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Proud Boys rally in Portland draws only about 200 after city braced for thousands
By Daniella Silva
A City Prepares for Violent Showdowns
By Mike Baker & Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Portland protests remain largely peaceful until night falls and police are targeted, authorities say
By Eliott C. Mclaughlin
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Formerly TwitterMayor Ted Wheeler
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I support the right to freedom of expression, but criminal destruction, intimidation, and violence are not free speech.
Thank you @PortlandPolice for your methodical and professional efforts to address the criminal behavior that has tainted otherwise peaceful gatherings. pic.twitter.com/CXgXeYrp4L
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Alex Zielinski
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Dispatch from the hours leading up to this morning's police sweep of Portland State University's protest:
www.opb.org/article/2024/05/02/portland-state-sweep-sense-worry/
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Suzette Smith
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On the scene at Portland State for @portlandmercury—where police have been making loudspeaker announcements telling the activists occupying the PSU library to leave. Police aren’t letting press close so if someone could let me into Fariborz Maseeh Hall I’d be chuffed. pic.twitter.com/SKtSx2QJKu
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Mike Warner
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BREAKING… a large @PortlandPolice presence has arrived outside the @Portland_State library where protesters have been barricaded inside for several days. Loudspeakers are broadcasting messages for people to leave. Stay with @KATUNews for details #LiveOnK2 pic.twitter.com/s79IxA0MKz
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Some Portland police officers to be deputized as federal officers for Saturday’s Proud Boy rally, counter-pro
By Maxine Bernstein
Hate-group rally breaks up in Portland, turnout far below expectations
By Sergio Olmos, Ryan Haas & Jonathan Levinson
Portland on edge as far-right group holds rally with counterprotesters nearby
By Anna-Maja Rappard & Ray Sanchez