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Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty demanded that deputized officers be pulled from Portland “immediately” after U.S. authorities rejected Mayor Ted Wheeler’s (D) request to remove their deputization.

Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists chastised hotel guests in downtown Portland on Wednesday night for closing their blinds during a vigil for a black man who was shot by police two years ago — A grand jury determined that the officers involved in the fatal incident were justified in their use of deadly force.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in downtown Portland on Wednesday evening to honor a 27-year-old black man who was shot by police two years ago — an action a grand jury ultimately determined was justified.

During Tuesday’s presidential debate,  2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden said that he hasn’t called for the mayor of Portland or the governor of Oregon to utilize the National Guard to quell the violence in Portland because

Police made two dozen arrests late Monday night into early Tuesday morning following another violent demonstration in Portland, where protesters sprayed five officers with a chemical irritant and assaulted a Portland police sergeant.

Officers responded to reports of an explosive device in downtown Portland Monday morning, and an investigation is currently underway.

Authorities arrested 30 people following Saturday night’s protests in Portland after a relatively calm day, despite dueling demonstrations which Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell said were “free from serious violence.”

Democrat Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for the first time declared a state of emergency in Portland after almost nightly riots there for months.

The City of Portland denied the right-wing Proud Boys group a permit to protest at Delta Park on Saturday, citing coronavirus restrictions — However, the city has failed to halt the nightly Black Lives Matter and Antifa protests that continue to grip the city.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) warned “far-right groups” to stay away from the city, stating that “intending to intimidate, create fear, commit violence, or spread hate is not welcome here” — However, he has routinely failed to apply the same standard to Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters who have continually inflicted carnage on the city for well over 100 days.

Sheriff Mike Reese said his agency won’t help with an expected clash in Portland between Antifa and the Proud Boys citing the tear gas ban.

A rioter threw a large Molotov cocktail at police during a riot Wednesday night after a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, indicted one police officer for wanton endangerment but declined to issue indictments directly for the death of Breonna Taylor.

Two Portland protesters who were arrested as a result of the demonstrations Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning are serial offenders.

Two participants in a riot in Portland, Oregon, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning were reported to have been involved in an altercation that led to a shooting, according to the Portland Police Bureau.

A video posted on Twitter shows a black man in a Portland, Oregon, neighborhood confronting Antifa protesters about not being locals.

Protesters in Portland, many of whom have taken their activism to residential areas of the city, threatened to burn down a home for displaying an American flag.

A few dozen demonstrators gathered in front of the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct for a “Back the Blue” rally to show support for police officers.

The DOJ announced NYC, Seattle and Portland are allowing destrucution and death in their cities and should not receive federal funds.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is exploring whether federal charges could be imposed on officials in Portland, Oregon, where violent and deadly riots have continued mostly unchecked for more than three months, Fox News reported.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) finally, and explicitly, condemned violent rioters after months of violent protests in Democrat-controlled cities across the nation, stating that Democrats “support” and “participate” in “peaceful demonstrations.”

A man was arrested months after he allegedly set a dumpster on fire that was against a police building while 19 people were inside in Portland, Oregon.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) reprimanded the Portland Police Bureau for publicly defending the use of tear gas, calling it a “serious breach of protocol and an inappropriate use of City communications resources.”

A poll of Oregon voters released late last week revealed that a majority disapprove of the Black Lives Matter protests in the state, and that President Donald Trump has higher approval than Governor Kate Brown or Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.

A top DHS official determined that violence in Portland was “organized” by “Violent Antifa Anarchist Inspired” ideology.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) on Monday called to “disarm” all police officers of “weapons of war” and demanded a nationwide ban on various nonlethal forms of protection, including tear gas.

The Portland Police Bureau arrested and then quickly released a man for setting a fire, then re-arrested him for setting six more fires in the wildfire-ravaged state of Oregon.

Several protesters in Portland have been arrested over the last week following night after night of demonstrations, which saw activists hurling projectiles at officers and disrupting public transportation in the area.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) expressed concern that protests in Portland are continuing despite an emergency declaration, and responded to a question on the timeframe for ending the protests by stating, “we know that these protests

Smoke pollution from wildfires raging in California and across the Pacific Northwest have caused four west coast cities to have the worst air quality in the world right now, according to IQAir.com.

Hundreds of thousands of acres of wildfires are burning across the state of Oregon. Now some 500,000 people are in possible evacuation zones, according to the Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM).

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, where violent and even deadly riots have taken place nightly for more than 100 days, is now disciplining police officers who are accused of misconduct as they respond to rioters.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) on Thursday ordered the Portland Police Bureau to cease using one toxic form of tear gas as riots continue to plague the Democrat-run city. 

Kristina Narayan, a staffer with Democrat House Speaker Katie Kotek, was arrested at a Portland riot on Saturday.

Authorities arrested 11 demonstrators following another night of violent protest in Portland late Tuesday into Wednesday morning.

The violent protests and riots in Portland, Oregon, continue unabated but if Antifa and anarchists are pleased with what is going on in the city voters disagree, according to a poll that shows 63 percent think Mayor Ted Wheeler is not doing a good job.

The Portland Police Bureau spent millions on overtime over the span of just two months as a result of the nightly riots in the city — a stark irony given the protesters’ demands to defund the police.