The nation's attention has turned to Portland, where demonstrators have taken to the streets every night since late May. Tensions increased after the Trump administration sent in federal agents who clashed with protesters and whisked others away in unmarked vans without explanation. But today Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said that the federal tactical teams will be leaving downtown tomorrow.
The Wall of Moms, a group of mothers, form a line during protests against inequality and racial injustice, near the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., in the early morning of July 25, 2020.
The two middle-aged white men shared a common backstory: Both were raised in the rural Pacific Northwest and found a sense of greater purpose and belonging on opposite sides of radical politics. Then both ended up dead.
A dozen protesters facing federal charges are barred from going to “public gatherings” as a condition of release from jail — a tactic one expert described as “sort of hilariously unconstitutional.”
