Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed by federal officers along with a large crowd of protesters late Wednesday after he tried for hours to calm down activists demanding police reform and calling for federal authorities to withdraw from the city. Protests there have drawn hundreds of local activists nearly every night since the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day. | |
News Alert Thursday, July 23 |
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| | Overnight in Portland: Mayor gets tear-gassed as feds, demonstrators clash | Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed by federal officers along with a large crowd of protesters late Wednesday after he tried for hours to calm down activists demanding police reform and calling for federal authorities to withdraw from the city. Protests there have drawn hundreds of local activists nearly every night since the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day. | |
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