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U.S. federal agents deployed by the Trump administration fired tear gas in the early hours of Tuesday as protesters gathered outside a US courthouse in downtown Portland in continued demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice.

Video posted online showed tear gas canisters being fired to disperse protesters who were knocking down sections of a large steel fence put up around a federal courthouse building, with some protesters trying repeatedly to tear down a wall set up to protect the building.

The federal clampdown on anti-racism protests in Portland have drawn widespread criticism and legal challenges as videos continue to surface of officers, without clear identification badges, using force and unmarked vehicles to arrest protesters without explanation and in violation of their constitutionally-guaranteed right to due process.

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