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Portland police report protests from central Portland to riots. June 30, 1818 (KATU)
Portland police declared an uncontrolled protest in downtown Portland a riot on Saturday, and ordered everyone to leave the area immediately.
Authorities deployed flashes and tear gas while demonstrators fired fireworks, eggs and other items.
Police made several probable causes of arrests in riot and seized several weapons.
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The "Freedom and Courage" gathering organized by the Patriot prayer group on the right and its well-known leader, Joey Gibson, met at Terry Schrunk Square before going down the streets. The group obtained a license for the march, but the police canceled it once the violence ensued.
A strong presence of antifascist (anti-fascist) protesters gathered in the region for a "Defend PDX: Patriotic Violence Must Stop" rally. The protest, organized by the Rose City Antifa, said: "It is very important that anti-fascists maintain the pressure so that we can stop them once and for all," referring to the far-right group Patriot Prayer.
For hours, the two groups mostly shouted, but once Patriotic Prayer members mobilized, the situation quickly turned into violence.
Joey Gibson, currently US Senate candidate in Washington, has a long speech to his group at Terry Schrunk Plaza before the march. Many Patriot Prayer members wore "Gibson for Senate" t-shirts while singing "We Will Rock You" by Queen at the rally.
Vancouver group members arrived at the Saturday event in school buses
"Courage is the backbone of freedom," reads in the page of the "Freedom and Courage" event. "The nation is extremely angry at the way the citizens of Portland treated the Liberty-loving Americans who walked the streets of this dangerous city."
On June 3, these two groups clashed in the center Portland city. Schrunk Plaza.
The event in early June was labeled by Patriot Prayer as a kind of departure celebration for one of their leaders: Tusitala Toese, also known as "Tiny" [19659016].
A strong presence of law enforcement forces infiltrated downtown Portland on Saturday because of past threats and acts of violence between the two groups. Officers from the Department of Homeland Security were also present on the site, Terry Schrunk being owned by the federal government.
Micah Fletcher, the young man who survived a brutal attack on a Portland MAX train last year, was spotted on Saturday. a fanfare. Fletcher publicly decried the patriotic prayer group, whose stabbed suspect Jeremy Christian was associated with a rally a month before the May 2017 fatal incident.
Patriot Prayer's leaders said that Christian had nothing to do with their organization, lambasting his actions.
After the police ordered everyone out of the street on Saturday, the Patriot prayer group returned to Terry Schrunk Square, and the antifa group returned to Chapman Square.
Shortly after, the police closed Chapman Square and Lownsdale Square, and the Federal Protective Service finally closed Terry Schrunk Plaza – forcing the closing of the Patriot Prayer event.
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