school football player and the proud father of an infant daughter.
The Proud Boys, a group that has been designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, described it as a free speech event to support Trump and the police.
Fighting between Trump supporters and counterprotesters led to an argument between the president and the mayor over who was to blame for the violence.
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, and President Donald Trump engaged in a real-time argument Sunday as the president sent a flurry of critical tweets about Ted Wheeler as the mayor was holding a press conference about the fatal shooting of a right-wing supporter in his city the night before.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the plan negotiated with Gov. Kate Brown includes a "robust presence" of Oregon State Police in downtown Portland.
The nation is seething with anxiety and deeply divided about the role of police, the value of Black lives and the limits of federal authority in an election season like none other.
A U.S. judge Friday denied an order sought by Oregon’s top law enforcement officer to stop federal agents from arresting people during nightly protests in Portland.
It wasn't immediately clear if the federal agents knew Wheeler was in the crowd when they used the tear gas.
The state accuses federal agents of arresting protesters without probable cause, whisking them away in unmarked cars and using excessive force to quell the unrest.
The presence of federal agents on the streets of Portland — and particularly allegations they have whisked people away in unmarked cars without probable cause — has given new momentum and a renewed, laser-sharp focus to protests.
Protesters outside the U.S. courthouse set a fire in the building's entryway early Monday during another night of conflict with federal agents who repeatedly tear-gassed the demonstrators to drive them away.
Hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland as police tried to contain and separate the rival groups.