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Portland protests: why Trump has sent in federal agents

Guardian, 24 Jul 2020
Federal agents in Portland, Oregon, have detained protesters in unmarked vans, teargassed crowds and beaten reporters in recent days, as Black Lives Matter rallies in the city near the end of their eighth consecutive week. The Trump administration, which deployed the officers at the beginning of July, has been accused of heavy-handed and biased policing of demonstrations, which began over the killing of George Floyd by police
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