Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police early Monday detailed another night of conflict between protesters and federal forces outside the U.S. courthouse in Oregon's largest city, including a small fire outside the building and tear gas deployed to disperse the crowd. A department statement said police officers did not engage with the the crowd, and that federal authorities periodically came of out of the courthouse to keep demonstrators at bay, according to police and news outlets. Video posted online also showed protesters taking down fencing that had surrounded the courthouse. 'Dozens of people with shields, helmets, gas masks, […]

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