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Groups Clash in Downtown Portland, No Arrests Made

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Groups Clash in Downtown Portland, No Arrests Made
Pro-police demonstrators and others, left, and counter-protesters, fire pepper spray and hurl objects at each other in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 22, 2020. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
8/22/2020|Updated: 9/30/2020

Demonstrators and counter-demonstrators clashed in Portland on Aug. 22, spraying each other with pepper spray and repeatedly engaging in physical fights. No arrests were made.

Video footage and photographs show a chaotic scene that played out in the early afternoon as people fired paintballs and brawled with weapons such as bats and shields.

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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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