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‘Wall of Moms’ protect Portland’s BLM protesters – video

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A group of hundreds of mothers have attended demonstrations and stood as a human barricade between Black Lives Matter protesters and federal officers in Portland after seeing videos circulating online of federal agents in camouflage snatching demonstrators off the streets.

The Portland protests have occurred every night in the nearly two months since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May, after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

Outrage at Donald Trump deploying federal agents to end what he called 'anarchy' reinvigorated protests in Portland In July

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Portland mayor demands removal of camouflage-clad agents detaining protesters – video

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The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has demanded that Donald Trump remove camouflage-clad federal agents deployed to the city after they attacked Black Lives Matter protesters and some detained people far from the federal property they were sent to protect

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Portland mayor demands Trump remove federal agents from city

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  • People detained far from property agents were sent to protect
  • Trump looking for a confrontation, says governor

Militarized federal agents deployed by Donald Trump to Portland, Oregon, fired tear gas at protesters again late on Friday night, even as the city’s mayor demanded the agents be removed and the state’s attorney general vowed to seek a restraining order against them.

Related: Camouflaged federal agents have descended on Portland. Trump's DHS is out of control | Trevor Timm

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Portland: man convicted of murder in stabbing deaths of two men on train

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  • Jurors found Jeremy Christian, 37, guilty of the deaths
  • Victims tried to stop his racist tirade against two black women

A man accused of fatally stabbing two people who prosecutors said tried to stop his racist tirade against two young black women on an Oregon commuter train was convicted of murder on Friday, after an emotional trial that featured testimony from both women and the sole survivor of the attack nearly three years ago.

Jurors found Jeremy Christian, 37, guilty of the deaths of Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Ricky Best.

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Portland school district criticizes release of video of coach disarming student

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Surveillance footage shows emotional moment when Keanon Lowe encountered student in Oregon city

A Portland, Oregon, school district has criticized the release of video footage that shows a high school football coach disarming a suicidal student, then hugging and comforting the teen.

The surveillance video, first obtained by the CBS affiliate KOIN 6 News, shows the Parkrose high school football coach Keanon Lowe encountering Angel Granados-Diaz, then 18. While Lowe’s actions in the May incident had been extensively reported, the video provided visual documentation of his quick thinking and compassion.

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Portland sees far-right and counter-protesters take to streets – video

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Oregon city saw its largest far-right demonstration of the Trump era on Saturday, as 500 rightwingers travelled from around the country to march back and forth across the city’s bridges, and briefly occupy a patch of its waterfront. City authorities succeeded in preventing head-on confrontations between the demonstration and a much larger counter-protest. Police said they made 13 arrests, and seized weapons throughout the day

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Portland rally: Proud Boys vow to march each month after biggest protest of Trump era

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Oregon city sees sporadic violence and a dozen arrests as Donald Trump and Proud Boys chairman denounce anti-fascists

Portland saw its largest far-right demonstration of the Trump era on Saturday, as 500 rightwingers traveled from around the country to march back and forth across the city’s bridges, and briefly occupy a patch of its waterfront.

By making extensive accommodations for the unpermitted rightwing protest, including close police escorts, concrete barriers, and reopening a bridge to allow them to leave the downtown area, Portland authorities succeeded in preventing head-on confrontations between it and a much larger counter-protest.

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Portland prepares for city’s largest far-right rally of the Trump era

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Police are fearful of an outbreak of violence at the ‘End Domestic Terrorism’ rally, which is targeted at Portland’s antifascist groups

Portland is preparing for a large far-right rally on Saturday that may be the largest in a series of demonstrations that have descended on the city in the Trump era.

Police in the Oregon city are fearful of an outbreak of violence at the “End Domestic Terrorism” rally, which is targeted at Portland’s antifascist groups, who in recent years have clashed with rightwing activists in running street battles.

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US senator asks Canada to protect Erdoğan critic Kanter during NBA finals

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  • Trail Blazers player is an opponent of Turkish president
  • Blazers could travel to play Toronto Raptors in finals

The NBA playoffs have been swept up in diplomatic drama, with US senator Ron Wyden expressing concern for the safety of Portland Trail Blazers player Enes Kanter if his team play the Toronto Raptors in the NBA finals.

Kanter is a fierce critic of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, calling him the “Hitler of our Century”. The Turkish authorities in turn have accused Kanter of having links with an armed group behind a failed coup in the country in 2016. Last year, Kanter missed a trip to London with his then team the New York Knicks, saying he feared he could be “killed by Turkish spies”.

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