The standoff between law enforcement and protesters in the streets of downtown Portland has caused what some legal experts say could be a constitutional crisis.
Portland protesters have learned to anticipate the ebb and flow of violence near the Justice Center. Peaceful demonstrations make up the majority of what is seen there throughout the day and early parts of the night. Graffiti dots the outside of both the federal and county courthouses. Signs read"Black Lives Matter" and"Feds Go Home." Sometimes music blares from loudspeakers or cars, and sometimes people dance in a drum circle.
Leslie Yeargers, a mother of two, attended her first protest Monday night after seeing coverage of armed federal forces using tear gas against demonstrators. She was"horrified" by the violence and worried about the world her children, both in their early 20s, will inherit as civil unrest lingers.," she said."That is a totalitarian and authoritarian tactic, and I don't want it in my city and I want them gone.
"My kids want a better world. They want a world of peace and justice where they feel safe," she said."Their futures right now are very precarious." At the beginning of July, agents with Homeland Security, the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Protection Service arrived in Portland. They began appearing from behind the boarded up U.S. courthouse, firing pepper spray or tear gas at protesters who got too close to the building.
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