PORTLAND, Ore.: Hundreds of supporters of the right-wing Proud Boys group rallied in Portland, Oregon on Saturday in a largely peaceful event but police and left-wing protesters later clashed in the city’s downtown.
The Proud Boys rally in a north Portland park ended after a few hours of speeches and chants, many against anti-fascists and Black Lives Matter groups which held a counter-protest two miles to the south.
Rocks and cans were thrown at police in downtown Portland on Saturday night and more than a dozen people were arrested, according to a Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office statement. Bystander video showed police pushing back a crowd, with some people carrying Black Lives Matter signs.
The self-declared “Western chauvinist” Proud Boys had forecast a crowd of at least 10,000 at their rally but police…