Oregon State Police are leaving Portland after a two-week assignment to help protect a federal courthouse targeted by protesters.
Oregon State Police are leaving Portland after a two-week assignment to help protect a federal courthouse targeted by protesters during months of conflict in Oregon’s largest city.
The state police are “continually reassessing our resources and the needs of our partner agencies, and at this time we are inclined to move those resources back to counties where prosecution of criminal conduct is still a priority,” Capt. Timothy R. Fox told television stations. “Last night was our last night in Portland.”
Nights of unrest centered on the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse previously prompted President Trump toin July, which in turn reinvigorated Black Lives Matter demonstrations that often ended in violent clashes. The federal agents started drawing down in late July under an agreement between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Gov. Kate Brown. The deal called for state troopers to take the agents’ place for two weeks.arrested for nonviolent misdemeanors. Since the protests began, over 500 people have been arrested. So far, fewer than 50 are being prosecuted.
Schmidt has said that the new policy recognizes the outrage and frustration over a history of racial injustice that has led to the protests as well as the practical realities of the court system, which is running months behind in processing cases because of COVID-19.
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