PORTLAND, Ore.: Police clashed with anti-racism protesters and members of the press in downtown Portland, Oregon into early Sunday morning, making more than a dozen arrests.
The violence followed a relatively peaceful rally by the right-wing Proud Boys group and counter protests by anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter activists on Saturday.
Videos shot by people at the scene showed police throwing protesters and photographers to the ground and jabbing them with batons as they drove them out of an area near Portland’s federal courthouse.
Protesters burned a U.S. flag and scuffled with police trying to arrest fellow demonstrators.
Police declared a riot after they said rocks and cans were thrown at officers, with Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office reporting over 12 arrests.
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