Federal Officers Fire Tear Gas, Make Arrests After Portland Rioters Launch Fireworks Into Courthouse

Federal Officers Fire Tear Gas, Make Arrests After Portland Rioters Launch Fireworks Into Courthouse
Federal officers deploy tear gas and less-lethal munitions while dispersing a crowd from the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 24, 2020. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Updated:

Federal officers fired tear gas and other crowd-control munitions after rioters in Portland launched commercial fireworks into a federal courthouse and set fires just outside the building.

Federal agents gave multiple warnings to disperse before responding with crowd control measures.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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